Andy, I am not sure but suspect the answer is yes. One area that is of interest is fill in bids when there is an internet or mail in max bid in the hopper. This is known inside and the opportunity exists to fill bids to assure the coin sells at or close to the max bid. I suspect this happens in some auction houses; how often and whether preference and safe harbor is given to special bidders is of interest.
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I am not sure but suspect the answer is yes.
One area that is of interest is fill in bids when there is an internet or mail in max bid in the hopper.
This is known inside and the opportunity exists to fill bids to assure the coin sells at or close to the max bid.
I suspect this happens in some auction houses; how often and whether preference and safe harbor is given to special bidders is of interest.