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Old 02-05-2025, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by conor912 View Post
Say you have an item with a fmv of $1000 and you consign it to an ah with a 20% bp and a 20% consignor fee. If a buyer is willing to pay fmv, that would but his high bid at $833 and change. Then 80% of that would be the consignor’s cut…in this case $666, or 67%. So 60% of the hammer, plus a cut of the bp, plus help with grading fees seem about right to me…but what do I know.
Nobody charges seller's fees any more, do they? At least not in the sports auction biz.
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