Re: Furniture from General Colin Powell
You know what is interesting, is how the auction house completely were off base on those pre-sale estimates, by a long shot. I have been to Potomack auctions many times, even bought a few pieces from them. They are knowledgeable enough to get the basics on many things, but they really miss on many specifics and take a wild guess. Lesson there is take with a grain of sale what they say something is worth - they are not experts. If you know what you are looking for, you can make quite a score in auctions houses unless you come up against another bidder who is also knowledgeable. With the Powell collection, they looked at everything as if it was owned by a regular Joe, but it wasn't. It was owned by Colin Powell and there are many ex-military with good salaries in WashDC that will pay for his memorabilia.
Duane Collie
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