Almost anything at all will sell for one dollar. Good dealers would rather spend a lot of money to get a perfect example of anything, than buy one even slightly damaged. No one knows where the people who buy at auction sell the stuff. But they must sell it somewhere. You must have an instinct for a good thing under the money.
Ignorance truly is bliss.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, if you have no taste. Another myth of the group shop is that we are there to provide you with a paycheck. We, as shop owners, are there to provide you with a place to sell, but what you sell and what you make is your responsibility. That's a fact of life. The truth is that a good dealer can sell in any shop anywhere - it's what you sell and how you price and present it.