A few years ago at a National I had a similar experience.
I had an autographed item that was about a $1200-$1500 item. I went to a few auction houses to get their interest in it.
When I went to Heritage I was asked if I had anything else to consign. I didn’t, so since I didn’t hit the minimum threshold for their overall consignment value figure (I can’t recall, but $5k minimum sounds familiar) they wouldn’t take it. If I would have had additional items in the same price range that cumulatively were over $5k they would have taken them all.
They were polite and professional, but didn’t take the item.
It sold in another auction house in that $1200-$1500 figure.
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