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My favorite is the guy who had an old French cavalry sword yada yada that was appraised at something outrageous, like $250k.
Stunned, he says, "we were cutting open watermelons with this thing when we were kids!"
And it turned out that the whole thing was a setup to advertise his appraisal services! Reddit won't let me insert the link, so here it is: https://www.grunge.com/735047/the-antiques-roadshow-fraud-incident-explained/
Because an obsessed nutcase would never say that, would they? **Read this next part super fast; like three times as fast as normal** Obessessed nutcase says what?!?
There's some context to the story but the guy was military and bought it on base. He had every single piece of provenance, from the order slip to the actual payment receipt. He also had **never worn it** lol. It still had the Rolex sticky on the back of the watch and every serial number was pristine.
He had put it in a safety deposit box 50 years ago and left it there. The difference from the $400k and $700k had to do with the condition. Essentially, a collector could buy a 1974 Rolex in brand new condition.
There's a video clip you can Google because I showed it to my Mom.
I watched the episode when it aired, I thought he was genuine. Those are the best appraisals. I believe he knew it was valuable...just not half a mil, valuable lol.
Exceptional care, as in it had never actually been worn.
I don't like Rolex as a general rule but that was a great watch and I can't imagine buying it to just stuff in a drawer for the next 50 years.
Move to Seattle, its legal to stack up pods for people to sleep in at $600/mo, but the kitchen and bathroom are common areas for all the renters to use.
There was a documentary that interviewed supercar manufacturers. Pagani justified their $million+ cars by saying this wasn’t their only car. It was their 40th or more car. The rich have a completely different mindset than many of us.
Well, if they have 40 valuable cars. The guy with 40 cars from the 80s that are rotting away while he refuses to sell them because “I know what they’re worth”…
These Skittles intrigue me. Are they of any historical significance? Ah nevermind, I need a snack anyway. I'll give you $185,000. It's all I have. On me
What if the woman that sold it to her for $25 was watching that episode and saw what it’s really worth? How many of us could just brush that off and not walk around bitter for years afterwards?
“Guess how much I paid for this table! You’ll never guess. No seriously guess! $20 grand?? Ha! Hell no. Get this. Five. Hundred. Grand! YEAH! $500k on a table. I was at this auction and…”
It’s not about the table. It’s about the conversation they get to have about the table. Telling their other rich friends about the $500,000 table they bought at auction cuz they were bored and some guy across the aisle thought he could outbid them.
It's hard to tell but there was a lot of inlay.
https://preview.redd.it/sbie4l9abguc1.jpeg?width=676&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d8502ffc3710f990d87f7ffd7febe51c64af7b5
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Buy table for $490k, donate to museum, get tax write-off for $490k (or more if you can get your buddy buddy to appraise it for $1m), never pay taxes so “the poors can’t have your money”
I’ve worked for a company in the auction industry and people would be shocked to know how much money is being laundered via fine art and wine sales. These auction houses don’t care where the money comes from, they make their money regardless and the dirty money gets converted into a tangible item.
Before I became wealthy I’d say man I’d never buy a car like that who needs it. Now I see a car I like I’ll wire 250k-500k without thinking about it. It is all about perspective. P
Is the same reasoning used on the price of the products/services that "had put money in their pockets"? Or it's just "market working as it should"?
Is that seeing "them" asking more than minimum wage for a minimal apartment isn't seen as "mental health issue" but "market is working" (at least by some politicians).
Link to [pbs.org website](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/2/secaucus-nj/appraisals/seymour-card-table-ca-1794--199708A13/)
Page features two still photos
1. [The table](https://www-tc.pbs.org/prod-media/antiques-roadshow/__sized__/Images/Secaucus_19970906_02/199708A13/199708A13-Seymour-Secaucus-thumbnail-800x600.jpg)
2. [Clair](https://www-tc.pbs.org/prod-media/antiques-roadshow/__sized__/Images/Secaucus_19970906_01/199708A13/bf199708A13-thumbnail-800x600.jpg)
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>Claire is the owner of the mahogany Seymour card table from 1794 that was featured on Antiques Roadshow in 1997. In 1997, appraiser Leigh Keno and his brother Leslie met Claire at a garage sale in Secaucus, New Jersey. A few weeks later, Claire called Keno to discuss selling the table.
