There's another thing being overlooked and that it could have simply been an absentee bidder, using an automated auction bidding (sniping) service to proxy bid, and they were not even logged on.
That kind of bid pattern with the same small increment repeatedly submitted, has all the hallmarks of an automated auction sniper such a Bidnapper battling with a bidder that had put a high "max bid" amount that was causing bidnapper to auto bid against each bid, and a seesaw bidding battle between computers ensues until the max bid amount of someone is finally reached.
Many people use them when they can't be online at the time of the auction close to see if they are the winning bidder or raise their bid if they aren't. A very common practice on eBay.
That kind of bid pattern with the same small increment repeatedly submitted, has all the hallmarks of an automated auction sniper such a Bidnapper battling with a bidder that had put a high "max bid" amount that was causing bidnapper to auto bid against each bid, and a seesaw bidding battle between computers ensues until the max bid amount of someone is finally reached.
Many people use them when they can't be online at the time of the auction close to see if they are the winning bidder or raise their bid if they aren't. A very common practice on eBay.
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