Are some AHs getting too big for their own good?

[Orioles1954]

Probably just got by the copy editor.

[jcmtiger]

Looks like they changed it

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

Looks like they changed it

Nice! Good job Goldin.

[mrreality68]

Glad they changed it
but in part some of these AH's maybe growing faster than their infrastructure and experienced staffing can handle.
As new money comes into collectables and more items are hitting the auctions the AH's are getting to much volume that they cannot effectively handle. So if their staffing is not enough (or not trained enough) and/or if their systems and processes in place cannot handle it(the intake of items, the categorizing and describing the items, the posting, the selling, the shipping etc) then their resources are stretched and sadly things falter as a result.

[BobC]

Guys, humans are humans, and we all miss things and make mistakes. I doubt anyone would ever think an AH would intentionally do something like that. The real test is when something is pointed out to them, how quickly and effectively was the error/problem fixed. Sounds like Goldin passed with flying colors.

If this turns out to be the worst problem/error they end up with in this particular auction, I bet they'd be ecstatic.

[BRoberts]

Great job by Ryan for publicly pointing out a major error that could have resulted in a mistake costing many thousands of dollars. The power of Net54 is felt once again!

[jfkheat]

Originally Posted by BRoberts

Great job by Ryan for publicly pointing out a major error that could have resulted in a mistake costing many thousands of dollars. The power of Net54 is felt once again!

I disagree. Why not just email the auction house and point out the mistake? There is no reason to post it here other than trying to make the auction house look bad. Someone just made a mistake when listing the card. We all make mistakes.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by BobC

Guys, humans are humans, and we all miss things and make mistakes. I doubt anyone would ever think an AH would intentionally do something like that. The real test is when something is pointed out to them, how quickly and effectively was the error/problem fixed. Sounds like Goldin passed with flying colors.

If this turns out to be the worst problem/error they end up with in this particular auction, I bet they'd be ecstatic.

When I read the first sentence, I thought you were talking about the graders at the TPGs.

[troutbum97]

1934 Goudey #37 Lou Gehrig / "PSA 8".

A truly breath-taking card.

If you were the consigner, how pleased would you be when you read the description of the card written by the auction house - plus they stuffed the card allllll the way down at Lot #1533:

https://goldin.co/item/1934-goudey-3...a-nm-mt-825qjt

Description
Presented is one of more than 4,000 items in our 2022 Jackie Robinson 75th Anniversary Auction, closing between April 30 and May 2, 2022.