The first is that people are paying more for their secondhand furniture across the board. A lot more. Spending has trended upward beyond an auctioneer's wildest dreams because people still aren't able to travel overseas, , he says, and have spent a lot of time in their homes over successive lockdowns – more than enough to prompt renovation and redecoration. “We've seen prices for than object that would have gone for $2000-$4000 pre-Covid go in a competitive auction for $9000-$12000. People are really pouring their money into quality design.” Items considered to be extremely rare in an international market have drawn prices like $60,000 for a bench seat, and $45,000 for a set of chairs: “There is a definite trend of people being less shy with spending big money to get quality pieces, at all levels of the market.”