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Bidding off the wall

Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; vol 283 no 6345, 1/8/897 p545Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: A clause in the general conditions of sale says that the auctioneeer may bid on behalf of the vendor, but not make consecutive bids on this basis. This may have to alter if the Office of Fair Trading continue to see this practice as bidding off the wall.

A clause in the general conditions of sale says that the auctioneeer may bid on behalf of the vendor, but not make consecutive bids on this basis. This may have to alter if the Office of Fair Trading continue to see this practice as bidding off the wall.