Selling sports cards through Robert Edward Auctions
Robert Edward Auctions is an auction house for vintage cards. What it costs to consign, when you are paid, the deadlines, and who to ask for.
In short. Robert Edward Auctions adds a 23% buyer’s premium to the hammer price. The seller’s commission is not published — it is negotiated per consignment.
No house pays to appear here or to appear higher.
What follows is what Robert Edward 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.
Before you ask for two quotes
Robert Edward Auctions and Huggins & Scott are the same company. Asking both is not a second opinion.
What it costs to consign, and when you are paid
- What it costs to sell
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Not published
Negotiable per consignment.
- When you get paid
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Not published
No day count published; 'We start paying consignors the day after the auction ends'
- Smallest lot they take
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Not published
- Deadlines
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Feb 15 (Spring catalog) Β· Jun 1 (Summer) Β· Oct 1 (Fall) Β· 1st of the month (monthlies)
- How often they sell
- 3 catalog auctions plus monthlies
Ask for
Tyler ArnoldConsignment Coordinator
confirmed by the house
What a buyer pays on top
The buyer's premium at Robert Edward Auctions is 23% of the hammer price.
REA does not publish the rate.
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.
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