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Posted By: warshawlaw

my issue was that as a potential consignor, I would hesitate to consign cards to a company that I knew would blow out my collection to dealers who are just going to break it down and sell it properly afterwards. I had that happen once before with entertainment memorabilia and it really ticked me off. It just seems to me that anyone looking to sell off a good sized collection of "common" HOFers in collector grades would be much better off not paying 30% commission to in effect have his stuff blown out wholesale to dealers. Now, if that means I send my cards to a smaller auctioneer with a better track record of dealing with people who don't have allegedly unopened 1952 Topps boxes, so be it. That's why I think the Burks have a good business model. Their lotting is such that I would feel much better selling run of the mill T206 accumulations through their auction.