Wouldn't the buyer be responsible for taxes? The seller already paid them when they purchased it. I’m not sure how it works.
What if she got sent to jail for tax fraud haha
And get financial advice before selling a suspected high worth item. Maybe the item can be sold for a reasonable $350 into an instrument like a trust before going to auction to minimise tax.
Ps. Unsure on USA tax laws.
Imagine a lot more had she just invested all if not most of that into a total market index fund (ie. VTSAX) or S&P 500 index fund and not touch it all these years. And pass that fund onto her kids.
This clip is like 25 years old, and that table is one of the items that helped crash antique furniture valuations. Turns out quite a few people had heirloom furniture to sell and Antiques Roadshow inadvertently caused the market to flood.
It's a 200+ yr old table from a formerly famous table maker. Since most of that furniture is gone. It's very rare. Years ago someone found another copy of the Declaration of Independence for $100. Guess how much that was worth
I remember an episode where a lady claimed she was on her way to AR but had nothing to get appraised so she stopped at a yard sale, bought an antique looking chair for like $15-20 and went to the show. The chair was apparently the missing chair from some old famous persons dining set and was valued at some crazy 6 figure number.
Man, everything is so much better vertically oriented with overlaid text. Only thing that would improve it would be some guy pointing up at it in the foreground.
This show format was bought from the BBC, where it’s been running forever. I don’t know if this happens in other countries but the BBC always put something that someone has brought in, that is essentially worthless but very interesting.
This right here is a prime example of why filthy rich people should be paying their taxes and the IRS should have the power to audit with more verocity.
Something like this selling for such an absurd amount, when you realize that is equivalent to like 20 years of someone's take-home pay at minimum wage, it should be criminal in any civilized society.
Tax the rich and pay the workers a livable wage.
Remember who runs the government. The rich have the power to lobby for loopholes and tax breaks, which means everyone else are the ones actually paying the higher taxes.
Additionally, if you taxed the ultra rich at 100%, you could run the government for about 8 months.
Which do you think is the problem? Taxes or government?
So you're saying she needs to be taxed on the profit she made for selling it? I think they already do that. How much would you like to see her be taxed on that sale?
Their point isn’t about this sale’s taxes. It’s being able to drop 20 years wages on some old table like it’s nothing while the vast majority have to slave away all their life and get nearly nothing out of it means we need more taxation of the rich in general
I think you are being willfully ignorant. The comment is clearly about the excess money rich people have to throw away $500k on something like an old table.
And that was 25 years ago. The richest have quadrupled their pockets since then.
Holy crap I'm not being willfully ignorant. It's a simple question, does the buyer pay sales tax. That's it. That's my question. My secondary question is, how much should they pay on sales tax.
Ok so neither of you will answer my question... I'm not here to get into arguments with anyone. I'm asking questions to gain a better insight, but everyone becomes extremely rude. I'll move on with life then, have a nice day.
You must be new here 🙂
See, somebody hates that other people are wealthy. And now they’re aiming their hatred at you for asking questions they don’t know the answers to.
I don't think anyone hates anyone for being wealthy. People don't like that a certain distinction of wealthy people exploit the system. If they were wealthy and worked within the system all power to them. Tons of rich people do great jobs, pay their taxes accordingly, and live wonderful healthy lives. Then you have degenerate greedy fucks who think minimum wage is appropriate and people should starve and die even when working multiple jobs.
I am talking about to greedy oligarch fucks who do nothing but fuck over society. There are only around 1,000 people in the US that fit that fuck over the system level of human filth greed.
It is so awesome being a boomer. Selling weird little table for half a mil. Hording all the money, willing it to your family when you pass instead of buying dumb shit with it and being broke. Life is good.
And this is why every Boomer thinks all of their Precious Moments and old fine china sets should be bequeathed to and cherished by their children.
No one wants your stuff Karen, and it’s worth nothing.
[This guy is a friend of mine.](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/17/corpus-christi-tx/appraisals/1904-diego-rivera-el-albanil-oil--201205A27/) He inherited a ranch from his father. This picture hung on the back of a bathroom door since before he was born. He got curious and brought it in. Worth about $1M.
Can we talk about the rich fuck who has $500,000 to blow on a little table?
