cynic Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 hour ago, gtrdaddy said: A lot of that stuff seems to have sold for four and five times it's actual value. Crazy. It was Walter Becker's stuff, not Hendrix's. They had to pay NiteBob for his time and trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerDave Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I have no actual facts to base this on, but it's possible that the Auction company and the Becker estate agreed to shift all fees from the seller to the buyer. My wife does auctions of manufacturing tools and in that industry a 10% buyers premium and 10% seller's premium is common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Christie's and Sotheby's also have a buyers premium of 25% for the lowest price bracket. Usually they are on a sliding scale, so the percentage goes down as the price goes up over 400k. So, no this wasn't someone from the Becker estate deciding anything, it's the standard operating procedure of the top tier collector's auction houses at the present time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelicious Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 On 10/31/2019 at 8:40 AM, BadgerDave said: I have no actual facts to base this on, but it's possible that the Auction company and the Becker estate agreed to shift all fees from the seller to the buyer. My wife does auctions of manufacturing tools and in that industry a 10% buyers premium and 10% seller's premium is common. I've bought a few things in that sort of auction and that sounds about right if memory serves. On 10/31/2019 at 9:23 AM, tbonesullivan said: Christie's and Sotheby's also have a buyers premium of 25% for the lowest price bracket. Usually they are on a sliding scale, so the percentage goes down as the price goes up over 400k. So, no this wasn't someone from the Becker estate deciding anything, it's the standard operating procedure of the top tier collector's auction houses at the present time. I almost hate myself for saying it, but I guess it's reasonable if people are willing to pay it. It isn't like anything went unsold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortious Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Round 2: The Leftovers. Coming December 9. 🤩 https://www.julienslive.com/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/326 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynic Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Oh hell....there's an Amp 11 people here are going to be fighting over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonge Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 he sure had a lot of pedals lol. shipping on that SVT cab in the roadcase will be pricey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shark Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 "Rocky II"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I wish I had known there was a second sale coming. I bookmarked about 50 items, mostly a bunch of tellies, LP juniors and about 35 amps. I was away at parents weekend and was watching on my laptop in the hotel and on my phone when on campus, in the car or eating. I bid on a couple but my bids were reasonable/rational, they fell way short. I was amazed at the prices they brought. Then Saturday night, I returned to the hotel and discovered I had two winning bids. Say what? Turns out when I logged on two times during the day by the phone link, I was not only clicking into the auction - - I was also placing a bid for whatever was up at the time. Shit. It so happened I logged just in time to be the high bidder. $1750 for some Metropolitan Orpheum acoustic. Later I was the high bidder (again $1750) for some Harmony electric guitar. So $1750 plus 25% plus 3% ($2240, I think) plus $195 shipping TIMES TWO. I never got a confirmation like eBay where I won the auction. By the time I discovered this and before I could get their reply to my email or shut down the credit card, the sales went through. That fast. They said they'd go back to the bidder before me to see if they'd be interested. Never heard back. If I had known there would be a second auction, I would have asked them to put those up for sale again and cover the difference to keep the auction house whole on the fees, reduce my losses, etc. I am still waiting for delivery. I will have to resell them and take a major loss. I hope to net out a grand and be out $4K. Laugh all you want. I am partly to blame but the email set up/link was not fair either. Or the lack of a confirming mail would have kept my bidding to the first one. Could be worse. I could be the owner or two $10000 Fender basses. Go ahead and hit the WTF emoji. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortious Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 :wtf: Damn dude, that's rough. I wonder how many other people that happened to. Maybe you can reverb/ebay them and get close. Never know what disappointed Becker collectors are out there that missed something. If you're still waiting for delivery, find out if they've actually shipped them yet and make them your offer. They probably wouldn't mind collecting fees twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 I have consigned these to Julien's to sell at an auction in May. Will avoid the cost of shipping to me and then my resale hassles. Theye are going to value these at $2-4K. We'll see what they actually fetch. Oh, and the seller's fee is 20%. Out of sight out of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.bandini Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Ouch! That really stinks. Good luck with your resale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerDave Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 11 hours ago, Pieman said: Oh, and the seller's fee is 20%. A 20% seller's fee on top of 28% buyer's commission and, I assume, another fee to the next buyer? Damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynic Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Is the May auction another Becker only sale or a hodgepodge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 11/26/2019 at 10:25 AM, Pieman said: I have consigned these to Julien's to sell at an auction in May. Will avoid the cost of shipping to me and then my resale hassles. Theye are going to value these at $2-4K. We'll see what they actually fetch. Oh, and the seller's fee is 20%. Out of sight out of mind. SEE THE POSTING FROM ME FIVE ABOVE THIS ONE^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Remember when I clicked on the cell phone link twice and each time became the bidder (and high bidder at that!) for $1750. Plus fees each cost me $2240. Boy, did I feel stupid. Surprise, surprise. Check the on-line pre-auction bids below. Even with a 20% sellers fee, I am currently making a small profit. Stupid but lucky me. At this point each new bid jumps $500-$1000. This is part of the Juliens auction this coming weekend featuring the Cobain MYV Unplugged Martin now at $500,000. https://www.julienslive.com/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.bandini Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Excellent. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Well, my mistakes ($2240X2) seemed to work out after all. I was hoping to get back 1/2 of my money. After the original auction, I couldn't find a completed sale for either that was over $700. I dubbed these the "firewood guitars." The Harmony, I believe, was a cheapo Sears guitar that didn't even have a truss rod. I know nothing about Orpheums. And at these prices, the buyer paid a 25% buyers fee and a 3% fee for internet bidding. Thank you, Baby Jesus. Or Walter Becker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenD Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Wow, I guess it helped (for you) that the buyers didn't have so many damn guitars to choose from in this auction when compared to the first insane Becker auction. I'm honestly totally perplexed those two guitars went for that much this time around, especially the the Harmony. There must have been insane Becker fans that feel they missed out on the last auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 How about this? I wish Prince had played Hamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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