Comments on: Stevengraphs: silken Valentine’s Day gifts http://writeantiques.com/stevengraphs-silken-valentines-day-gifts/ Helping You Find Right Antiques Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher Proudlove http://writeantiques.com/stevengraphs-silken-valentines-day-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Christopher Proudlove Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:11:13 +0000 http://writeantiques.com/stevengraphs-silken-valentines-day-gifts/#comment-466 Lucy I always recommend vendors to put reserves on anything they offer at auction. It is the safeguard against objects being sold too cheaply. Ask your auctioneer to give you a saleroom estimate of the value of your two portraits and what he suggests they should be reserved at. The final say on what that figure should be is up to you, although try not to be greedy. There are pluses and minuses to selling at auction, the main minus being that you have to pay the auctioneer a commission. However, the pluses are that your goods will be put before a large number of buyers and the competitive nature of auction bidding means there is no upper limit to what things can fetch. Selling privately takes more effort on your part, and you might not necessarily get what the objects are worth. However, you do get you money straight away without losing any onf it in fees to the auction house. Good luck with the sale. Chris Lucy
I always recommend vendors to put reserves on anything they offer at auction. It is the safeguard against objects being sold too cheaply. Ask your auctioneer to give you a saleroom estimate of the value of your two portraits and what he suggests they should be reserved at. The final say on what that figure should be is up to you, although try not to be greedy. There are pluses and minuses to selling at auction, the main minus being that you have to pay the auctioneer a commission. However, the pluses are that your goods will be put before a large number of buyers and the competitive nature of auction bidding means there is no upper limit to what things can fetch. Selling privately takes more effort on your part, and you might not necessarily get what the objects are worth. However, you do get you money straight away without losing any onf it in fees to the auction house. Good luck with the sale.
Chris

]]> By: Lucy Ruggier http://writeantiques.com/stevengraphs-silken-valentines-day-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-465 Lucy Ruggier Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:42:23 +0000 http://writeantiques.com/stevengraphs-silken-valentines-day-gifts/#comment-465 I have two silk portraits of jockeys, which are nicely framed and in good condition. I have just put them in a local auction in Tavistock in Devon on the 1st of July and need to know if I should put a good reserve on them or withdraw them for private sale. Can you advise? Many thanks I have two silk portraits of jockeys, which are nicely framed and in good condition. I have just put them in a local auction in Tavistock in Devon on the 1st of July and need to know if I should put a good reserve on them or withdraw them for private sale. Can you advise?

Many thanks

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