candidly1

Reminds of a Goldman Sachs elevator conversations line on twitter. "We don't call them hangovers anymore. Now it's just "morning..."

In the auto business, it is referred to as "curbing" cars. Origin goes back to salesmen meeting their customer at the "curb:, outside the store, and telling the customer the store only wants to pay X for his trade. The salesman, however, will pay X plus (several hundred dollars), so it is in the best interest of the customer to sell the car to the salesman. The salesman then flips the car to a wholesaler, and pockets the profit. Same principle...

Is there a ballpark valuation of the antiquities stored in the catacombs?