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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 163584, member: 88"]I am sure it happens more times than 99.9999% of the dealers will admit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>About a year ago a lady bought a painting at 1 auction house in town just to consign it to a higher end one. She made less than $100.00 after seller's premium & their fee for their catalog. Now that might not seem too bad until you know she had invested over 4K. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> To me that is not enough profit for tying up that much of your capital for a couple of months. In the end the only people who came out winners were the original seller & the auction houses. </p><p><br /></p><p>Peggy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 163584, member: 88"]I am sure it happens more times than 99.9999% of the dealers will admit. ;):p:rolleyes::smuggrin: About a year ago a lady bought a painting at 1 auction house in town just to consign it to a higher end one. She made less than $100.00 after seller's premium & their fee for their catalog. Now that might not seem too bad until you know she had invested over 4K. :jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop: To me that is not enough profit for tying up that much of your capital for a couple of months. In the end the only people who came out winners were the original seller & the auction houses. Peggy[/QUOTE]
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