Christie's Baseball Auction question

[ramram]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I know $147 sounds steep, but they put the photo inside a photo mailer, put the photo mailer inside a cardboard box, and put the cardboard box inside a vintage pinball machine.

lmao

[Shoeless Moe]

HA!!!!!!!

[scooter729]

And no combined shipping if you win more than one. So 2 photos = $300. OUCH.

I'm already figuring out if I end up with a few items, how to get down from Boston to NYC for a day and pick up in person. It'll certainly save a bunch of $$ to do so!

[drcy]

I think Christies is used to shipping $5 million paintings to Dubai not 1957 Topps to Omaha.

[gnaz01]

Yup, I was "told" in another thread about this subject if I have to question $164 in shipping charges for an 8x10 photo, I probably should not be bidding....

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Yup, I was "told" in another thread about this subject if I have to question $164 in shipping charges for an 8x10 photo, I probably should not be bidding....

i was going to post the same thing, but then I remembered that christies is the biggest and bestest auction house in the universe, so, you know, don't question them.

[Republicaninmass]

Probably subject to nyc tax if you pick it up...just saying

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Probably subject to nyc tax if you pick it up...just saying

I don't think so, not if you pay with an out of state check. I've done it with another auction house. Pay by check then pick up when I'm in that state. They've never charged me tax.

[ramram]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Yup, I was "told" in another thread about this subject if I have to question $164 in shipping charges for an 8x10 photo, I probably should not be bidding....

Yeah, I kind of figured that was their away of telling me I didn't belong. I was just surprised their reply wasn't peppered with a few words like "whilst" and "colour".

Rob M

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by ramram

Yeah, I kind of figured that was their away of telling me I didn't belong. I was just surprised their reply wasn't peppered with a few words like "whilst" and "colour".

Rob M

awesome reference

[MVSNYC]

Yes, 8.875% sales tax applies if you pick up. 25% buyers premium is kind of ridiculous, shipping costs (as noted here and in other threads) is egregious, and you can't enlarge images on their site (yes, there's a little zoom overlay feature, but we are all used to being able to enlarge scans to see finite details)...other than that, it's good, ha.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

awesome reference

We agree.