Auction House Browsers

[Runscott]

Are there auction houses that you don't spend much time dealing with (either as a potential consignor or customer), simply because their catalog-browsing is a pain?

There are so many auctions to choose from these days, that I find myself simply ignoring some for the above reason. I've emailed to ask a couple about their software, thinking I must be missing something. I'm not.

[Jlighter]

It's been said many times

HUNTS

[drc]

Perhaps I missed a button, but one complaint that comes to mind is you can't see an entire Lelands category in one long line. With many auctions you can choose who many lots per page you can see (Sometimes the max allowed is 100 per page, but that's still a good amount and is fine). Will this stop me from browsing all the lots in a sitting? Yes.

I don't follow Hunts so can't comment on them, but most auction house formats are acceptable to me. I don't require a cookie cutter approach.

[ibuysportsephemera]

You can't see Lelands auction catalog sequentially....which is a complaint of mine.

[Leon]

I bid in Hunts auctions so don't want to be hypocritical, but their website leaves a lot to be desired. It's so inexpensive to have a company host it and use (their) better auction s/w I really don't get it.

[thecatspajamas]

It's gotten to where so many of them use SimpleAuction's software, that most look almost identical, at least when it comes to sports memorabilia. I'm not sure what other AH's use them, but they've just about got the market cornered when it comes to sports collectibles.

Hunt's would be a little more passable if they would just increase the size of the thumbnail images. At least they've now started printing catalogs for their monthly auctions, so I browse that first and dogear pages with lots I'm interested in before even going to view them online.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by Leon

I bid in Hunts auctions so don't want to be hypocritical, but their website leaves a lot to be desired. It's so inexpensive to have a company host it and use (their) better auction s/w I really don't get it.

Ditto.