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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7540526" data-attributes="member: 19675">The more powerful- and thus, valuable- the item, the more likely it is that the sale would be handled privately.  That could still mean an auction, but at least as likely would be sales directed at particular buyers.  Some might even have “personal shoppers” that actively search out such items via their network of contacts.In the first category, you’d find auctions run by organizations like the more powerful Thieves’ Guilds, wizard colleges, merchant houses or possibly even the government...though they’d only be selling the cheaper stuff.  Private auctions would be by invitation only.In the second category, potential sellers would seek out people they know who would be interested in such an object, often their “regulars”.  I’ve personally gotten that treatment with music CDs, jewelry and instruments...and once for a car.In the third category are people working for the very powerful.  I knew a guy who used to do the jewelry trade shows I attend twice a year.  The last I saw him, he had just had his show booth bought out by a representative for a Shah for $250k.  On top of that, the representative had asked him to do an installation in a palace the Shah owned.  Based on the early negotiations, the requested materials would consist of more than 90% of his current inventory and materials on order.  Essentially, he was bought out.</blockquote>