Bidding now: The Estate of Beverly Hill, Newburyport. Lots begin closing Thu, Nov 12 at 7:05 PM.
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One licensed, bonded and insured team takes responsibility for your sale, from the first appraisal to the final settlement.
Learn what your heirlooms and antiques are worth. Two kinds of appraisal, depending on what you need it for.
Free
Bring your pieces to the galleries at 76 Main Street any Thursday. Presale estimates, whether verbal or by email, are always free. They aren't researched, but they give you a good sense of market value.
Can't come in? Send a good photo with the condition, dimensions and anything you know about where it came from.
Fee-based
A researched, written report for when the number has to hold up. Clients use them to prepare for:
When an estate includes more than its contents, such as vehicles, commercial equipment or business furnishings, we may recommend an on-site auction.
We work to a set timeline and take complete responsibility, from signing the listing agreement through the sale itself: appraisal, preparing the property, marketing and auction day.
If it travels easily, call to book a time to bring it to the galleries in Amesbury.
For a large collection, estate contents or a business inventory, a representative will come to you.
Auctions and sealed bids run at our Amesbury galleries or at your location, whichever suits the property.
Online bidding opens every sale to a worldwide pool of buyers, alongside bidders in the room.
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Our in-house team plans a campaign for each sale, starting the moment the consignment is signed.
10,000+
Collectors, investors, gallery and museum representatives and brokers across the Northeast, built through personal contact, events and decades of regular sales.
The details consignors ask about most, answered before you sign.
By law, every consignment dollar goes into an escrow account. Consignors are usually paid no later than 30 business days after sale proceeds are collected, with full records at settlement.
An item can carry a confidential minimum price. If bidding stops short of it, the auctioneer buys it in rather than selling below your number.
Your property is insured the whole time it is in our Amesbury galleries.
Polishing, small repairs and restoration can be arranged to help your pieces bring more at auction.
We can arrange to have your items delivered to the galleries in Amesbury.
Before anything is signed, we talk through the right venue, fees and marketing. Every fee is disclosed up front.
Everyone registers to bid and agrees to the sale's terms before getting a bidder number. Each catalog prints its own terms, which are also posted in the gallery and online.
There is always a preview to inspect condition and ask questions. Can't attend? Send the sale date, lot number and title, and we'll provide a written condition report.
Bid without being in the room. Leave a maximum or ask us to call you, online, by text or by email.
Place an absentee bidStorage, risk and transport fees after these deadlines are the buyer's responsibility. Online sales list their own pickup times in each catalog.
Start with a free appraisal. Bring it in on a Thursday, or send photos today.