An auctioneer friend of my dad's told dad he didn't make much if any money on household sales. This was back in the day before auction houses.
You have to drag me kicking and screaming to a household auction, but a year ago Marilyn and I went to one to hopefully buy a lift chair for my dad. It was in an old gymnasium turned into an auction house and the possessions of two estates was sold off with each estate in a separate half of the gymnasium. Anyway, we got the chair for real cheap but right after the chair was a yellow flowered couch in new shape, just a little wild color wise. He couldn't get a bid so he threw an end table in with it, still no bid so I offered him five bucks and it was mine. Next was a nice over stuffed orange colored chair. No bids so he threw in a small chest with it and I got that for five bucks. The auctioneer and I have known each other for quite a few years so a couple of items down the line when he couldn't get a bit he yelled out 'WHERE'S JIM' but I was done. Marilyn and I stayed around to watch the china and glassware sell and it brought very little. All the time I was thinking this auction house is losing money on this sale. There were two auctioneers, two helpers and a clerk to support and they don't make much money when a good couch goes for two and a half bucks.
I donated the couch and chair and end table to a thrift store run by a local church in a town. This town is populated with a lot of immigrants that like wild colors. The couch and chair sold before they got them moved out to the show floor. They probably made $35 to $50 apiece on them.
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