[78-L] Kurt Nauck's Auctions.

[Spats]

Hi!

There seems to be some anti-Nauck feeling on this list from at least 
one contributor, so let me add this.

Kurt Nauck and I disagree over quite a few basic things in life.
His politics are pretty right-wing and he's VERY Christian,
whereas I'm a Socialist and a Jewish-born Atheist...

So, were he standing for political office, I probably wouldn't vote for him...

HOWEVER, his auction is THE fairest out there.

With everyone else (apart from eBay, I suppose) what you bid is what 
you pay so that, unlike a 'live' auction, it is perfectly possible 
for you to pay $20 for a record when the next highest bid is $5.

Not so with Kurt. You only ever pay 10% more than the next highest bid.

OK. I don't always agree with the high minimum price he has assigned 
to certain lots, but if that's the case, I just don't bid for that 
lot. If others are daft enough to do so, that's their choice! ;-)

Otherwise, he's scrupulously honest and just as efficient.

He even puts records in brand new sleeves that he has made; with no 
added charge.

As for his grading, my only disagreement is that he often grades 
something as only so-so and the record turns up in almost mint 
condition. The look of the grooves is the result of what early 
(pre-1910) records ALL looked like, but he downgrades the record 
anyhow.

Every now and then, it's almost always a later 78, when the records 
had got quite thin, the odd disc arrives broken. I only have to 
report this to Kurt and he takes the amount off my next bill, no 
questions asked.

I have no complaints whatsoever!

Earl Okin.