consignors

My colleagues are negotiating with the consignors about what to do with it next.

Daniel Grant: Sculpture that Anthony Caro "Disowned" Fails to Sell at Auction Daniel Grant 2011

My colleagues are negotiating with the consignors about what to do with it next.

Daniel Grant: Sculpture that Anthony Caro "Disowned" Fails to Sell at Auction Daniel Grant 2011

Estate liquidators, auction houses and consignors typically charge a percentage of the contents' sale price—often 25% to 35%.

The Pearls Are Mine! Kelly Greene 2012

As storefronts emptied in prime retail arenas, lower rents afforded consignment shops like Greenwich, Conn.-based Roundabout Resale, Boston-based Second Time Around (with 24,000 consignors), Tucson, Ariz.-based Buffalo Exchange (with 40 stores in 14 states) and other chains across the country the opportunity to thrive, sometimes doubling in size.

Is Your Closet Your Cash Portfolio? Nancy Brenner 2010

As storefronts emptied in prime retail arenas, lower rents afforded consignment shops like Greenwich, Conn.-based Roundabout Resale, Boston-based Second Time Around (with 24,000 consignors), Tucson, Ariz.-based Buffalo Exchange (with 40 stores in 14 states) and other chains across the country the opportunity to thrive, sometimes doubling in size.

Is Your Closet Your Cash Portfolio? Nancy Brenner 2010

He added that secrecy, as well as preferential treatment of certain consignors and buyers, "are all effective tools in creation something exclusive, something which makes even the most wealthy begging for it, particularly in times when people have a lot of disposable income."

Daniel Grant: Secrets of the (High-End) Art Market Daniel Grant 2010

Certainly, which guarantees present an inducement to would-be consignors, they also represent a risk for auctioneers in the event that lots do not achieve sufficiently high prices the consignor is paid the difference, and auction houses have tended to spread that risk around to third parties, such as collectors and art dealers.

Daniel Grant: Secrets of the (High-End) Art Market Daniel Grant 2010

It was a common practice at the time, in auctions conducted by more than one leading firm, for dealer-consignors to arrange for dealer-friends to bid on consigned lots, thus frequently resulting in ‘buybacks.’

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Certainly, which guarantees present an inducement to would-be consignors, they also represent a risk for auctioneers in the event that lots do not achieve sufficiently high prices the consignor is paid the difference, and auction houses have tended to spread that risk around to third parties, such as collectors and art dealers.

Daniel Grant: Secrets of the (High-End) Art Market Daniel Grant 2010

He added that secrecy, as well as preferential treatment of certain consignors and buyers, "are all effective tools in creation something exclusive, something which makes even the most wealthy begging for it, particularly in times when people have a lot of disposable income."

Daniel Grant: Secrets of the (High-End) Art Market Daniel Grant 2010