introducing Goldin Auctions

[kengoldin]

Hello All
As some of you may have heard, I , along with Harry Bryant, Phil Spector, Rob Mitchell and others have opened up an auction house. Goldin Auctions, www.goldinauctions.com
There is a great article about us in this weeks SCD (The National issue) if you can find it, it really explains why I opened the auction company, what our policies are, specialties, etc.
here are some bullet points...and to be blunt, I tried to take everything that bothered me/I would change about an auction company and fix it with goldin auctions.
I would appreciate your support to log in to www.goldinauctions.com to register.

some highlights
1. no more 18-20% buyers premium. our buyers premium is only 10%
2. no more having to run out and spend money to upgrade an auction LOA (how that annoys me, especially when it comes back 'no good' after a pre cert). We provide full LOA's
3. all autographed items will come with a LOA from a first party company (the witness) such as MLB, Steiner, UDA, or otherwise will come with a full LOA from PSA/DNA
4. all game used items will come with a letter directly from player, team, and absent that a letter from Mears (jersey) or Mears/PSA/DNA (bats)
5. considering my background in player relations, our specialty will be bringing player collections to the auction.
6. we will have over 1000 lots in the first auction, featuring Babe Ruth autographed bat, 1980 Phils WS ring, Alomar gold glove, Jordan Amex card, Rice TD jersey, Jordan game used jersey, The Bernie parent collection, The Dave Schultz collection, rare baseball cards, and i promise you this, a lot of big surprises that are going to shock some people that a 'new' auction house got such a valuable and prestigious item .

1st Auction will close Nov 1st or 2nd (waiting on World Series schedule).
please log into www.goldinauctions.com to register now. free catalog with every registration. we plan on running quarterly auctions.
feel free to PM me, or email me directly with any questions, as well as consignments.
ken@goldinauctions.com

[jgmp123]

Registered and looking forward to the first auction. Best of luck Ken!

[earlywynnfan]

Looks like someone has been listening to the bidders! Thank you for that.

How do you foresee the bidding go on ending night? I understand that leaving the entire auction open until there are no bids gets some more bids for the company, and therefore some higher fees. However, I see no final price difference for auction houses that are totally bidder-friendly: Items close on a lot-by-lot basis! Also, I do like that if I am the only bidder at the closing of regular bidding, the item is mine. One auction house who always has items I like doesn't do that, and I often get beat at 3 am or something.

I'd also suggest only allowing bidders to bid after the original closing time if they have placed a bid on that item previously. This is nearly-universal, but not quite.

Just my 2 cents!

Regards,
Ken

[kengoldin]

we have not decided on the lot by lot or entire auction status yet, but we will be strict adhering to the only allowing bidders to bid after hours who have placed a bid prior to closing.

[keithsky]

I hope you can keep the BP at 10%. I remember most of the auction companies started out around 10 or 15% and raised it as time went on. Now it's about 17-20%. I know Mears started at 10% I think and now I think they are 15% or more. Still a couple good guys out there with NO BP holding there own like Inside the Park Collectibles and Paragon. Good luck with your auctions as I know I'll be registering.

[Leon]

Welcome Ken.

And our members should know that Ken is going to be an advertiser on the board through some email blasts and/or banners. As most know these kind of front page threads are reserved for our valued advertisers. Other auctions and businesses should post in the Buy/Sell/Trade (BST) section in the appropriate category. I should mention too that Ken and I just had a really good phone conversation and I am excited about him being a member of our board. It is always good to have well respected and seasoned hobbyists join us in our reindeer games. regards

[kengoldin]

Thanks Leon
if people are on facebook, go to goldin auctions page (like us!). You will see pictures of bernie Parent at the office dropping off his collection, as well as many pictures of athletes and old friends visiting us at the national, and many many items that will be in the auction

[slidekellyslide]

Registered. Looking forward to your first offering.

[jerseygary]

Registered, good luck!