My first consignment

[glynparson]

Do what makes you feel comfortable. If they have an issue with you doing something like that I sure as hell
Wouldn’t consign.

[Snapolit1]

If it's a really top notch special item you could speak with them about getting placed in the front of the auction, in the top 10 or 25 listings for example, featured in promotional emails, etc.

Don't demand some crazy high opening price. The AH will know where to open it. Sometimes a high opening price can be disastrous. Just like selling a house. You want excitement and bidding. It will get up to a reasonable # on its own if its a quality item.

Don't nitpick the write up, as these guys know what they are doing. At the end of the day breathless crazy write ups probably aren't that important. However, if you feel it misses something important or misstates something, definitely speak up quickly.

My other advice would be not to drive yourself watching the bidding. My experience lately has been that you get a flurry of bids the first two days (people essentially putting a marker down) and then it goes slow for weeks. Only to pick up again the last two days. I'm sure if you polled consignors three days before their auction closes 97% of them would say they are unhappy where the item is sitting. Are exceptions of course.

[Orioles1954]

Hi Eric! Not sure what you're consigning as I've been on vacation. However, if it's card related then I will handle the description and research end of the deal. We get these questions all of the time and will keep you in the loop from start to finish. Thanks for working with us!

[Klrdds]

I consigned baseball cards , sets , autographs , and memorabilia with H & S for several auctions from 2016 until 2019 with items valued at $100 to items valued many many times that and I found them easy to deal with and I was kept in the loop constantly from shipping the items to them or having Dick pick them up at my house in GA until post auction settlement . They were great communicating with me the day before and the day of the auction if they felt it necessary to do so . My consignment fees were negotiated fairly and never changed over the time of our dealings . Trust their judgement on catalog placement and on reserves versus minimum bids for the item , but remember this is still an auction so your item may sell lower than you think it's worth , or hopefully much more than you think it's worth . I did take photos of all my items front and back and of the LOAs that were with them for my records before shipping just in case something unfortunate did happen , but nothing ever did .
Good Luck !

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

If it's a really top notch special item you could speak with them about getting placed in the front of the auction, in the top 10 or 25 listings for example, featured in promotional emails, etc.

Don't demand some crazy high opening price. The AH will know where to open it. Sometimes a high opening price can be disastrous. Just like selling a house. You want excitement and bidding. It will get up to a reasonable # on its own if its a quality item.

Don't nitpick the write up, as these guys know what they are doing. At the end of the day breathless crazy write ups probably aren't that important. However, if you feel it misses something important or misstates something, definitely speak up quickly.

My other advice would be not to drive yourself watching the bidding. My experience lately has been that you get a flurry of bids the first two days (people essentially putting a marker down) and then it goes slow for weeks. Only to pick up again the last two days. I'm sure if you polled consignors three days before their auction closes 97% of them would say they are unhappy where the item is sitting. Are exceptions of course.

+1 to all of this.

+1 Also to the person who said do what makes you feel comfortable. I'm sure H&S will be happy to do what needs to be done to make you feel right about trusting your items to them.