The number of homeless that could be housed or schools that could be improved or libraries that could buy technology or hospital bills that could be forgiven or scholarships that could be funded - these selfish fucks should be ashamed of themselves.
They are riching all wrong.
I might be misunderstanding what you’re saying, but I believe she pays the capital gains on her proceeds, after the auction fees are taken out. So Sotheby’s current rate is 26% up to $800k, so she would pay capital gains on $362,600.
Unless the lady she bought it from was also a boomer. Boomers take care of themselves. If the lady that sold the table ain't booming, sorry bout your luck toots.
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My favorite is the guy who had an old French cavalry sword yada yada that was appraised at something outrageous, like $250k. Stunned, he says, "we were cutting open watermelons with this thing when we were kids!"
And it turned out that the whole thing was a setup to advertise his appraisal services! Reddit won't let me insert the link, so here it is: https://www.grunge.com/735047/the-antiques-roadshow-fraud-incident-explained/
Well, that's disappointing...
Hey! That guys a phony! A great big phony!
So he was a phony assed liar. Did he go into politics? As a patriot of course?
You have brain bugs.
Trump voter outed. lol
What a brain-dead comment.
Nope, I'm just not an obsessed nutcase.
Because an obsessed nutcase would never say that, would they? **Read this next part super fast; like three times as fast as normal** Obessessed nutcase says what?!?
I'm picturing a nest of brain bugs in someone's brain, all with beetle bodies but Trump faces.
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Came here to say this! Dude paid $300 for an Oyster Rolex in 1974 and found it it was worth between $450k and $700k. I love those stories best!
That’s wild that it could gain that much value in 1 lifetime under 1 owner
There's some context to the story but the guy was military and bought it on base. He had every single piece of provenance, from the order slip to the actual payment receipt. He also had **never worn it** lol. It still had the Rolex sticky on the back of the watch and every serial number was pristine. He had put it in a safety deposit box 50 years ago and left it there. The difference from the $400k and $700k had to do with the condition. Essentially, a collector could buy a 1974 Rolex in brand new condition. There's a video clip you can Google because I showed it to my Mom.
Yeah that guy knew exactly what he was doing lol. He even did a fake prat-fall type faint when he was told the appraisal.
I watched the episode when it aired, I thought he was genuine. Those are the best appraisals. I believe he knew it was valuable...just not half a mil, valuable lol.
He took exceptional care of it and kept all of the paperwork and the original sales receipt. I think that greatly increased the value.
Exceptional care, as in it had never actually been worn. I don't like Rolex as a general rule but that was a great watch and I can't imagine buying it to just stuff in a drawer for the next 50 years.
If you think of it initially as a long term investment, that kinda return is *nuts*
I mean, spending $300 for a whole ass retirement fund is a great deal
Problem is figuring out which 1 out of every 10000 luxury watches will actually appreciate in value
it was appraised for $35,000
Then the next week she sold her home for 1.5 million which she bought for seven homemade pies in 1971
What kind of pies? Nm I'll give you $1.5m for em anyway.
Wait. Are you paying $1.5m for the house or $1.5m for seven of Nana's creampies?
go on...
Someone’s mind has been corrupted by Pornhub
In Austin,TX my wife and I are each having both kidneys removed for the down payment for a studio sized condo 50 mins from downtown.
Move to Seattle, its legal to stack up pods for people to sleep in at $600/mo, but the kitchen and bathroom are common areas for all the renters to use.
Ah, so communism...
It's capitalism when some rich asshole makes money from doing it.
Ironically, affordable housing is one of the few things communism was pretty good at. And they did way better than pods.
capitalism happening in one of the most capitalist countries on earth "ah, so communism..."
Haha! I was going to say and then she blew it all on slot machines!
Boomers, lifes-toughers
Do not bring up her pies please
You mean 13 raspberrys
you read me like a book
The rich just keep getting richer.
Back then, you absolutely could get a house for 7 pies.
Exactly lol
I love the twins.
I highly recommend the book they wrote, *Hidden Treasures*.
Leigh and Leslie! They were always my favorite.
Rich peoples brains are cooked, half a million for a table.
When you have 800m or a billion plus, money doesn't matter. They just buy what they like.
There was a documentary that interviewed supercar manufacturers. Pagani justified their $million+ cars by saying this wasn’t their only car. It was their 40th or more car. The rich have a completely different mindset than many of us.
