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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9422100, member: 5833"]They're not going to share any expertise or spend time & effort on an item they can't/won't sell, so first they decide if an item makes the cut. If they had thought this has great age on it You might have got a bit more out of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you, like me, you imagine big name auction houses having a horde of experts who closely examine all items accepted for consignment. In truth, they mostly accept the consignor's representation of a thing, delving into it themselves only occasionally, such as when they suspect it is a previously unknown da Vinci.</p><p><br /></p><p>They didn't think yours was like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/top-news/norwegian-archaeologists-find-worlds-oldest-runestone/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/top-news/norwegian-archaeologists-find-worlds-oldest-runestone/" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/top-news/norwegian-archaeologists-find-worlds-oldest-runestone/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9422100, member: 5833"]They're not going to share any expertise or spend time & effort on an item they can't/won't sell, so first they decide if an item makes the cut. If they had thought this has great age on it You might have got a bit more out of them. If you, like me, you imagine big name auction houses having a horde of experts who closely examine all items accepted for consignment. In truth, they mostly accept the consignor's representation of a thing, delving into it themselves only occasionally, such as when they suspect it is a previously unknown da Vinci. They didn't think yours was like this: [URL]https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/top-news/norwegian-archaeologists-find-worlds-oldest-runestone/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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