AH guys - ask me anything?

[sb1]

I have not had a call in years. Last one I recall was the bidder was attending a game somewhere and had to place bids over the phone rather than online.

I also bid in about 100 auctions a year, and have not called one of them in over a decade, but certainly remember talking to Lew, Barry, Rob, Bill and everyone else in the wee hours of the morning. I don't believe it is really a factor in this era where nearly every bidder has a computer/phone/tablet of some type.

Scott

[sycks22]

For the auction house owners what's the "one that got away?". Have you been offered a T206 Wagner or something 100k+, but at the last minute they changed their minds.

[Snapolit1]

How often do you get a call or email after an auction closes of someone insisting he will pay more than the winning bid and begging you to take it?

[Touch'EmAll]

The last time I consigned to AH was years ago. Thought I did well with zero selling fees - got 100% the hammer price (before buyers premium).

Nowadays, with nice stuff can you negotiate/ask for, say, 110 % of the final bid before buyers 20% premium ?

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll

The last time I consigned to AH was years ago. Thought I did well with zero selling fees - got 100% the hammer price (before buyers premium).

Nowadays, with nice stuff can you negotiate/ask for, say, 110 % of the final bid before buyers 20% premium ?

I doubt any AH person will comment on that, but the answer is yes depending on what the item is. If it's real premium, I suspect you'd find someone willing to give you 110% of hammer or something close to it fairly easily.

[CrownSports]

We get at least 1-2 offers per auction for an item that sold.

We had a couple of nice George Brett game used items that we didn't get once but nothing that I would call a White Whale item

Yes, Auction houses will make exceptions for premier items. I actually had it happen once as a consignor on a premier item that estimated over 100K when that was still a huge number

[conor912]

I’d be curious to know what threshold you need to cross in terms of quality/scarcity/value in order to get your own auction with a printed catalog. I imagine it’s different for each AH, but I always thought that that would be a cool way to exit the hobby when the time comes.