Ethical and professional evaluations, knowledge and marketing

We offer ethical and professional evaluations of clients’ belongings and valuables. Our specialist knowledge and expert marketing will enable clients to get the maximum value for their possessions.
Our Seller Charges.
From March 1st 2018, our basic commission rate is 15%. This drops to 12.5% for single lots that sell for £1000 or more. There is a small single £3.00 admin fee per account per auction. There is a small one pound per lot charge to cover insurance & our extensive advertising costs for your entries. All charges are vatable. If no lots sell there are no charges.
House clearance & collection service terms.
We can review the contents of the home/property that requires clearing & offer you free advice on what is marketable and what requires disposing of. We can offer you advice on the least costly way to do this.
We are able to provide a house clearance service as well as solicitor probate valuations. Written contents valuations for insurance, personal or probate purposes will be charged at an agreed hourly rate plus VAT.
If lots that are in our possession to be sold are withdrawn for any reason any research and/or manual work carried out by the auctioneer maybe charged at the same rate plus VAT at the auctioneers discretion. Any marketing charges may also apply in these circumstances plus VAT. Please refer to our T&C’s for full details.
You will receive a detailed inventory of the items going to sale with any reserves if applicable on the day of clearance or collection.
Private, large or prestigious collections.
We are able to cater for private, large or prestigious collections at our insured saleroom. Our expert marketing, leading social media skills & our use of the world leading live bidding platform for specialist lots, the-saleroom.com, will enable us to capture a global market. Transportation can be arranged at relative low cost. If you are interested in negotiating such an auction please call our saleroom on 01579-349960/07756070198.
Payment.
Upon successful sale of your consignments your cheque will be issued generally upto eight to ten working days from sale end subject to purchase payments being received.
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All commission rates, buyer premiums, charges or services we provide are subject to VAT.