posted on July 16, 2003 05:03:32 AM new
Hello All, I heard that Ebay is starting a Road Show similar to The Antique Road Show. I think the 2 shows should should be in the same building. The Antique Road Show on one side and the Ebay Road Show on the other side. Can't you just see it now. Lets say a guy brings in a Civil War Sword. He takes it to the Antique Road Show people first. They say something like this about the sword. In the right auction to the right collector it COULD, MIGHT, MAYBE, bring as mush as $2000.00. The guy then goes across the room to the Ebay Road Show. The Ebay people look at the sword and say something like this. Well if you list this sword on Ebay's auction it COULD, MIGHT, MAYBE bring as much as $2.00. What do you guys and gals think of all the Road Shows? I think all road show people should be put in Jail for misleading the public.
posted on July 16, 2003 05:32:04 AM new
How are they misleading the public? They say exactly what you have said... might, maybe, could... and what they have seen at live auctions. eBay will usually have more than one of those items, so they usually do go lower...
posted on July 16, 2003 05:43:34 AM new
i think the road show is the biggest phonys frauds, goin what a joke, i once had some oyster plates nice ones called three of the major auction houses in New York they all said they are only worth about 2-3 hundred and didnt want them well i got over $8000.00 these are the same so called experts you see on the road show,now this was over a year ago,buchof stuffed idiots i think they went to the same school as realtors
posted on July 16, 2003 05:57:52 AM new
let me be perfectly clear here i didnt sell the plates in the new york auction houses
they refused them , i know they work on comission however if i listened to there aprasial for $300.00 i could of lost thousands of dollars they suck and thats the bottom line
posted on July 16, 2003 09:18:41 AM new
They're just apprasials and nothing else. Many of the appraisers says stuff like 'if I had this in my shop I'd ask $3,000 for it' so that is a personal assesment as well.
I love the show even though there is a lot of hype. I think many antique sellers may hate the show because they want an uneducated public believing their take on an item. The RS tells viewers to research your antique and that has to hurt antique sellers too.
Ebay severed it's connections with the ARS recently and their TV show is not supposed be anything like the roadshow program.
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posted on July 16, 2003 03:04:32 PM new
I will give you 2 first hand real sales after a Road Show appraisal!!! A nothing special rocking chair was appraised at $450.00 and a pretty but again nothing special 14k gold bracelet was appraised at $500.00. The people tried for months to sell both pieces through ads in the paper, to antique dealers, and one person put one of the pieces in a very good antique auction with a reserve. They both could not sell the pieces for 1/2 of the appraised price. These people after months called me. I paid $85.00 for the rocker and sold it for $135.00, I paid $65.00 for the bracelet and sold it for $115.00. I love people researching what their items bring on Ebay. Boy o Boy, I get some real bargains then.
