Death of private sales for higher end cards?

[parkplace33]

Pete’s recent post about auctions got me thinking:
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=327808

Are all higher end nice eye appeal cards (let’s say valued 10,000 dollars and above) just going straight to Auction Houses for sale and not even being considered selling privately?

I tend to think so. Consider this…. You want a 1933 Goudey Ruth, card 144, graded 7. You have the means to buy it (it’s a 6 figure card). I don’t think in this day and age you could buy that card privately. I think most collectors and sellers see the auction house prices and are automatically drawn to them.

Now maybe the above card example is extreme, but I think it goes for higher end cards closer to that 10k mark as well. Am I way off base here? I would love to hear thoughts/experiences on this topic.