Restored Honus Wagner at SCP Auctions

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

AHs do a number of things they obviously believe help them and their consignors--what are the bidders, anyway, chopped liver? You know, the ones that actually pay the bills!--that are of dubious effectiveness, not to mention integrity, in my mind. I've always thought that their ridiculously low estimates, intended to spur more interest among bidders, might actually do the reverse, making some feel stupid to be making bids too far ahead of the estimates by the supposed pros, the AHs. Just play it straight across the board, don't try to overthink the process, and let the cards play as they lay--what a unique approach that would be! Out of curiosity, are there any AHs that do that?

I've been trying not to make threads like this about me, but you asked

We run auctions with low starting bids and no reserves, hidden, stated or otherwise. We don't even do pre-auction estimates because you, the bidders, tell me what the item is worth, not the other way around. Our name is The Collector Connection because it is our goal to get cards into the hands of collectors. If we make our bidders happy they will in turn make our consignors happy. That's our philosophy.