I'm really surprised anyone would even THINK Richard is shill bidding. I'll tell you one thing, I've "put away" more than a few "shills" in the last couple years, and I, as well as a couple other collectors, are constantly scanning Ebay for those types of unsavory characters. Mr. Hirsch hasn't ever been on our list of suspects.
There are a couple people we are looking at, so beware. As for the ones we've caught in the past, believe it or not, they are pretty straight now.