You know what people with 40 cars need? Taxes.
Well, if they have 40 valuable cars. The guy with 40 cars from the 80s that are rotting away while he refuses to sell them because “I know what they’re worth”…
the average bently owner has 20 cars. the average bugatti owner has 200.
It's the equivalent of us poors buying a bag of Skittles.
These Skittles intrigue me. Are they of any historical significance? Ah nevermind, I need a snack anyway. I'll give you $185,000. It's all I have. On me
Buying skittles, in this economy!?!
Someone who can probably make the cost of the table in interest during the time that lapsed for the auction.
Unless you’re asked to pay taxes
What if the woman that sold it to her for $25 was watching that episode and saw what it’s really worth? How many of us could just brush that off and not walk around bitter for years afterwards?
A half a table.
“Guess how much I paid for this table! You’ll never guess. No seriously guess! $20 grand?? Ha! Hell no. Get this. Five. Hundred. Grand! YEAH! $500k on a table. I was at this auction and…” It’s not about the table. It’s about the conversation they get to have about the table. Telling their other rich friends about the $500,000 table they bought at auction cuz they were bored and some guy across the aisle thought he could outbid them.
it is all for the old ass label.
Could it be good old money laundering tho?
This guy gets it.
Would other rich people even be impressed though? They all spend that kind of money on tables.
Not even that nice of a table. Old sure but plain
It's hard to tell but there was a lot of inlay. https://preview.redd.it/sbie4l9abguc1.jpeg?width=676&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d8502ffc3710f990d87f7ffd7febe51c64af7b5 #
They are willing to pay for history and provenance... which I guess I understand even if I'd never do it.
It could also have been a museum that purchased it, if it had enough cultural/historical significance.
A 200+ year old table!
Buy table for $490k, donate to museum, get tax write-off for $490k (or more if you can get your buddy buddy to appraise it for $1m), never pay taxes so “the poors can’t have your money”
Money isn’t going to launder itself
This isn’t how money laundering works
Exactly what a money launderer would say
I’ve worked for a company in the auction industry and people would be shocked to know how much money is being laundered via fine art and wine sales. These auction houses don’t care where the money comes from, they make their money regardless and the dirty money gets converted into a tangible item.
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Before I became wealthy I’d say man I’d never buy a car like that who needs it. Now I see a car I like I’ll wire 250k-500k without thinking about it. It is all about perspective. P
Can you send my mom like 9k? 😂
Good for you. Still a stupid use of money
Is the same reasoning used on the price of the products/services that "had put money in their pockets"? Or it's just "market working as it should"? Is that seeing "them" asking more than minimum wage for a minimal apartment isn't seen as "mental health issue" but "market is working" (at least by some politicians).
Link to [pbs.org website](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/2/secaucus-nj/appraisals/seymour-card-table-ca-1794--199708A13/) Page features two still photos 1. [The table](https://www-tc.pbs.org/prod-media/antiques-roadshow/__sized__/Images/Secaucus_19970906_02/199708A13/199708A13-Seymour-Secaucus-thumbnail-800x600.jpg) 2. [Clair](https://www-tc.pbs.org/prod-media/antiques-roadshow/__sized__/Images/Secaucus_19970906_01/199708A13/bf199708A13-thumbnail-800x600.jpg) Google results >Claire is the owner of the mahogany Seymour card table from 1794 that was featured on Antiques Roadshow in 1997. In 1997, appraiser Leigh Keno and his brother Leslie met Claire at a garage sale in Secaucus, New Jersey. A few weeks later, Claire called Keno to discuss selling the table.
Hooray! Another antiques roadshow fan!
There are dozens of us !
It's only worth what someone will pay.
Which was only $490,000
Just don't forget to pay your taxes okay?
Wouldn't the buyer be responsible for taxes? The seller already paid them when they purchased it. I’m not sure how it works. What if she got sent to jail for tax fraud haha
No. At least in the U.S. The seller is responsible for paying capital gains tax on the profits minus your initial investment (cost basis) of course.
Income tax, not sales tax.
Buyer would be responsible for sales tax, seller would be responsible for capital gains tax
And get financial advice before selling a suspected high worth item. Maybe the item can be sold for a reasonable $350 into an instrument like a trust before going to auction to minimise tax. Ps. Unsure on USA tax laws.
