Yes I think Wim pointed out by what you wrote Ira..”dominant” by definition that means, control or power over others and when that happens a market becomes stale and unexciting, the business of collecting and dealing did seem all more exciting a few years back.
It also seems to me that allot of people who had taken up collecting around the millennium mark are, dropping like flies out of the market place, selling up and moving on from it. I can only write what I have been told but, I have been asking. Heritage promises the world to it’s consignors and they expect to get it, it’s a possibility that people only trust them with it. Simon From: Wim Jansen Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 3:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Heritage charges I would say as a animation collector too, I was very impressed with their recent animation auction. They have quickly become the dominant auction house for animation art. There’s your answer, coming into the market, flooding it with volume and eliminate the original expert dealers without needing the expertise. Then after that you raise your percentages. I have bought quite a few posters with Heritage and i do trust and value Grey as a straight business guy and a very knowledgable expert, but I always have niggles in the deal after the purchase. In those events I have had contact with a lot of people. It seems like the entire back office consists of temps, there’s a huge turnover of personnel. That does not feel good. Wim Op 16 jun. 2016, om 15:27 heeft Ira Rubenstein <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven: I think you will see that through this move, Heritage will eliminate people listing lower priced items. As a business if they can focus on higher ticket items there is a higher return per item. There is a fixed labor cost per item you list, and as a business obviously you want to maximize your return per item. I am not saying the increase on a min charge is right or wrong. To me it is just a business decision. I would say as a animation collector too, I was very impressed with their recent animation auction. They have quickly become the dominant auction house for animation art. I am curious to the last statement about how the Film Poster Business has lost a lot because of Heritage and their patrons. I am a collector and not a dealer. How has Heritage hurt the business? Is that a overall Dealer perspective? I would also agree with the other statement that there are lots of other venues and in a free trade society, if something gets out of whack, there will always be something new to balance it. Anyway, my .02. Ira From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Simon Oram <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 7:41 AM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Heritage charges Agree..I think it was good to start with now, it seems the film poster business has lost allot because of them? and their patrons. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: Michael Greenwood Sent: Thursday, 16 June 2016 12:23 To: [email protected] Reply To: Michael Greenwood Subject: Re: [MOPO] Heritage charges I'm sure they justified it to their shareholders in the normal way...growth must come at a cost...to the users. And I imagine they were pleased with this news. The non-stop greed in this world is really intense these days! Thankfully this hobby has other venues and less grabby sellers. M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Tommy Barr <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 5:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Heritage charges Just noticed that from this weekend Heritage Auctions is charging a minimum buyer's commission of $19, an increase of 36%. I just wonder how they justify that? 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