Are some AHs getting too big for their own good?

[molenick]

Originally Posted by troutbum97

1934 Goudey #37 Lou Gehrig / "PSA 8".

A truly breath-taking card.

If you were the consigner, how pleased would you be when you read the description of the card written by the auction house - plus they stuffed the card allllll the way down at Lot #1533:

https://goldin.co/item/1934-goudey-3...a-nm-mt-825qjt

Description
Presented is one of more than 4,000 items in our 2022 Jackie Robinson 75th Anniversary Auction, closing between April 30 and May 2, 2022.

I was curious, so I clicked on the link. As mentioned, they have changed the description (maybe it was a placeholder?). But could they also have changed the lot # in the middle of an auction? It is Lot #75 (right between two Ruth cards) not Lot #1533 . It also has the most bids of any lot in the auction (I clicked on the left arrow but nothing happened, so I assume this is the lot with the most bids). I would not be livid if this was my consignment (at least not as the lot is currently situated and described).

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by molenick

I was curious, so I clicked on the link. As mentioned, they have changed the description (maybe it was a placeholder?). But could they also have changed the lot # in the middle of an auction? It is Lot #75 (right between two Ruth cards) not Lot #1533 . It also has the most bids of any lot in the auction (I clicked on the left arrow but nothing happened, so I assume this is the lot with the most bids). I would not be livid if this was my consignment (at least not as the lot is currently situated and described).

I'm curious if the litmus test for a good AH is accepting consignments of what is clearly an exceptional card, burying it to lot #1533 giving an insulting description to the card, and only changing things when they get called out on this sub. Is this particular AH so big that they can't take the time or train their staff to get it right before the auction opens? Is that acceptable? Reading some of the comments here it seems so. I would bet dollars to donuts that Brian, Al, or the folks at HA would not treat this card the same way. It smells of Hubris to me but maybe I was raised on old school values.

[molenick]

I do not believe in any way that the initial treatment of the card was acceptable. I was just posting what I found currently as an update. I'm an REA man myself, I have never consigned with Goldin.

Edited to add: when I said "could they also have changed the lot # in the middle of an auction" I did not mean to question whether the lot was originally #1533. I could have phrased that better, so if that was taken as questioning the original post, I apologize.

And good for Net54 if we brought this to Goldin's attention!

[troutbum97]

What is the likelihood that whoever handled this Gehrig for the AH was not impressed since it wasn’t a “PSA 10” compared to other Lebron, Trout & Brady cards of the same auction ?

So they buried it at Lot #1533 and started bidding at $100?

[notfast]

This is typical for Goldin.

There is no rhyme or reason for their placement except for the extreme high end stuff.