LADENBURG Automobilia Auctions not paying consignors?

There are at least two additional very very heavy hitters also based in Switzerland. One is high-end watchmaker Richard Mille whose budget is unlimited.
Then there is a seriously big boy in Belgium (MV) with an incredible Ferrari automobilia collection. CvS in Germany is a dealer, consigner and seller, not a buyer.
Separately I would like to remind people of post 167.

Marcel Massini

 

For clarity: my only experience is with Ni-Cola, not with the other Ladenburg auction house. As a rather small buyer and seller there, no complaints at all about communication. They even called me just to verify a single smallish aftersale purchase I wanted to make. In that sense, I've never felt treated any worse than their top-money clients. For me, it's just the quality of shipping versus the cost of shipping that has not always been well balanced in my experience.

Like most auction houses, they sometimes underpresent items a bit in terms of description and/or photos, especially in multi-item lots. As a buyer I've not been let down by that. It's a bit of a surprise gift upon receiving, but in my experience the selection of items they show are selected on an average/random basis rather than cherry picking the best of the lot. When I think I buy a collection of 100 cut-out magazine articles and I receive 90 articles and 10 magazine posters, I do not complain.

 

I have purchased many items from both Ni-Cola and Marcel Siedel over the years. I always get my items well packed and in great shape.

 

This makes me hopeful that my future packages will arrive in good shape as well.

 

Today everything arrived in good order, well packaged. One of the "mystery contents" combined lots had some nice surprises. So overall I'm happy with my purchase.

I just think it should not cost nearly 60 euro to send a 40x30x20cm box of less than 2kg to a neighbouring EU country.