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Originally Posted by jimthorpe
Henry does seem to get major auction prices on some things on ebay but so did Scott Gaynor several years ago when he was listing weekly on ebay.
It is simple, people go where the stuff is and he gets good quality items and a good quantity of them, markets himself well and only does auctions 4 or so times a year.
He markets his ebay auctions as events. A friend of mine does the same thing in general line antiques on ebay and even takes out an ad in the antique journal. His sales for those auctions yield 25-35% higher results.
Don't beat the guy up for success.
As a side note, I was 3 for 4 in his auction last night.
The one I lost I was 25% off the top bid.
One my max bid was totally max out to the penny.
One my max bid was 10% over the selling price
and the last one my max bid was 4 times the purchase price.
How is that for all over the board. To me it sounds like ebay.
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Like Scott's auctions, it is nice in Henry's auctions for a bidder to see a large quantity of similar offerings being offered by one seller. I bid on ten items, and I suspect I would only have found five or so with my usual search terms. Most bidders don't put tremendous amounts of energy into looking for items on ebay. If the auction is marketed and well presented to them, they will bid.