If I paid $20,000 for a panorama from 1910, I'd be happy to pay for a top notch shipping job. For a garbage can, not so much.
Bought 2 items last year from Christies and the shipping was far far better than any auction house. Not even in the same ballpark. And I was happy. It's easy to drop a card in a small box with bubble wrap. Not so easy to ship a large rare artifact.
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Originally Posted by JamesGallo
I didn't even know they still did sports auctions so there is that.
Those cracker jacks look really clean is there a story with these or thoughts they have been bleached?
I was involved with a auction Sotheby's did a year or so ago and the shipping was a massive issue there as well. These companies just dont know how to ship cheaply.
They sold a Simpsons tin garbage pail for $250 and wanted to charge 350 to ship it. Its pretty dumb imo and hurts the auction prices but i dont see any way around it beyond picking the stuff up in person.
I think these big two auction houses have once again taken notice of the pop culture side of things getting back to some of the type of things they did in the 1990s.
James G
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