35 bids; 5 bidders in small increments. Those 5 bidders have 50%, 75%, 57%, 3%, and 66% of their bids on this sellers auctions in the last 30 days respectively. Throw the 6 bids play bids out from the beginning of the auction belonging to the 3% and 66% bidders, leaving a *whopping* 29 bids from the other 3.
Good example of shill bidding - prevalent on reserve auctions to pump bids when the reserve is not yet met. The seller may or may not be in on it.
Bidders typically aren't stupid. Savvy buyers wait near the end to place an initial bid, otherwise they in essence bid against themselves - especially on high dollar auctions. The bid pattern on this auction wreaks of being fake, which is something everyone should pay more attention to.