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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2819363, member: 77639&quot;]Stacks Bowers started the recent round of increases to 20% BP.&nbsp; Heritage and Goldberg have followed.&nbsp; Bonham&#039;s has been charging 25% for years.&nbsp; Legend has a split system: 17.5% (may go to 20%) for live auctions and 10% for internet-only auctions.&nbsp; Great Collections is 10%.</p><p><br /></p><p>The buyer&#039;s premium is actually paid by the consignors.&nbsp; As a buyer I couldn&#039;t care less how what I pay gets divvied:&nbsp; tax, BP, auction house, shipping, orphans in India, etc. .... all I care about is the total cost.&nbsp; When I bid, my bid is based on what my total cost will be.&nbsp; When I consign though,&nbsp; all I&#039;ll get is the hammer.&nbsp; As BP&#039;s go up, consignors get less of the total.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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