Huggins & Scott

[margoaepi]

I just wanted to take a moment to thank Josh Wulkan at Huggins and Scott for making my first consignment a smooth and easy transaction. He was professional and attentive. Given that people spend a lot of time bashing auction houses (and often justifiably so), I wanted to take the time to point out a job well done. Thanks Josh!

[bobbyw8469]

Cool deal! Were you pleased with the price your consigment obtained? And did they do right by you regarding the consignment fee?

[margoaepi]

They certainly did right by me with the consignment fee. As far as the end result, I'll let you know after their upcoming auction.

[perezfan]

Was your consignment valued over $500? I had a number of nice pieces in the $500 range, that he rejected. He said that they were only pursuing items OVER $500 in value. This surprised me, as I have seen many items in their catalogues sell for less than that amount (on numerous occasion).

Anyway, I ended up consigning 5 of these lots to Hunt's, and they all ended up realizing between $400 - $800. I was a bit surprised that H & S wouldn't want them, but that's now "water under the bridge".

Best of luck with your consignments

[margoaepi]

The items were grouped in such a way so that they were over $500. Had I not wanted to group them together they presented me with other alternatives.

[whitey19thcentury]

Glad to hear about H&S. They are one of the last of the "major" auctionhouses I have yet to consign with. 95% of my consignments are autographed pieces, and to be quite frank, I am kind of leery consigning with H&S b/c their autograph lots, for whatever reason, seem to go for less (sometimes slightly, sometimes much) than similar lots in other auctions.