As you work with the same Auction House over and over, I find they will offer the lots the way you prep them, but I always tell the owner of the auction house that if he needs to merge a couple lots or split out items like your LSU cards, he is free to do so. In most cases I have more time and experience working for (and making up) auction lots then the staff does. Sometimes how the lots are prepped and handled depends on how the Auction House sells. If it's a traditional Brick and Mortar live auction, they may want more flexibility to modify your list on the fly. If the catalog is for on-line selling, many auction houses like it when you provide each lot in a box (or 2) and make up the description for them, because it is faster for them to process. They don't have to make decisions, just photograph and type. How you make up the lots has as much to do with the way many auction houses charge minimum per lot fees. If you have to pay them a minimum of say: $5 per lot, then something like the LSU cards may net you more sold in one group. Some auction houses will give you a target per lot, depending on where they are in the food chain. Just like having an idea of what you want minimum for an eBay listing, they may not want to deal with lots that will only bring $5 or $10. You should also have a per lot minimum target. If you don't think a game or action figure will hit your minimum, put a few items together to make a better lot. Three $5 figures or a large box with 6 assorted vintage board games, rather then single items, might do that. The auctioneer will usually appreciate the effort you put into making up lots he can flip. Some houses will charge you the minimum fee even on lots that don't sell, so sending them will just waste everyones time. If you have an unlikely item, that you want to dump anyway, then an old trick is to send it with a related item that will be popular. For example, a couple new low dollar Barbies, with a 1960s doll and some clothes would make a good lot. If they charge you per lot sold, you can end up in a situation where the house wins and gets more per lot then you do and your net result is actually lower. Learning about the minimum per lot fees helps you make up lots in a way that is likely to make you more money, net. I use flat boxes, like Safeway"s fruit boxes and size the lots to cover the fees and make me some dosh too. If you explain to the auctioneer that you have been selling on-line for years and have experience at pricing, he may let you make up your own lots. Doing that is faster for the auction house to process lots, so they win too. 😉

That’s a good idea, we’ll start leaving an itemized list in the future

@@shedflipsThese days I source primarily from buying bulk mixed lots from auctions and estates, so always seem to have items in each group that I have no intention of putting up on eBay. That is were I get the primary fodder for making up auction lots. Additionally, I'll send items that are taken down from eBay because they haven't sold and I am tired of seeing them sit on my shelves. Sending lots to auction is just another way to manage stock. The auction house I'm currently using is a bit over an hour away and near our state capital (bigger audience then were we live) away and sells on line weekly, so I can take about as much as I can lot up. To make it worth the time and fuel I take about a pick-up truck of boxed lots at a time.

That requires 10x the work and time.

This one was about a year old allegedly. There is a date code 👩‍💻 n the bottom, but no date. Maybe they changed the way they do it.

I was the first one that I know of.

Oh man I hope so Wayne. We didn’t go to the auction and it ended 8 days ago. Hopefully we are in for a nice surprise.

It’s not listed yet.

Thanks.

Do you think they work 24 hours a day?

@@ChadRaush During working hours, yes I do think they do. My question is more out of curiosity as to the desire to watch the auction.

I love going to auctions, it brings me joy and a rush. Whether I'm bidding or not.

Whats wrong with going to auctions