Our auctions include a wide variety of antiques and collectibles from numerous historical eras consigned primarily from estates and private collections. We hold a 2 day auction every month and average between 800-1000 lots over the course of 2 days. Our sale include 18th and 19th century American and European furniture, and recently retro furniture, pottery, paintings, books, silver, jewelry, advertising memorabilia, oriental rugs, various dinnerware, glass, dolls, tools, and a wide range of decorative objects. We have sold a number of important collections of pottery, coins, dolls, Southern furniture, books, silver, and advertising. Our sales are well advertised through our monthly, detailed website update, providing over 200 color photographs and a complete inventory listing, Auction Zip, email notifications and a color brochure mailed to 2000 people representing every state in the US.
All our auctions are absolute. This is how Wikipedia defines “no reserve auctions” - No-reserve auction (NR), also known as an absolute auction, is an auction in which the item for sale will be sold regardless of price. From the seller's perspective, advertising an auction as having no reserve price can be desirable because it potentially attracts a greater number of bidders due to the possibility of a bargain. If more bidders attend the auction a higher price might ultimately be achieved because of heightened competition from bidders.
Our over 10 year of experience have shown this theory to hold true.
If you have single objects, an entire collection, or an estate you are considering selling, please contact us. We would be very pleased to work with you.
A good way to begin is to call us to discuss your property, or make an appointment to bring it in and have it evaluated. Often we will ask for detailed photos to best determine if we have the ideal venue from which to market your items. We have built a very strong, distinct market over the last 10 years and we accept items based on how well they fit our market. Condition and particular market trends are also important considerations.
Items consigned are itemized at time of pick up on a consignment agreement, a copy of which is given to the consignor. All consigned property is insured by our policy as soon as we take possession. Sellers are paid within 30 days after the auction in which their property is sold and an itemized listing for each item sold is provided.
Please note, often in the course of tagging a sale, many items are placed together in a “box lot” (knowing, often these items will bring more sold together than individually) and are then reflected on the itemized sale list as such. Because of advertising deadlines and because our sales are put together to offer the best variety to our buyers, thus maximizing our attendance for each auction each month, our consignments could be 30-60 days out.
Please contact us for more information on our deadlines or how your items might best be marketed.
