Re: Query: The House Called Hadlows by Victoria Walker

"Giltedge Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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surely this is a common auction house ploy?  they entice you in with high
potential figures then dumb them down later. I sold some paintings in
auction through another major auction house earlier this year and they did
exactly the same they told me initially how good the realisations would be
then when it came to estimates and reserves they completely changed their
tune.
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I am not so sure, both Bloomsbury and ourselves saw a copy being offered for
sale for over £1000 but after we sent the book it dropped to £500. We wonder
whether Bloomsbury contacted the book dealer to verify their pricing and the
dealer reassessed the price. We just don't know.

However, Bloomsbury didn't charge us for the auction even though we had
upped the reserve and they would have been entitled to.  We also got a free
catalogue sent to us rather than having to pay £10.  In the end they made
nothing from auctioning the book. We were disappointed the book didn't sell
but have no complaints about the auction house and would quite happily use
them again, although probably with collectable rather than rare items!!