​Paid this business (auction) $6000 5 weeks ago, undelivered goods, held money, what do I do?

I paid an auction house about $6,000 around 5 weeks ago by wire. After sending money, I was told the “seller” is not willing to sell it at that price. FYI, thats not how an auction should work.. I was the highest bidder, and there was no reserve. I have done some business with them before and would plan on doing it in the future so I prefer to be problem adverse, so I just said ok, you can wire me back my money. He says he will try to convince the seller to release it for that amount. About 3 weeks pass with me calling weekly until just over a week ago he says “Sorry, I’m going to tell my boss to send you back your money” (His boss is his dad). It’s been a week and some change now and nothing. I tried calling him and his dad every day this week, left voicemails, no response, no callback. This is all very unprofessional and frustrating, at what point do I take them to small claims court or something else to get my money back? Any other suggestions?

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