Henry Adams Auctioneers

If we visit your home to view items for one of our sales, you will be told of the closing date for the relevant sale - the latest day by which to get the items to Baffins Hall. If you are unable to deliver the items to us yourself, we will be happy to recommend a carrier who will be able to do this for you, although this is at your cost.

We will either list the items on a receipt during our visit with your or send a Receipt & Contract to you in the post to sign, once the items have been received into the saleroom.

Charges

Commission Our commission for sales is 15% plus VAT.
Insurance All items left for sale are covered by insurance. A charge of 1.5% plus VAT of the hammer price is made to cover this.
Withdrawal from Sale A charge is made for withdrawing an item prior to sale, once the catalogue has been published. The fee is 5% of our estimated reserve or a minimum of £25.
Illustrations Items illustrated in our catalogues are charged at an agreed rate.

The whole process starts with either a visit to our saleroom with an item, or with a visit to your home by a representative from the saleroom, usually our Saleroom Manager, Cliff Beacher.

We also offer free Valuations Days - please click here for further details.

Once it has been agreed that your item is saleable at auction and you are happy with the estimate/reserve we have recommended, it will be entered into the appropriate sale.

Reserve Price This is the minimum price at which the item will be sold. It will be agreed with the vendor in advance. It is normal to allow the auctioneer discretion of 10% of the reserve price, e.g. £90 on an item with a £100 reserve or £180 on an item with a £200 reserve. If bidding slows at the discretion figure the auctioneer will sell at that price.

Please note: we do not place reserves on items deemed by Henry Adams to be worth less than £100. In the case of such items, they will sell to the highest bidder on the day.

If you visit the saleroom in person, a Client Property Receipt & Contract will be completed. You will be asked to sign this and a copy will be given to you for your records.

Advertising Regular advertisements are placed in local and regional newspapers and also in the Antiques Trade Gazette, the weekly publication for the antiques industry.

On-Line Catalogue Our sale catalogues are available to view on-line, free of charge via the following websites:

Our own (all sales):
by clicking here

Selected Sales only:
Antiques Trade Gazette
www.antiquestradegazette.com

Settlement Terms We pay clients 28 days after our sales. In the event that a buyer fails to settle his invoice with us we may not be able to settle with our client, but will keep our client informed at every stage if it occurs. We do not release client items to the buyer until payment has been received in full.