Dolls can make good photographic subjects - I've seen some really creepy dolls recently. Not the bjds but some zombie dolls that someone linked to at LJ. It's the kind of thing that would probably give some people a heart attack but I couldn't help thinking they'd make a great photo shoot!
They published the Prices Realized list this morning. This doll: the winning bid was $60.00. There was another one I took pictures of too, and will post sometime soon. It was a bigger S&H, 32" tall. The winning bid for it was $250, with estimates of $300-500. In these auctions, the winning bid is only 75% of what it costs out the door.
The auction house takes about an 18% commission (from the buyer), and then there is a 9% sales tax. The auction house also gets a fee from the sellers too, I don't remember the % of the sale bid that it is. They get their cuts, then send the proceeds to the sellers. I think the auction house does pretty good, They have been around for many decades, maybe close to a century. Even when the economy is bad, people still come looking for bargains, and buyers find them there in abundance. This last Friday at the preview when I took these photos, I noticed attendance was sharply down compared to previews the last few months.
I really enjoy visiting this place every month. I wish I had lots of expendable cash to bid on some of these interesting things I see, but then maybe it is good I don't have this capability, because before too many months would go by, my house would start to get choked with all manner of gee-gaws and bric-a-brac, oriental carpets two and three thick (like djaza) and paintings covering the walls inside, outside, and on the fence and the roof!
Oh, PS. I know nothing about these dolls, except that they are sometimes expressive photo subjects as I see you realize also. When I referred to the larger one as another S&H, that was just abbreviation for the sake of convenience. So, I am supposing the "bjds" you mention is also the abbreviation for a manufacturer. The zombie dolls must be "statements" for teens or adults, huh? Who'd want to warp or scare their very young kids?
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Date: 2010-06-14 10:29 pm (UTC)The auction house takes about an 18% commission (from the buyer), and then there is a 9% sales tax. The auction house also gets a fee from the sellers too, I don't remember the % of the sale bid that it is. They get their cuts, then send the proceeds to the sellers. I think the auction house does pretty good, They have been around for many decades, maybe close to a century. Even when the economy is bad, people still come looking for bargains, and buyers find them there in abundance. This last Friday at the preview when I took these photos, I noticed attendance was sharply down compared to previews the last few months.
I really enjoy visiting this place every month. I wish I had lots of expendable cash to bid on some of these interesting things I see, but then maybe it is good I don't have this capability, because before too many months would go by, my house would start to get choked with all manner of gee-gaws and bric-a-brac, oriental carpets two and three thick (like djaza) and paintings covering the walls inside, outside, and on the fence and the roof!
Oh, PS. I know nothing about these dolls, except that they are sometimes expressive photo subjects as I see you realize also. When I referred to the larger one as another S&H, that was just abbreviation for the sake of convenience. So, I am supposing the "bjds" you mention is also the abbreviation for a manufacturer. The zombie dolls must be "statements" for teens or adults, huh? Who'd want to warp or scare their very young kids?