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<p>[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 3157530, member: 16674"]I know you are right; but I feel a need to, these people purport to be experts on the subject. I appreciate they will sometimes make mistakes, even I do, but when they mislead it can cause sellers and buyers a financial loss, while taking a fee for doing so. </p><p><br /></p><p>I used the same auction house for a quote on selling a 100-book library related to the oil and oil transportation industries, their history and politics. They came up with a job lot sale of £30 to £120. Based on the Abebooks seller sites, a copy of a 1906 signed copy of one book was offered at £252/£326/£526, another at £50 to 140, three others at over a £100. The other 94 books averaging at least £15 each. They don't want to do the necessary work. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I might go back to them, and see if they change their minds. But thank you for your help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 3157530, member: 16674"]I know you are right; but I feel a need to, these people purport to be experts on the subject. I appreciate they will sometimes make mistakes, even I do, but when they mislead it can cause sellers and buyers a financial loss, while taking a fee for doing so. I used the same auction house for a quote on selling a 100-book library related to the oil and oil transportation industries, their history and politics. They came up with a job lot sale of £30 to £120. Based on the Abebooks seller sites, a copy of a 1906 signed copy of one book was offered at £252/£326/£526, another at £50 to 140, three others at over a £100. The other 94 books averaging at least £15 each. They don't want to do the necessary work. So I might go back to them, and see if they change their minds. But thank you for your help.[/QUOTE]
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