Regarding Grant Zahajko Auctions

[mrreality68]

Hi Everyone

I see Grant Zahajko Acutions LLC at the top of the Net54Baseball Header section from time to time.

Does anyone have experience with them.

How are they

[Casey2296]

25% vig plus shipping and handling, if they charge sales tax that would be a total of 35% cost to win an item in my State. Ouch.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

25% vig plus shipping and handling, if they charge sales tax that would be a total of 35% cost to win an item in my State. Ouch.

Not good for the consignor.

[Hankphenom]

The good news is that, thanks to a tip from a Net54 friend about an hour before the live auction was to start, I registered successfully (that was a surprise!) and got in a bunch of bids on some great things, including a "Holy Grail," the Walter Johnson L1 leather, for anywhere between 30% to 50% of what I expected them to go for. Strictly a bottom-feeding exercise, I figured, but was thrilled to find out I had actually won five of the six items I bid on, and I immediately wished I had bid on a bunch more. The 25% vig and payment rules (wire transfer from my bank!) are ridiculous, and I'm bracing for the shipping costs (no clue, but wouldn't be surprised if they soak me for a few hundred more for that.) But even with all those, I'll end up overall paying about half of what I could take these things to the National and sell them to dealers for, and probably do even better in auctions. Especially coming right out of the blue, it was a thrilling experience. But man, I'd hate to be a consignor, at least to this particular auction, and it seems that that they do just about everything to say to intelligent collectors, "we don't give a shit if you bid in our auction or not." How they get consignments, I can't imagine.

[ocjack]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I went to their website and tried to check out past auctions - but there are no final prices available. Is there a secret handshake to get this information?>

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ocjack

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I went to their website and tried to check out past auctions - but there are no final prices available. Is there a secret handshake to get this information?>

Oh, great, I didn't even know about Session 1, who knows what great stuff that went cheap I'll see there! Like everything else about this apparently very legitimate and successful AH, trying to navigate their site is a bit hinky. I finally did get to this link for Session 1, but it wasn't easy.

https://bid.gzauctions.com/auctions/...ilia-session-1

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

The good news is that, thanks to a tip from a Net54 friend about an hour before the live auction was to start, I registered successfully (that was a surprise!) and got in a bunch of bids on some great things, including a "Holy Grail," the Walter Johnson L1 leather, for anywhere between 30% to 50% of what I expected them to go for. Strictly a bottom-feeding exercise, I figured, but was thrilled to find out I had actually won five of the six items I bid on, and I immediately wished I had bid on a bunch more. The 25% vig and payment rules (wire transfer from my bank!) are ridiculous, and I'm bracing for the shipping costs (no clue, but wouldn't be surprised if they soak me for a few hundred more for that.) But even with all those, I'll end up overall paying about half of what I could take these things to the National and sell them to dealers for, and probably do even better in auctions. Especially coming right out of the blue, it was a thrilling experience. But man, I'd hate to be a consignor, at least to this particular auction, and it seems that that they do just about everything to say to intelligent collectors, "we don't give a shit if you bid in our auction or not." How they get consignments, I can't imagine.

Color me super jealous!!!

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by mouschi

Color me super jealous!!!

I sold a WaJo L1 to Terry Knouse at the 1998 SportsFest and have regretted it ever since. I must have really needed the money then, and I didn't have a fix at the time on its extreme rarity. I'd long since given up on ever being able to afford to put one back in my collection, but this stroke of incredible luck did it for me. I hope the same happens to you some day.