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Here's something that I never saw done by an Auction House
I was watching a lot in an auction that was ending tonight. It was a 1913 National Game set. I was going to put in a bid 10 minutes before the deadline. While waiting anxiously as the clock ticked down, I started looking at some of the individual cards this AH offered tonight. There were individual cards from the 1913 National Game Set also up for grabs. I just wanted the whole set and was not interested in the individual cards. But I noticed that the grades of the individual cards were exactly the same as the ones in the lot of the whole set that they were auctioning off. I then checked the PSA certification #'s and they also matched. This seemed really strange to me.
I went back and read the description of the lot of the set and saw this and could not believe my eyes. "Each card is also available on its own later in the auction, and whichever format generates the highest aggregate bidding will win the cards." I have been bidding on auctions for over 13 years and have never seen anything like this. It pissed me off and said to myself that this AH has really gone too far. Of course, I decided not to place my bids. Has anyone ever encountered anything like this before? What do you think of this? |
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I can't believe I haven't seen it before. Brilliant and jerky in one.
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I have seen it a bunch of times in auctions. Usually a high grade set that they try to sell both ways as single card or set. Which ever is the highest bidder the sets versus the singles wins the auction.
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Yes, I have seen it before, if the individual bids are higher in total than the set, the individual bids win.
Joe
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Have seen many times but usually they are much more explicit about it.
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I usually don't bid on whole sets so maybe that's why I never saw this. It certainly was not very clear especially in the individual lots.
I guess an AH can do whatever they want. As a bidder, I can certainly find another AH. |
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If it's disclosed I don't see the issue; I have seen this a lot.
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Farm land is often sold this way at auctions.
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For some reason I remember a big lot of Old Judges sold in this manner a few years back.
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Why is this unethical? Clearly stated and disclosed. Just an AH trying to maximize their consignors profits. I see no harm and think this will happen more regularly with complete graded sets down the road.
Irresponsible to call it unethical. Nothing unethical here. |
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Bidding on a complete set and individual cards of the set has been done many times. This method is generally used to sell top graded sets. Why unethical?
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Auction Houses
If your not bidding on the set or the lots it is pretty interesting to follow.
Alan Hager used this method in his auctions back in the 1990's I believe. |
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Cool stuff
I like it. If you are the consignor, this gives you 100% peace of mind in that you know your cards are going to be maximized one way or the other.
It might be a bit of a strain on the bidders but hey, if you REALLY want something......bid high and bid often! Very cool concept. Peace, Mike Last edited by vthobby; 07-26-2015 at 08:22 AM. |
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