[LEHR]

FWIW,
I've consigned with six different AH's in the last 20 years. My consigned items have sold between $30 at the lowest and $12k at the highest, and I've never paid a consignment fee on anything.

*(edited to add)* After reading Bill Roberts post above I just want to add that my post was not a "chest puff", just reality. I'll also add that I've only been asked to pay a consignment fee once and when I said no I'll just consign somewhere else the AH's backed down and took the items at 0%. This was on a bunch of cheaper stuff that sold in 10-12 lots for around $2k total.