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My number one problem with consignors is ones that try to include a fair amount of low value items with their better items.

I refuse to do this. What is funny about it is that the low value items generate a TINY amount of income, so little is lost by leaving them out.

Such people are spoiled by the fact that there WAS a time when I took anything and everything, but that was in the days of large boxes that cost $3 to ship by Priority Mail.

To such people I always reply, "Only send items that meet our minimums, or send nothing".

And if I don't receive enough consignments with the new minimums, I will retire. BUT I AM NOT SEEING ANY SIGN OF THAT!

John said:

All of them had issues including tears, stains, multiple tape marks that had gone brown, heavy creasing, etc The owner of the collection thought that condition didn't matter and that it added to the authenticity. I hear that a lot too!

He sounds like the many Antiques & Collectables shop dealers that I've purchased from over the years. In their eyes it's all 'patina' and adds to authenticity and therefore $$$. Trying to explain how the cost of restoration very often outweighs the end value also falls on deaf ears.