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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 3706633, member: 73489&quot;]<b><span style="color: #0080ff">Been watching hundreds of auctions on Heritage LIVE the last week or so.....as a general rule, here&#039;s my observations:</span></b></p><ul> <li>The range estimate isn&#039;t a bad guestimate for the total cost of an item for probably 90-95% of the listed items.</li> <li>For most items, the hammer price ALONE is below the bottom of that price range estimate.</li> <li>Add in the Buyers Premium (let alone S&amp;H, sales tax) and you fall in the lower bound of that range estimate.</li> <li>For premium items...where the internet bidding already has more than 1 or 2 bidders...you&#039;re likely to see that hammer price right in the middle of the price range if not the top end.&nbsp;&nbsp; Add in the other costs, and you are at the top end or maybe above it.</li> <li>For maybe 2% of the items (1 out of 40) you get a hammer price ABOVE the top end.&nbsp; Which means people really want it when you add in the BP, sales tax, etc.</li> </ul><p>I&#039;ve only been looking daily/weekly at HA the last few weeks/months so some of you vets may have more longer-term observations.&nbsp; Welcome to hear them ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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