Registration system is flawed which…
Registration system is flawed which leads me to believe it’s likely a scam site!!
By Steven M.
Monday, November 2, 2026 · Customer reviews of US businesses
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RR Auction is an auction house headquartered in Boston's North End with a production office based in Amherst, New Hampshire.
RR Auction (rrauction.com) has 25 customer reviews on The Fair Hearing, with an average rating of 4.2 out of 5.
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Registration system is flawed which leads me to believe it’s likely a scam site!!
By Steven M.
I talk to the owner's son, Bobby. I told him what I had and he said he Quoted me. Prices like a $1000 for these brand new torches that I have from the 2010 Olympic games and said he'll send me a contract and the forms that I need tdesign. Then you never got back to me and then you got back to me today. After I sent him an email saying that you know I really need some money. That's why I've been you know. Inquiring and he had the nerve to let it off. For me $,300 for the torches. You said you'd give me a 1004 and a $1000 for these 2 torches that are very limited and are being placed at $5000. Just because I'm in a bad situation. I'm trying to sell my uncle stuff. And he low balls that s*** out of me. He is a piece of s*** Be careful if you're gonna be dealing with this guy. Be careful, complete, loser.
By Thomas
I believe this is a scam site. I bid on an autographed album. I set my future bids to my maximum price. I was "winning" up until close to the end. Then suddenly, I was outbid and I received an email asking if I wanted to bid again. I did not reply because I was not overpaying that much for the item. Normally I would not think any of it. but 2 months later they were auctioning off the SAME exact item. So, they never even sold this item the time I was bidding on it. How do I know it was the same item that I was bidding on 2 months earlier??? Because there was a slight crease in the cover of the album. I am 100 percent sure it was the exact item that I "lost the bidding " on 2 months earlier. I had a picture of the one I was bidding on and zoomed in and compared the 2 album covers and the crease or bend in the cover. They were an EXACT match. I feel this site lies to drive up the price even though they will collect a high premium percentage on the winning bid
By me
Response from RR Auction· Jul 1, 2026
Thank you for taking the time to share this, and we're sorry the auction was frustrating and confusing. What you experienced is actually a standard part of how reserve auctions work, so we'd like to explain. Many of our lots carry a reserve: a confidential minimum price agreed in advance with the item's consignor. If bidding doesn't reach that reserve, we're contractually prohibited from selling the item, and it goes unsold, or "passes." Because your maximum bid was below the reserve, the album didn't sell, which is why you saw yourself outbid near the close. Unsold lots are routinely re-offered in a later sale. That's why the same album, with the same crease, reappeared two months later. It was never sold during your auction, and nothing about it was misrepresented. We take accusations like this seriously. We've built our reputation over 50 years, and this review misrepresents a standard business practice as something improper. We understand how it could be misread that way, and we're sorry for the confusion and frustration it caused. Next time, please reach out to us directly and I'll gladly walk you through exactly what happened.
I tried to consign about $10000 worth of stuff with them which I have seen sold results for in the past of my exact items on their site and the experts rejected my items. Not all of us are millionaires RRauction. Funny thing is I had thousands and thousands of dollars of more stuff on the way. I am constantly buying. I will look for someone else.
By Joe
Response from RR Auction· Jul 1, 2026
Thank you for reaching out, and we're sorry for the disappointing results when your items were submitted to third-party authentication. We genuinely wish they had passed, because selling authentic material is exactly the business we're in. Our conservative standard actually protects you. When we sell an item, we stand behind its authenticity, so if a winning bidder later submits it for third-party review and it doesn't pass, we're obligated to refund the sale, and that cost falls back on the consignor. Declining items that don't clear independent review up front shields you from that risk. It's always better to be conservative. We'd welcome the chance to look at your other material. Please reach out to us directly and we'll be glad to help.
The family of Tom Petty is pursuing swift legal action against RR Auction house. The house has announced a current auction of personal property of Petty’s that the entire family firmly believes has been outright stolen from a secured archive based on prior knowledge, staff observations and documentation. The family is pursuing all available legal action for the immediate return of these items, and they ask that fans and collectors refrain from participating in this auction until the matter is settled to avoid getting further involved in this legal action. “We believe RR Auction, headquartered in Boston, is offering stolen Tom Petty memorabilia with a completely false provenance inaccurate to fact and in complete denial of clear evidence they have been presented. They will not disclose the cosigner who has provided these items or how they were acquired. But they are clearly stolen, there is no other word for it.” The missing articles include the personal items and items from the professional career of their beloved Tom Petty —all with an established provenance in the Petty family’s secure storage —which include jackets, hats, vests, boots, shirts, shoes, autographed items and recent exclusive limited editions easily traced back to family members and more. “These items have irreplaceable sentimental and educational value for the family and legacy of Tom Petty and we look forward to their safe return.”
By Steve
Response from RR Auction· Feb 23, 2024
As you may have seen in our joint statement from December 8,2023 the Tom Petty Archives and RR Auction have amicably resolved all differences regarding the Tom Petty items from our event this past May.