Okay, so here’s a bit of a story. I wasn’t exactly planning on becoming an auction expert or anything, but you know how it is, you start looking for one thing, and you end up down a completely different rabbit hole. That’s pretty much how I stumbled upon what used to be Leslie Hindman in Denver. Think they go by just Hindman Auctions now, or something similar, but back when I first poked around, the old name was still fresh in my mind, at least in some corners of the web where I was looking.
Dipping My Toes in the Denver Auction Scene
I was actually trying to figure out what to do with some older items, you know, stuff that’s been sitting around. A friend mentioned auctions as a place where unusual things can find new homes. So, I started digging around online, just curious, seeing what was out there in Denver. That’s when “Leslie Hindman Denver” kept popping up in my searches. I figured, alright, let’s see what this is all about. Honestly, I had no clue what to expect. You see these things in movies, but real life is usually different, right?
So, I found out they have these things called ‘previews’. Basically, you can go and look at all the stuff before it actually goes up for auction. I decided to head down to their Denver spot one day just to check it out. It wasn’t nearly as stuffy or intimidating as I kinda thought it might be, which was good. Just a big room, lots of different items laid out – paintings, some furniture, even saw some old medals and coins once. It was a real mix.
I got to talking with one of the folks there. Super casual, just asking some probably dumb questions about how it all works. And that’s when they told me about the ‘buyer’s premium’. Man, that was a new concept for me. They said that whatever price an item gets hammered down at, well, that’s not the final price you pay if you’re the buyer. Nope. You’ve got to add an extra percentage on top of that. I specifically remember them mentioning that for some stuff, like coins or medals, this premium could be around twenty-one percent. Twenty-one! That’s a pretty big chunk of change to add on. It really makes you think twice about how high you’re willing to bid.
- Learned pretty quick you gotta read all the terms and conditions.
- Realized that auctions aren’t just for folks with bottomless pockets, but you definitely need to be aware of all the costs.
- That buyer’s premium, yeah, that’s a big one to remember.
To be honest, I didn’t end up bidding on anything that day, or selling anything either. My visit was more of a fact-finding mission, just trying to understand the whole process. It’s a totally different way of buying and selling things. So, if you’re ever looking into places like Leslie Hindman in Denver, or any auction house for that matter, just make sure you get the full picture on costs. Especially that premium. It ain’t just the bid price, that’s for sure. That was my biggest takeaway from poking my nose into their Denver operations. Just sharing what I picked up, you know, from one regular person to another.
