[78-L] Kurt Nauck's Auctions.

[Thatcher Graham]

I feel the same way about his politics.. but he's an honest and fair 
businessman.
I've met him, he's no different in person on either count.

-- 
Thatcher Graham
Mediaguide



On 5/7/2011 6:01 AM, Spats wrote:
> 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.
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