Spink - image pending

[Coinery 1,146]

This is just so frustrating! Wherever I look, ‘image pending!’

Download their catalogue…’image pending!’

On the app…’image pending!’

Why can’t they see this for themselves and resolve it?

[scottishmoney 29]

What I have found with "Image Pending" is that the more likely is they will never put an image up at all.

[Bruce 192]

yes, it's used to no image forever.  Maybe you can try requesting pictures from Spink, and there is a chance they will provide you an image through email.

[HistoricCoinage 146]

Spink have been asked by a collector whose coins are in this auction whether images will be provided. They've not had a response...

[Coinery 1,146]

2 hours ago, HistoricCoinage said:

Spink have been asked by a collector whose coins are in this auction whether images will be provided. They've not had a response...

That is just crazy, isn’t it! What a farce! The coins I’m interested in would be very popular if bidders could browse the images in good time…it really isn’t good enough to put the pictures up in the final hours of the sale.

[scottishmoney 29]

I'd be a bit more than chaffed if it was my consignment and they neglected to fulfill their obligation to sell at the best possible price with decent images.

[Bruce 192]

20 hours ago, Coinery said:

That is just crazy, isn’t it! What a farce! The coins I’m interested in would be very popular if bidders could browse the images in good time…it really isn’t good enough to put the pictures up in the final hours of the sale.

agree, especially they are going to have more profit through higher hammered price if decent photos are provided.  I believe most of the potential buyers will stay away from these no pic lots or just place a much more prudence bids.

[Rob 3,152]

If in doubt, leave it out. Simples.

They've stopped sending out catalogues ('to do their bit for the environment'). In response, I for my part am also doing my bit for the environment by not spending a day going through each lot one at a time (processing power takes a lot of resources too). Now I just look at the thumbnails and see if the coin is potentially of interest. I know I missed plenty in the last sale, but I'm afraid there are only 24 hours in a day (still, despite technological advances).

As for Thursday's sale, quite a few lots were self eliminating due to not knowing what I was bidding on. Sloppy cataloguing in recent times means trust nothing written unless you can verify it yourself, with various examples of incorrect descriptions and provenances that simply aren't true. All they had to do was consult the catalogues in question, look at the images and save writing bs. They are not alone.

[scottishmoney 29]

A whole other gripe with Spink is the lumping of lots together - I can understand that with lower priced items - but pricier items that should stand alone in a lot are getting lumped in with lower priced items.  I've occasioned decent pricier lots that got lumped with dribble that I didn't want and it stopped me from bidding because I don't want to deal with detritus. 

[Rob 3,152]

35 minutes ago, scottishmoney said:

A whole other gripe with Spink is the lumping of lots together - I can understand that with lower priced items - but pricier items that should stand alone in a lot are getting lumped in with lower priced items.  I've occasioned decent pricier lots that got lumped with dribble that I didn't want and it stopped me from bidding because I don't want to deal with detritus. 

It's a function of the buoyancy of auction sales in the current climate. Everybody and their dog are jumping on the auction bandwagon because people are paying silly money for average material, so it's a one way ticket to riches for the auction houses. You routinely see lots selling for multiples of similar items in dealers' trays. The volume of material means that auctions would take forever if lotted singly. This volume coupled with indiscriminate buying is also contributing to the sloppy cataloguing IMO.

[The Bee 121]

They are a nice team though - I put a few bids in and had the feedback that my bids were all at the auctioneers discretion.

So somewhere between the lost hope and no hope !! 

Very Best Regards

[Coinery 1,146]

1 hour ago, The Bee said:

They are a nice team though - I put a few bids in and had the feedback that my bids were all at the auctioneers discretion.

So somewhere between the lost hope and no hope !! 

Very Best Regards

Not so good for those with coins in the sale, though…still some images pending, even now at this late hour.