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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 335221, member: 1262"]A local auction house in my area is turning away consignments of glass, pottery, and furniture since according to the owner the market for these items is depressed and they don't want to waste time and space with them. This is not a high end auction house, just a run of the mill place that sells cheap antiques and collectables in weekly sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I fully agree that the market for brown furniture, glassware, and pottery is not the healthiest; it seems a bit drastic to stop accepting these items since they make up such a large percentage of what the typical auction house sells in the normal course of business.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your thoughts? Is this a good call to avoid low demand items or a poor business decision that will be reversed quickly? This auctioneer is know to be a bit impulsive and a few years back tried to ditch his live sales for online only but failed to gain traction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 335221, member: 1262"]A local auction house in my area is turning away consignments of glass, pottery, and furniture since according to the owner the market for these items is depressed and they don't want to waste time and space with them. This is not a high end auction house, just a run of the mill place that sells cheap antiques and collectables in weekly sales. While I fully agree that the market for brown furniture, glassware, and pottery is not the healthiest; it seems a bit drastic to stop accepting these items since they make up such a large percentage of what the typical auction house sells in the normal course of business. Your thoughts? Is this a good call to avoid low demand items or a poor business decision that will be reversed quickly? This auctioneer is know to be a bit impulsive and a few years back tried to ditch his live sales for online only but failed to gain traction.[/QUOTE]
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