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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 4522826, member: 10944"]when I have an item I’m not sure of I like to do an auction rather than fixed price. Let the market determine its value. I’ll start high. Like for example if I thought $128 was a good price I’d maybe start at $100 or $110 or something. That way if it sells at opening bid I didn’t lose much off my valuation but if the market wants it I’ll get more than my valuation. You can always relist if no sale and list at fixed price wherever you want. Jade is so tricky. There’s so much to know about it and any piece that grabs the right collectors eye, particularly a Chinese buyers eye could bring big money. Stones in general in China seem to be that way. Take two stones that look relatively similar to a western eye and one could be worth $50 and one could be worth $5,000 to a Chinese buyer based on what would seem to be relatively small differences. Anyways when I’m not sure I like to do auction format and let the market decide for me. Of course starting auctions with high opening bids you can debate the validity of but I don’t have a strong enough following to feel confident starting super low on valuable items.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 4522826, member: 10944"]when I have an item I’m not sure of I like to do an auction rather than fixed price. Let the market determine its value. I’ll start high. Like for example if I thought $128 was a good price I’d maybe start at $100 or $110 or something. That way if it sells at opening bid I didn’t lose much off my valuation but if the market wants it I’ll get more than my valuation. You can always relist if no sale and list at fixed price wherever you want. Jade is so tricky. There’s so much to know about it and any piece that grabs the right collectors eye, particularly a Chinese buyers eye could bring big money. Stones in general in China seem to be that way. Take two stones that look relatively similar to a western eye and one could be worth $50 and one could be worth $5,000 to a Chinese buyer based on what would seem to be relatively small differences. Anyways when I’m not sure I like to do auction format and let the market decide for me. Of course starting auctions with high opening bids you can debate the validity of but I don’t have a strong enough following to feel confident starting super low on valuable items.[/QUOTE]
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