Christies or Sothebys will sell for 10% commission, why not use them?
Most people don’t know that you are the one who will pay the big auction houses, whether or not they sell your goods. They may sell an item for 10% commission, but you will also pay for photography, insurance and other add-ons, which will come out of your net proceeds, driving up your “commission” costs to 25 – 30% or more. Furthermore, if your item doesn’t sell, you will pay the photography, insurance, packing and shipping to get it back, or you won’t get it back at all. The big auction houses regularly over-estimate the value of goods, in competition to get it “in the door”. Once in, they will make money on your goods, whether sold or not… and you are the one who will pay. We pay ALL the expenses of our service out of our commissions. There will be no add-ons or extras, and the only expense you will incur is the cost of getting your items to us… and the actual shipping costs of getting it back, in the unlikely event that it does not sell. You can read two articles concerning this
