Question about auctions

[Anthony S.]

I started collecting again a couple years ago after a long hiatus and found registering with auction houses to be little more than a formality. Use Ebay as one of the references, and if you've purchased from or sold cards to any members of this board, just ask them if they would mind be listed as a reference. The first auction house I registered with, REA, was the only auction house that actually called me on the phone to ask for a reference (I'd just started collecting again and literally had none). I mentioned a member of this board whom I'd recently traded cards with, and they said "Oh, I know him" and that was the end of it, I was registered.