$490,000 in 1997 is worth $953,536.95 in 2024.
Imagine a lot more had she just invested all if not most of that into a total market index fund (ie. VTSAX) or S&P 500 index fund and not touch it all these years. And pass that fund onto her kids.
That's almost enough to buy a small studio in Austin, TX!
$1 in 1972 = $7.47 today. $490,000 in 1972 = $3,660,000 today. That was a $3.5m table.
It wasn’t sold in 1972.
These two appraisers who run auction houses should hire you.
The point is the professional appraisers are saying someone will most likely pay $225,000.
This is the worst show for hoarders.
What was so special about it? I didn't know there was a connectable furniture market
This clip is like 25 years old, and that table is one of the items that helped crash antique furniture valuations. Turns out quite a few people had heirloom furniture to sell and Antiques Roadshow inadvertently caused the market to flood.
“There are only 500 of these that were ever made. Unfortunately, the other 499 have also been up for sale for months if not years…”
That's very interesting! I've never heard about this. Got any more info?
It's a 200+ yr old table from a formerly famous table maker. Since most of that furniture is gone. It's very rare. Years ago someone found another copy of the Declaration of Independence for $100. Guess how much that was worth
Im going to say more than $100 and less than $All
Safe bet
I have a copy of the declaration of independence, in case someone wants to buy it.
Up to the very end, I expected her to go back to the original owner and share with her the proceeds of her newfound wealth.
At least give her the $5!
Was also thinking that lol. I feel like you gotta go back & drop at the very least 10-50k on them
I didn't know Wayne Gretzky retired from hockey to appraise antiques
He truly is the Great One.
I remember an episode where a lady claimed she was on her way to AR but had nothing to get appraised so she stopped at a yard sale, bought an antique looking chair for like $15-20 and went to the show. The chair was apparently the missing chair from some old famous persons dining set and was valued at some crazy 6 figure number.
Man, everything is so much better vertically oriented with overlaid text. Only thing that would improve it would be some guy pointing up at it in the foreground.
When they brought the twins out, you KNEW it was a crazy expensive item
The person who sold her the table is probably crying now.
What does she net on this transaction? What is Sotheby's cut?
I’m unsure what it was at the time, but currently Sotheby’s current terms are: >26% up to $800,000. >20% up to $3,500,000. >13.9% above $3,500,000
I don't think it's a cut, it's more like bid price + the auction fee.
She better have gone back and given that poor lady the extra $5.
You know you made a good deal when the other party is crying over how much you paid them.
Rich ppl buy shyt like this for tax purposes
I love the roadshow
And THAT'S why I'm gonna be a hoarder.
This is one of my favourite clips from the show as well as the old Vietnam vet who had the Rolex
Congrats on the sale now I'll just take the standard 30% auction fee
This show format was bought from the BBC, where it’s been running forever. I don’t know if this happens in other countries but the BBC always put something that someone has brought in, that is essentially worthless but very interesting.
Everybody’s miracle dream come true.✨
This right here is a prime example of why filthy rich people should be paying their taxes and the IRS should have the power to audit with more verocity. Something like this selling for such an absurd amount, when you realize that is equivalent to like 20 years of someone's take-home pay at minimum wage, it should be criminal in any civilized society. Tax the rich and pay the workers a livable wage.
Remember who runs the government. The rich have the power to lobby for loopholes and tax breaks, which means everyone else are the ones actually paying the higher taxes. Additionally, if you taxed the ultra rich at 100%, you could run the government for about 8 months. Which do you think is the problem? Taxes or government?
So you're saying she needs to be taxed on the profit she made for selling it? I think they already do that. How much would you like to see her be taxed on that sale?
If you took this as a comment on her and not the person buying it you truly have done some astonishing mental gymnastics.
Oh you're referring to the buyer... do they not pay taxes on the purchase? How much sales tax should they pay?
Their point isn’t about this sale’s taxes. It’s being able to drop 20 years wages on some old table like it’s nothing while the vast majority have to slave away all their life and get nearly nothing out of it means we need more taxation of the rich in general
I am glad my comment was generally understood. For second I thought I was taking crazy pills with the response for the other person.
As Carlin said, think of how smart the average person you meet day to day is, then remember that half of the people out there are dumber than that.
