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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4877665, member: 101855"]Sorry, but I get tired of people telling me that buyers' fees don't matter, and that the biders don't end up paying any more. If you are a collector and you have been have been chasing something for a long time, and it comes up in auction, you are going to be more desperate to buy it. The buyers' fees are less important to a collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>A dealer can play the calculator breakback the bid game because they are willing to buy anything in the auction that goes for a total price that lets them make their required return. A collector usually has a much narrower focus that the whole darn auction. Having been both both a dealer and collector, I can tell you that's true. Some things can slip through the cracks in an auction, but if you are collector, you odds of getting the bargain are lower.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the consigners, if they are big enough, they are going to get more than the hammer prices. That's part of the negociation with the auction house.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4877665, member: 101855"]Sorry, but I get tired of people telling me that buyers' fees don't matter, and that the biders don't end up paying any more. If you are a collector and you have been have been chasing something for a long time, and it comes up in auction, you are going to be more desperate to buy it. The buyers' fees are less important to a collector. A dealer can play the calculator breakback the bid game because they are willing to buy anything in the auction that goes for a total price that lets them make their required return. A collector usually has a much narrower focus that the whole darn auction. Having been both both a dealer and collector, I can tell you that's true. Some things can slip through the cracks in an auction, but if you are collector, you odds of getting the bargain are lower. As for the consigners, if they are big enough, they are going to get more than the hammer prices. That's part of the negociation with the auction house.[/QUOTE]
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