Weaver
Signature Coin and Currency Auction, an Easton, MO, firm, won our highest
"Best Coin Auction" Award, garnering a "Best Photography" honor as well as
Honorable Mentions for consignments and for lot descriptions.
Check
out
the home page for Weaver
Auction and you can see some of our past praise for this remarkable
house. A special hallmark of Dave and Cheryl Weaver is exceptional customer
service. We have dealt with dozens of auctioneers in the past several years but
few as conscientious as the Weavers.
They have held our "top auction house" ranking (see the listing to the right) for
months, mainly because the Weavers are never satisfied with success but keep
innovating and experimenting for the optimal configuration for superior Proxibid
sessions. They took our advice and instituted a low buyer's fee for gold--as low
as 5% for double eagles. Now they are competing directly with Western Auction
with a low buyer's fee of 10%. They ship inexpensively and photograph expertly.
They make use of Proxibid multimedia so online bidders can share in the
excitement of their onsite sessions. Dave is a numismatic expert; Cheryl, a
communications specialist.
We have done several features on this national-caliber house, including
this
article on buyer's fees,
this
one on Internet advertising, and this illuminating "
On the Block."
What we found remarkable in the past year was the Weavers' ability to take and learn
from constructive criticism. For example, once we made a critical reference to
titles in lot descriptions, and rather than send a snippy email, they thanked
Proxiblog for the advice.
In life as well as in auctioneering, the Weavers have a lot to teach us. They learn
from mistakes and are courageous enough to innovate in the spirit of continuous
improvement.
