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If you are looking at
this page you are thinking of selling goods at auction. You have a
relatives house to clear, are moving house, leaving the country for
warmer climes or have simply had a clear out.
There are many auction houses to choose from why choose us?
Other than the fact that we consider ourselves the best here are a few
reasons.
We have a purpose
built 5,500 sq ft showroom for your goods. We have 5,316 registered
buyers on our data base. We have a website that you are looking at. We
have weekly sales on Fridays that are viewed and attended by over 600
people. We have onsite parking for more than 150 vehicles. We market
your goods to International , National, Trade and Private Buyers. We
have American buyers, Australian buyers, French buyers, buyers from
Scotland, Lancashire, Barnsley, Leeds, Newcastle, South of Leeds and
last but not in any sense least loads of buyers from Yorkshire.
We have specialist
buyers for paintings, jewelry, antique furniture, porcelain, pottery,
collectables you name it they'll buy it. Anything we market is marketed
INTERNATIONALLY.
We hold Antique &
Collectable Catalogue Sales
weekly on Fridays.
Ask other Auctioneers
how soon they can put your valuable Antiques through a catalogue sale,
to the international market, you might have quite a wait!
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| Ten
Relevant Questions to Auctioneers and Our Answers |
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| 1.Q. |
What commission do you
charge and is there a minimum lot charge? |
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15% plus vat commission,
with a minimum lot charge of £3.50 plus vat applicable to lots selling
for less than £23.50 or not sold against a reserve. |
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If there are electrical
items what is the charge for testing them? |
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£1.00 plus vat per item.
If they require a new compliant plug this cost a further
£1.00 plus vat. |
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If I have what I think
are valuable antiques will you come and advise me without obligation? |
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Yes. |
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Can I be sure that you
will achieve as good, if not better prices, than other Auction houses? |
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Answer: Yes. Our sales
are attended by the largest International Antique Dealers in the North
of England plus many others. Our charges also mean that the Vendor
receives more of the hammer price. |
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Do you charge for
Cataloguing, Photography, Advertising, Consignments,
Handling, Storing or anything else? |
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Answer: NO
(unless there are special reasons). |
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| 6.Q. |
If I only have one or two
items what do I do? |
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Bring them to us and we
will advise on their saleability. No obligation. |
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If I have a house to
clear but I don't think the contents are worth anything will you still
come and look at no cost? |
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Yes. But don't
dispose of
ANYTHING out until we've been! |
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| 8.Q. |
How long does it take you
to clear, say, an average three bedroom semi of all its contents? |
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Ring us on Monday morning
and it will be empty by Wednesday afternoon! |
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If I have items that need
to be disposed of, e.g. Soft furnishings that do not comply with fire
regulations, can you dispose of them and at what cost? |
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No problem! No matter how
bad or yucky we can deal with it! Approximate cost of tipping equates to
£2.00 per cubic foot. i.e. a settee will cost around £20.00, mattresses
around £10.00 other bits we can compress. At the worst to tip a full
semi-detached house costs around £100.00 in tip fees. BUT we will look
at the job and tell you first what the charges will be. |
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If I am faced with a
really bad job can you deal with it? |
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Yes. We have specialist
contractors who can deal with pest infestments and etc's too bad to
mention! Free quotations! |
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We request that all vendors read our 'Vendor
Conditions of Sale' on the 'Terms' page of
this web site, or by clicking here. |
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