We offer two levels of Valuations Service and will provide a 'Certificate of Retail Value' acceptable for insurance, probate or loss adjustment purposes, or an email estimate of retail and auction value which you can use to decide insurance cover or to base a private sale price on.
We are able to provide you with this service by examining the item or through a full description and photographs. We may need to discuss the items condition via telephone or email, and the valuations will be fully dependant on the condition as reported (eg. a hairline crack, chip etc can significantly devalue an item).
The stages you need to complete for this service are as follows:
- Complete the form available on the Sourcing and Valuations page selected from the tab at the top of the page.
- Provide as much information as possible on this form. We will need information such as:
- Height, width and breadth of the item
- Colours
- Base marks
- Condition (chips, cracks, hairlines, crazing, paint/glaze loss etc)
- Provenance
- When and where purchased
- We will need to see either:
- A set of digital photographs (from as many angles as possible and as clear as possible), assembled into a ZIP or RAR archive and attached to the form using the [Browse] button (max 1Mb file attachment size)
- A set of traditional hard copy photographs sent to us by post
- Complete the information and decide the service required. Click the 'Add to Basket' button to proceed to payment checkout
- Pay the Valuations Service fee including any additional fees for the return of your hard copy photo's
We will complete the evaluation of the item and return a certificate to you within 7 working days after all information has been received from you. If you have sent photo's you wish returned (and have selected this option), your valuation fee covers the return cost of these items by Royal Mail Recorded Delivery.
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