Not really. Real auction houses do a lot of work staging and photographing as well as researching items to present them and get them in front of the right audience to maximize the sale price.
I just returned home with a large item (required a 10-foot UHaul) that I won at auction through Prop Store (70s through present ‘genre’ movies and TV props, costumes, etc.). They do a 25% buyers premium. Between the catalog photography, the livestream bidding process, the research on the history on the item, and the assistance provided to get it on the truck, I think they earned their premium fee. alan > On Oct 23, 2021, at 23:03, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > Terrible in this day and age. > > > >> That buyer's premium seems crazy steep. > >> It is not. >> >> -- >> Will >> > > -- > : Ethan O'Toole > >
