Selling sports memorabilia through Hunt Auctions
Hunt Auctions is a Pennsylvania auction house for vintage sports memorabilia, from game-used equipment to signed pieces, with cards among its categories. What it costs to consign, when you are paid, the deadlines, and who to ask for.
In short. Hunt Auctions adds a 17.5% buyer’s premium to the hammer price. The seller’s commission is not published — it is negotiated per consignment. Sellers are paid 30 business days after the sale.
No house pays to appear here or to appear higher.
What follows is what Hunt Auctions publishes, or has told us directly, with the date we last checked.
It is not a recommendation, and nothing here is a view on what your cards are worth.
We also buy cards ourselves; that has no bearing on anything written here.
What it costs to consign, and when you are paid
- What it costs to sell
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Not published
Not published. Hunt describes 'tiered consignor rates' and an all-inclusive service covering insurance, photography, marketing and third-party authentication; rates quoted on request.
- When you get paid
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30 business days after the sale
Consignment checks are sent 30 business days after the auction concludes (house FAQs).
- Smallest lot they take
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Not published
- Deadlines
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Not published
- How often they sell
- Internet auctions through the year, live auctions at institutional events (e.g. the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory), and a Winter Premier.
What a buyer pays on top
The buyer's premium at Hunt Auctions is 17.5% of the hammer price.
17.5% on the hammer; the house's Babe Ruth Collection live sale carries 20%. Hunt describes 17.5% as the lowest premium among national competitors (its own claim).
It is paid by the winning bidder, not by you — but bidders know it is coming, so it shapes what they are
willing to bid.
Buyer's premium at every auction house, side by side →