interesting auction wessex auction rooms 29th aug

[Macca]

The two items shown above would be the only items interest to me.

Whilst not exactly skint, my partner spends all my money for me!

What about that big pile of Pioneer kit still in the boxes? I'm like a moth to a flame with that sort of thing.

[Barry]

No that doesn't interest me either.

If anything I ought to auction off the absurd amount of audio gear I have but don't really use.

[Pete The Cat]

These auction sites seem to do a good job for the seller price-wise. In the past year I've followed online auctions for sales of items from John Peel's estate and Danny Baker and have been priced out of getting as little as one LP from any of them since everything, even ordinary items, ends up going for over £100. The 'buyer's premium' is something to watch out for however I'm not sure who is able to afford all this stuff at the winning prices (probably hardcore dealers who know exactly what they're after, rather than average fans).

[Pigmy Pony]

These auction sites seem to do a good job for the seller price-wise. In the past year I've followed online auctions for sales of items from John Peel's estate and Danny Baker and have been priced out of getting as little as one LP from any of them since everything, even ordinary items, ends up going for over £100. The 'buyer's premium' is something to watch out for however I'm not sure who is able to afford all this stuff at the winning prices (probably hardcore dealers who know exactly what they're after, rather than average fans).

So you can see what the winning bids were? I'd be interested to see that.

From what I've seen on TV, it looks like the buyer pays a premium which has been added to the cost (presumably goes to the auctioneer), and the seller also has some fees to pay out of the sale. Shouting out numbers and banging a gavel looks like easy money to me, it's not even like they're any good at valuing stuff, I could do that.

[MisterMoseley]

So you can see what the winning bids were? I'd be interested to see that..

I registered for the auction, sat patiently at my screen, hovered over the ‘bid now’ button for the lot I was interested in, had a quick bid and then was left far, far behind as the bids rose to a level which was well above what I was prepared to pay.
On a more serious note, many auction houses update their on-line catalogues with hammer prices for previous auctions.
I’ve just had a look at the Wessex web site (I’m lucky - just down the road from me) & have had a quick run through the catalogue for 29th August.
All of the hammer prices are there and that Leema went for a fair bit more than the estimate (not surprised in the slightest)!
Oh and going back to one of the earlier posts about combining a trip to the auction with Stonehenge, well having previously lived in Wiltshire ………..

[Pigmy Pony]

Yes I saw those results too - as you say the Leema combo went for a fair bit more than the estimate, though at £2,600 iirc is not bad compared to new rrp of nearly £8k I suppose. And a Musical Fidelity phono stage (which I was interested in, but too lazy to bid on) went for £320 (compared to new price of about £1400) so pretty good bargains really.

Just a shame these things always come along when funds are in short supply, which unfortunately is all the time these days