Gentlemen: I had contacted Blixt well before their maiden auction by telephone concerning a particular converted Harkom rifle-to-gun on offer. The gun's description was very limited in scope. Their photographs, as has already been remarked by others, were unclear and too small. When there was no answer to my call, I left a detailed message and contact information on the Blixt representative's voice-mail. Never received a response. This disappointing lack of response does not bode well for future interest or inquiries by me. All auction houses that I contact, whether domestic or abroad, are asked to answer very specific questions and for additional photographs. And because I deal most often with well-known houses that want to protect their reputations with potential buyers, I generally receive fulsome professional responses. At times, however, a response from an auction house is in my opinion inadequate. I then contact them with my requests until I am satisfied. If there is no response, as with Blixt, I do not try to contact them again, or will I bid at time of auction. I am surprised that Holt's Auctioneers, a very good and established house that I have personally dealt with for years, would be associated with what seems to be an amateurish and unserious operation stateside.
Regards,
Edwardian