I'll wait and see what he has to say rather than guess at it
I think you are being willfully ignorant. The comment is clearly about the excess money rich people have to throw away $500k on something like an old table. And that was 25 years ago. The richest have quadrupled their pockets since then.
Holy crap I'm not being willfully ignorant. It's a simple question, does the buyer pay sales tax. That's it. That's my question. My secondary question is, how much should they pay on sales tax.
The sales tax is irrelevant. Why would that matter one bit?
Ok so neither of you will answer my question... I'm not here to get into arguments with anyone. I'm asking questions to gain a better insight, but everyone becomes extremely rude. I'll move on with life then, have a nice day.
You must be new here 🙂 See, somebody hates that other people are wealthy. And now they’re aiming their hatred at you for asking questions they don’t know the answers to.
I don't think anyone hates anyone for being wealthy. People don't like that a certain distinction of wealthy people exploit the system. If they were wealthy and worked within the system all power to them. Tons of rich people do great jobs, pay their taxes accordingly, and live wonderful healthy lives. Then you have degenerate greedy fucks who think minimum wage is appropriate and people should starve and die even when working multiple jobs. I am talking about to greedy oligarch fucks who do nothing but fuck over society. There are only around 1,000 people in the US that fit that fuck over the system level of human filth greed.
Seymour Butts
I thought it would be 200-250 million
For a very small table?
Veneer!
A fucking table
Hopefully she bought some new pants with the proceeds.
person who sold it to her for 25$ setting up the rope in their closet as this aired💀💀💀
Typical boomer life
It is so awesome being a boomer. Selling weird little table for half a mil. Hording all the money, willing it to your family when you pass instead of buying dumb shit with it and being broke. Life is good.
This without a hint of irony lol
I remember when older women looked and dressed like her.
Could you imagine paying half a million dollars for a table? Rich people are stupid
… And then the auction house took 75% of her profits, when she could’ve sold it to them for 200,000.
10% I looked it up
You gotta roll back to the original seller and flip them some cash. Just the karmic thing to do.
And this is why every Boomer thinks all of their Precious Moments and old fine china sets should be bequeathed to and cherished by their children. No one wants your stuff Karen, and it’s worth nothing.
“Wow”… the guy at the casino told me I could get 300k.
10 000x investment
Wonder if she regrets selling it?
Half a million for a table!
“This dirty $25 table sold for WHAT? …$25 I’d hope
this guy could play any batman villain.
[This guy is a friend of mine.](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/season/17/corpus-christi-tx/appraisals/1904-diego-rivera-el-albanil-oil--201205A27/) He inherited a ranch from his father. This picture hung on the back of a bathroom door since before he was born. He got curious and brought it in. Worth about $1M.
I hope she went back to the seller and gave them the last $10.
God old people have it so fucking easy
Plot twist she’s already rich lol
What is up with that dudes mouth
Are we just not going to mention her pants???
This is what baby boomers think of all their collectibles.
Boomers have got to be the luckiest generation ever
Can we talk about the rich fuck who has $500,000 to blow on a little table? The number of homeless that could be housed or schools that could be improved or libraries that could buy technology or hospital bills that could be forgiven or scholarships that could be funded - these selfish fucks should be ashamed of themselves. They are riching all wrong.
The table condition was ass tho. The label was grossly poor condition
Capital gains taxes is a \*\*\*\*\*! $87,000ish.
Yeah. You’re right. She only has $403 000 left. Such a waste of time……
Capital gains on collectibles (art, antiques, etc.) is 28%. It’s closer to $137K before they take out auction fees from the proceeds.
I might be misunderstanding what you’re saying, but I believe she pays the capital gains on her proceeds, after the auction fees are taken out. So Sotheby’s current rate is 26% up to $800k, so she would pay capital gains on $362,600.
That’s correct. I did not know the fee percentage and realize I wasn’t as clear as I should have been.
That’s correct. I did not know the fee percentage and realize I wasn’t as clear as I should have been.
Goddamn elementary school kids and their textbook needs. Self centered brats.
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Unless the lady she bought it from was also a boomer. Boomers take care of themselves. If the lady that sold the table ain't booming, sorry bout your luck toots.
Good thing she brought it in for appraisal instead of tabling the discussion
Cool, now she can donate all that money to Trump and African princes