Because bids are binding. If I bid 20k on your item, and you sell it on the market, that's unfair. Because had you not sold it on the market, I could've won your item for significantly less. And had I decided to not buy your item, I'd owe you a small % of my bid.
You as a an auctioneer can't force people to have binding bids if you can't assure them that you'll even have the item to sell.