Auction Houses. Do we need more?

[bbcard1]

Personally, I would love to have an AH that specializes in mid-range material...like VG sets from the 60s and 70s and a nice g-VG Carew rookie, lower grade raw t-cards and the like. Sadly it does not seem like a viable business model. I used to get a few, got fun cards I enjoyed at cheap to reasonable prices...which was the deathnail of the auction.

[T205 GB]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

Personally, I would love to have an AH that specializes in mid-range material...like VG sets from the 60s and 70s and a nice g-VG Carew rookie, lower grade raw t-cards and the like. Sadly it does not seem like a viable business model. I used to get a few, got fun cards I enjoyed at cheap to reasonable prices...which was the deathnail of the auction.

That would be great but reality is it cost 4% or $500 per auction I run with that software. So as long as the AH makes a little profit then it should work in theory! Also with the low open bid set at $.99 to start should help drive the bids.

[RedsFan1941]

This is great

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

Personally, I would love to have an AH that specializes in mid-range material...like VG sets from the 60s and 70s and a nice g-VG Carew rookie, lower grade raw t-cards and the like. Sadly it does not seem like a viable business model. I used to get a few, got fun cards I enjoyed at cheap to reasonable prices...which was the deathnail of the auction.

Huggins & Scott

[Klrdds]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Huggins & Scott

I agree !00% with you . Huggins and Scott will take your collection no matter what it is like, how much it is worth , or how large it is and work with you . They , of course like all AHs love rare high -end items , but they won't cherry pick your collection for just the best items . They offer very competitive consignor fees also.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

I agree !00% with you . Huggins and Scott will take your collection no matter what it is like, how much it is worth , or how large it is and work with you . They , of course like all AHs love rare high -end items , but they won't cherry pick your collection for just the best items . They offer very competitive consignor fees also.

Of course I'm biased

[buymycards]

Huggins and Scott will not try to sell your lower cost items individually. They generally bundle them into lots and sell the lots. You will never get top dollar that way.

Andrew's 99 cent starting bid is a great idea. Some of the auction houses have become the equivalent of high priced eBay BIN's. The starting bids are so high that no one makes an opening bid. There was one particular auction a few months ago that had 200 items with no bids and another 200 items items with only one bid.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

Personally, I would love to have an AH that specializes in mid-range material...like VG sets from the 60s and 70s and a nice g-VG Carew rookie, lower grade raw t-cards and the like. Sadly it does not seem like a viable business model. I used to get a few, got fun cards I enjoyed at cheap to reasonable prices...which was the deathnail of the auction.

Todd, I would think that Sterling Auctions pretty much fits the description of what you are looking for. And, Sterling has an auction every month, which always gives me an auction near term to look forward to.

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Todd, I would think that Sterling Auctions pretty much fits the description of what you are looking for. And, Sterling has an auction every month, which always gives me an auction near term to look forward to.

Love For The Game also seems to have a lot of mid-grade collector oriented lots. Though they aren't monthly and don't seem to have a set schedule.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Todd, I would think that Sterling Auctions pretty much fits the description of what you are looking for. And, Sterling has an auction every month, which always gives me an auction near term to look forward to.

+1 on Sterling. And the Brockelman Auctions auction ending this evening also has lots of collector friendly cards as well as some higher end ones.

Personally, I think we need 1 more auction house.