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Torquemada
07 Aug 15 17:14
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They should wear a bloody mask!  Just watching on telly now.  20% from the buyer, 20% from the seller, plus another £12 flat fee off the seller to list the item.  So if something sels for £100 the auction house gets £52.  Incredible.
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Report maleuk01. • August 7, 2015 10:18 PM BST
so seller only gets £68 from it and the buyer ends up paying £120?

does sound like daylight robbery.
Report broadsword • August 7, 2015 10:34 PM BST
bit like betfair
Report cooperman • August 8, 2015 11:32 AM BST
That's if you get a good auctioneer. Was watching an auction (Gerrards, St.Annes-on-sea) online and the guy looked and sounded like he had a massive hangover and was totally disinterested in the lots he was selling.
Report Golfboy • August 8, 2015 12:20 PM BST
and up to 28 days to get your dosh from the auction house after the sale
Report The Leopard • August 8, 2015 7:15 PM BST
Golfboy....where have you been.....seem to have been missing for a while?
Report Golfboy • August 9, 2015 1:24 PM BST
Leopard thanks for asking, I just haven't bothered with the forum much, not like it was a few years ago a!
Report Aunty Post • August 9, 2015 2:46 PM BST
Isn't the charge of 20% to the buyer, in fact VAT?
Report cooperman • August 9, 2015 2:49 PM BST
No, VAT is charged on top
Report Torquemada • August 9, 2015 3:04 PM BST
That's right.  To confirm, if an item sells for £100, this particular auction house charged the buyer £120 in commission plus £4 in VAT (20% of the 20% commission).  They also charged the seller £20 plus a £12 listing fee.

This boils down to the buyer paying £124 for the £100 item.  The seller receiving £68 for his £100 item.  The taxman gets £4 from the sale.  And the Dick Turpin auction house gets £52.
Report GLASGOWCALLING • August 9, 2015 11:48 PM BST
torq, ive bought and sold at auctions for a few years now and seen the commision rate double in some places 10-20%.

for a general auction house now commision varys from house to house approx 15-20% being the norm.

  i have never paid any other fees on top as you have stated at a GENERAL auction, although i have incurred listing fees when

selling at a FINE art sale, but yes the point you make is correct and auctions should only be used for selling as a last resort imo.   Happy
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