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Why Auctions increasingly have a persons "john doe" collection for sale

These days I always see auctions selling things from someone's special collection. For instance, this months RR auction has items from the

Dan Schaiewitz Space Collection

The Bill Lende Collection (134)

What does this mean?

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Permalink Reply by marc e on October 27, 2017 at 9:19am

the reason is some people were tops in there field of collecting or might of worked in the industry so it brings more credibility

i will give one brad rogers .u might say who but he was the largest who collector and hes been selliung his stuff off so when an itiem listed from the brad rogers collections its brings a premium. and more athentencity

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Permalink Reply by sling on October 27, 2017 at 9:23pm

But what quantity constitutes a collection? And do these vaunted collectors get a better consignment deal at auction houses?

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Permalink Reply by marc e on October 28, 2017 at 9:32am

yes to a better deal usualy.better commision rate .

i get really good deals at most auction houses and except one i get my calls and emails answers all the time

a collection is a large quainty of itiems in one field or multiple feilds from someone over a long time .

alot of times they might have worked in there field.

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Permalink Reply by goodcat on November 13, 2017 at 4:39am

I completely agree with John Shaw here...

I know a few "John Doe" collector's who if they ever sold off their collection would make the average collector's head explode. haha

John is also correct than many of these collectors are people who have special connections with celebs...ie, family, friends, roadies, photographers, managers, PR dept ... holy crap the list goes on and on and on and on... and yes their credibility factor is usually unquestioned.