Does The Auctioneer Impact The Price?

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Posted By: leon

Without giving it much thought yet, and not to demean any auctioneer, I think the objects command the prices. Of course you have to take into consideration the audience that each attracts too. The more the audience (targeted) the more the price potential. My guess is most of the folks spending fairly big bucks are on almost all of the auctions mailing lists. I don't really spend that much anymore but it seems like I get about an auction catalog a week, or more. There might be a person here or there that doesn't vote in particular auction for whatever reason, but by and large, I think the material dictates the price. I will say there are a couple (ebay assisted) auctions that do much poorer given their formats. (from experience they would have done better had they operated differently)..Just my inital thoughts but good question, especially given all of the current/recent auctions.......regards