OK, I see that my first post was not clear.
What happened was at the end of the bidding I went to see the list of people who bid on this item. On the top of the list was the winner (naturally). His bid came in at $1 above mine. My bid was the one directly below his. The time of my bid was 9 seconds before the end of the bid. The time on his WINNING bid was 5 days BEFORE mine. Now, here is where the mystery begins. HOW did he get to put in a bid higher than mine FIVE days before? He did NOT have any other bid listed so HOW is it possible that this bid was made? As you said, if he had made any type of bid during the entire bidding then he would be able to win through proxy bidding, but, I repeat, he only had ONE bid- the WINNING bid, and the time stated on the placement of that bid was 5 days before mine (i.e. 5 days before the end of the bidding).
HOW? HOW? HOW?