mock auction

mock auction
an auction where items are given away or the right to bid is restricted to persons who have bought or agree to buy goods or one where goods are sold to a person lower than his highest bid. It is an offence to organise such an event under the Mock Auctions Act 1961.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.

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