Proper auctions

[yousnoozeyoulose]

Love a good in-the-room auction (or in these times, point-and-click), so will link through to them when something good comes up.

Collectibles auction at Smiths in Chch this week.
https://smithsauctions.co.nz/live/auctio...tails/1743

Good range of stuff. Plenty of cameras. Anything take your fancy?

[Praktica]

We have a similar auction house in Dunedin - they used to do physical auctions, until covid struck. Now, you can visit to check items out, but bidding is online.
https://www.haywards.co.nz/

[Magoo]

not so many around these days. (even pre covid)

[yousnoozeyoulose]

Spent many an hour at Dunbar Sloane in Wellington, occasionally getting a bargain, but also working out who were the resellers on Trade Me. Was always amusing seeing a familiar lot popping up on TM after a day or two.

[Praktica]

Years ago, I bid on a camera lot at Haywards, and dropped out at $100. A dealer bought the lot, and put it on TM, the lenses separate from the camera. He was looking for over $300 for everything (he paid $110+ commission). The auction was relisted mutiple times, with different combinations, until he eventually put the complete lot on TM for $80 buy now. I bought it then...

[yousnoozeyoulose]

Shining a light this week on the Heritage Art Auctions out of Whanganui, started by NBR founder Henry Newrick. A real mixture of stuff for this one. A likely Frances Hodgkins, quite a few prints, photographs, a bunch of cartoons, books, etc. Probably a bit too much chocolate box art by unknowns for my taste, but there's always a diamond in the rough to be uncovered.

https://auctions.heritageartnz.com/2112.1/catalogue