(A) No auctioneer shall procure any person to make a fictitious bid at any auction sale of real or personal property, or shall conspire with any person to make a fictitious bid at any auction sale, nor shall any auctioneer himself or herself fictitiously raise any bid at any auction sale.
(B) No person shall act as bidder or what is commonly known as a capper, booster, or shiner at any auction or place, or offer or make any false bid to buy or pretend to buy any article sold or offered for sale at any public auction.
(Prior Code, § 113.11) Penalty, see § 117.999