[Milsurplus] [ARC5] How Fair Radio Live Auction Went

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Any time stuff is selling “in bulk” the price comes down. That’s just how it works. 

Auctions are expensive to run. The folks running them do understand the tradeoff between selling by the piece and selling by the pallet. They most certainly have done the math. They don’t pick the option that yields less cash at the end of the process.

None of that is new or surprising. It’s worked that way for at least 60 years. Before that,  it probably did as well. I just wasn’t there to see it in action. 

Bob

> On Aug 30, 2024, at 5:18 AM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> I  concur, it's silly to expect an auction with thousands of items to sell them one by one. You can't have an auction lasting three days to a week.
> Look at this auction with its miniscule reported 30 or so attendees.
> I kind of disagree that your own personal stash is now going to be more valuable. Certainly not what i have seen for R-390s. Having attended
> 6 auction clearances this year already, i do not conclude prices are on the upswing - except maybe for a very few categories. I would go so far
> as to say, except for these few categories, "peak collectibles" has been and gone. 
> -Hue Miller 
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