Poll: Which auction house would you go with for this estate lot?

[cjedmonton]

After careful thought, I've decided to forgo Ebay and consign an estate lot I've recently acquired with a major auction house.

Only one question remains...which one?

Please help me decide who would likely maximize the value of this lot. Commission is important, but not the be all end all.

In no particular order, I'm mostly concerned with:

1. Effective and accurate descriptions
2. Reputation
3. Provides TPA for signed items
4. Prompt payment after the auction ends
5. Overall success with bidders who pay for the items they win
6. Frequent opportunities to consign throughout the year. I don't have any problem waiting a month or two to submit, but I'd rather not wait a full year for annual auctions like REA, no matter how incredible their listings are.

Here are the items I will be submitting. The programs are the main draw, and as such, should be the focal point when helping me decide who to go through.

Thanks.

Inventory

1948 World Series Pennant

1951 Dodgers Silk Scarf

1951 World Series Program (unsigned)

1951 World Series Program (signed by Horace Stoneham, Chub Feeney, Leo Durocher, Edward Brannick, Freddie Fitzsimmons)

1951 World Series Program (signed by Douglas MacArthur)

1951 World Series Program (signed by Larry Goetz)

9 1953 World Series Programs (unsigned)

2 1954 All-Star Programs (unsigned)

1954 Harry Dichter Baseball in Music & Song Sheet Music (set of 14 reprints)

6 1955 World Series Programs (unsigned)

3 1956 World Series Programs (unsigned)

1956 World Series Game 5 Perfect Game Program (signed by Larry Goetz, Don Larsen, Billy Martin)

1956 World Series Game 5 Perfect Game Program (signed Larry Goetz & Don Larsen)

1956 World Series Program (signed by Larry Goetz)

2 1959 World Series Programs (unsigned)

1959 World Series Program (signed by Ford Frick)

1962 Wrigley Field All-Star Program (signed by Ford Frick)

1967 St. Louis Cardinals World Series button

3 1971 American League Programs

1971 NLCS Program

4 1971 World Series Programs

1976 American League pocket schedule

1979 World Series Program

Dizzy Dean & Paul Dean autographed Lowe & Campbell baseball

1940's/1950's Luke Appling Model A2310 Glove

1950's Milwaukee Braves Pennant

1950's Salesman's sample/stadium souvenir mini catcher's mitt

2 Stan Musial personalized autographed 8x10 photos

[perezfan]

For this type of stuff, I suggested Legendary. I have had good success with them as of late, and they are easy to work with.

Also... on the 2 Pennants, feel free to shoot me an email or PM. I pay top-dollar for vintage pennants, and you can avoid the sellers' commission (along with a long wait to be paid). Even if you squeezed into Legendary's August event, you're looking at October for compensation.

This timeline is true of any auction house, except maybe Mears, who seems have the highest frequency of events (and seems to pay the fastest). In terms of prices realized and considering the nature of your goods, however I would go with Legendary or SCP (who you didn't list).

Hope this helps,
Mark

[Leon]

I would go with any one of our advertisers . You want your customers to see your stuff. You are here, right? Good luck with it which ever way you go.

[Mr. Zipper]

I'd send them to RR.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am a consultant for RR.

[MGHPro]

I'd stick them on ebay... only problem would be no TPA. but there are not a lot of signatures I would be worried about..

[murphusa]

Auction houses would "bundle" alot of the items together so you may want to take that into consideration.

[Johnw67]

You should consider paragon auctions, they do not charge a buyers premium. You wind up keeping all of the money!! I think they have an auction coming up in September 2012. You do not have to worry about the bundling because you are buying the page, you can do it any way that you choose.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Johnw67

You should consider paragon auctions, they do not charge a buyers premium. You wind up keeping all of the money!! I think they have an auction coming up in September 2012. You do not have to worry about the bundling because you are buying the page, you can do it any way that you choose.

I am just curious. Are you affiliated with Paragon in any way? I see you and they are both from NJ.

And I should mention I picked Lelands for a specific reason. All of the companies listed would do a good job though.

[Johnw67]

I am not associated with paragon in any way, I am just an educated buyer and seller and see no reason to pay fees on either end. Paragon does not charge buyers premium or sellers fees, just the flat fee.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Johnw67

I am not associated with paragon in any way, I am just an educated buyer and seller and see no reason to pay fees on either end. Paragon does not charge buyers premium or sellers fees, just the flat fee.

Paragon is a good company, (and has even been a valued advertiser here) and certainly nothing against them. I would suspect that, as an educated buyer and seller, you will go where you will net the most money in your pocket. That is the only thing to consider when selling something as the OP has posted.

If a company charges $1000 to sell your item and you get $10000 for it, that is great. But it would be better if a company charged 20% and got you $15000..... Like I say, I think all of the companies listed would do a good job with those items.

[drc]

I'm from Washington State and am not associated with Microsoft.

I've never met Jay Buhner either.

Though I did once date a woman who once sang in a grunge band. So I will refrain from making musical recommendations in this thread. I won't even hum as I type.