Best Auction House
 

Looking for opinions on best auction house

Have you tried the BST?

Yes I have

Leon is pretty savvy and used heritage so I'd say that's one choice.

Maybe we could steer you in the right direction if we knew what you were trying to sell. Some auction houses specialize in different items...cards, memorabilia, etc.

A couple of T206 cards

lol

Must be that Ty Cobb Lenox back. I like REA

Joe

I would say first take a look at what the lowest Seller's Commission + Buyer's Premium will be for the auction house in question. Different auction houses often give sellers different fees. Then decide if you want your items in a print catalog or is web-only sufficient. (web-only typically has lower fees.) Then decide how quickly you need the money by. Some places pay your very quickly for your consignments (such as ebay-based consignors). Others take 45-60 business days or even more. Finally, after contacting the different auction house, think about which ones treated you the best, and take that into consideration.

Thank you that's a lot to think about. And yes it's that Cobb Lenox also have a couple of beautiful ghost image cards I might put up for auction also.

REA, Heritage and Goodwin would, I believe, all do a very good job for you.

Best of luck,

Larry

lololololol amazing

BST is a great auction company.... Andy, John and Brian are as good as they come.

Be well Brian

It depends on the item/items
 

most have their pluses and minuses from Wheatland thru Heritage or REA and many in between,

Robert, I suggest you take a good look at LOTG.
Val

I have used Baggers and LOTG without complaints. That said, I was auctioning nice stuff, but not the top end.

Festberg.

Ive consigned with several AHs and personally prefer Sterling and B&L. No consignor fee, fast payment, good communication. I value these three things above most other factors.

Heritage pays slow and communicates at the same speed, REA communicates very well.

Opinions....Trey Cumby

LOL. Only if it is lower than a PSA 0.

I would absolutely look at Love of the Game. Al has a great following a strong customer base for prewar cards.
Cory

Rob, you've been on this forum for a long time. It makes no difference at all which auction house you use to sell a T206 Cobb with a Lenox back. You could list it anywhere and you'll get the same result.

Bill, I completely disagree with your contention. I have little doubt that a T206 Cobb Lenox would sell for more by one of the major auction houses that produces glossy catalogs than by one of the Internet-only auction houses. But, even if this card would sell for the same price by all of the auction houses, the consignor would not receive the same amount from all of them - there would be differences in or the absence of a consignor's commission, plus some auction houses will give the consignor a slice of the buyer's premium.
Val

And on this one I mostly disagree with my you, Val. I have proof of results and if it's the right item, it can easily sell for more without a catalog. It all depends on who is bidding, not a pretty picture. That being said, I would agree that sometimes a catalog can help, not on a Cobb - Lenox though. When I am aggressively bidding it's online, not on catalog. And all of this said, of course I wanted to memorialize my collection sale but that was extraordinary. I have probably consigned to as many companies without a catalog as with one. I rarely even open the catalogs anymore.....

To answer the original quesion, Best Auction House? Any one of our advertisers. :)

BST auctions are my choice

True,

I think goldin auctions gets good results and keep breaking records with the premium cards in my opinion and is my personal recommendation.

I've consigned with LOTG and REA and been happy with both of them.

My recent consignment with LOTG went awesome, many record high bids on my stuff, could not be happier.

Goodwin always seems to get good prices for high-end T206s.

Best post of the year. :D

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