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      <description>Auction buyer's premiums reached 27–28% at the lower tier in 2026, and the seller pays for it indirectly. Every cost across trade, auction and brokered private sale, sourced.</description>
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      <description>F.P. Journe trades in a thin, reference-specific market a generalist underprices. How a specialist house sells and sources it, settled through escrow.</description>
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