Quote Originally Posted by Pete The Cat View Post
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.