So why would you hire an expert to help you in Auction ? when you can go to Auction your self, to view and bid on any of the Antiques & Art that is offered and sold via the Auction system,with a view of buying for a long term investment.You can do all that on your own, view items and bid and buy your self at any Antique Auction in Melbourne but I would like you to consider this, if you are not familiar with buying at Antique Auctions.
I would not expect you as a new comer to the Antique Auction system to know any of the problems that you may come up against, believe me you may fall over in a big way.
There are many things you will need too know before you bid at any Antique Auction.
One point I will make is if you are not careful when viewing the Antique Auctions with the intention of buying ? there is a very good chance you will buy badly and the odds are you will, unless you take your time.
LOOK - LISTEN - AND LEARN WHEN IN AUCTION; you will be amazed what happens when you use your eyes ? ears ? and sometimes you will need rat cunning
Firstly do you know what your looking at ? is it an Antique or a Reproduction.
Because not always what you read in the catalogue is correct, there are many different description's and term's that the Antique Auction's use when writing there catalogue description's.
And some description's can be seen as misleading in the real world or at the very least confusing to a new buyer when trying to buy from Auction.
As I said there are many hurdles before you be-come a discerning buyer in any Antique Auction and keep in mind for a dealer who has be-come a self educated expert in his or her own field of expertise.
This dealer will have made many mistakes over the years when buying at Auction and spent many thousands of dollars buying the wrong thing, what we call a mistake.
Because you don't gain your knowledge by buying mistakes over a few months ? its over several years of heartache and disappointments, which makes the Antique dealer, if their still in business ? look at things very closely, so they don't make the same mistake again.
It makes the dealer learn about what he or she is buying ? educating them self for many hours a day reading books on their particular subject, so they do not make mistakes in the future.
So if you have just started your Antique hunting in and around the Antique Auctions you need to keep in mind that you will make mistakes when you buy from Auction.
Firstly do you know what your looking at ? is it an Antique or a Reproduction.
Because not always what you read in the catalogue is correct, there are many different description's and term's that the Antique Auction's use when writing there catalogue description's.
And some description's can be seen as misleading in the real world or at the very least confusing to a new buyer when trying to buy from Auction.
As I said there are many hurdles before you be-come a discerning buyer in any Antique Auction and keep in mind for a dealer who has be-come a self educated expert in his or her own field of expertise.
This dealer will have made many mistakes over the years when buying at Auction and spent many thousands of dollars buying the wrong thing, what we call a mistake.
Because you don't gain your knowledge by buying mistakes over a few months ? its over several years of heartache and disappointments, which makes the Antique dealer, if their still in business ? look at things very closely, so they don't make the same mistake again.
It makes the dealer learn about what he or she is buying ? educating them self for many hours a day reading books on their particular subject, so they do not make mistakes in the future.
So if you have just started your Antique hunting in and around the Antique Auctions you need to keep in mind that you will make mistakes when you buy from Auction.
The mistakes can be cut to a minimum if you have an experienced dealer or Agent helping you.
When you make your first mistake, lets hope it's not a big one, because the bigger your mistake the more money you will loose.
When you make your first mistake, lets hope it's not a big one, because the bigger your mistake the more money you will loose.
Some of the things that can happen in Auction not only here in Australia but any auction in the World so be careful, reproductions sold as original, misleading description's in Catalogues, Fake Art sold as originals, Dealers and Dishonest Collectors bidding on their own items too push up the price.
Auction Companies that own the item you are wanting to buy and not declaring to the market they own that item, leaving absentee bids on Art or Antiques at Auction and the Auctioneer bidding on the absentee's behalf and making the absentee bidder pay the full amount when there are no other bidders for that particular item, can be standard.
Just a few points you will need to consider when buying at Antique Auction's, or you may consider using an expert who has a wealth of knowledge buying at Auction, this knowledge you can only gain over many years.
Yes I am a Commission Agent for Antique Dealers and Collectors in Melbourne with 30 years experience, I'm also the preferred and recommended Commission Agent for Leonard Joel Antique Auctions Melbourne for there weekly Antique Auctions.
I subcontract my Independent Bidding Service via Leonard Joel Antique Auction's, executing telephone bidding for Leonard Joel clients, weekly Auctions only.
Auction Companies that own the item you are wanting to buy and not declaring to the market they own that item, leaving absentee bids on Art or Antiques at Auction and the Auctioneer bidding on the absentee's behalf and making the absentee bidder pay the full amount when there are no other bidders for that particular item, can be standard.
Just a few points you will need to consider when buying at Antique Auction's, or you may consider using an expert who has a wealth of knowledge buying at Auction, this knowledge you can only gain over many years.
Yes I am a Commission Agent for Antique Dealers and Collectors in Melbourne with 30 years experience, I'm also the preferred and recommended Commission Agent for Leonard Joel Antique Auctions Melbourne for there weekly Antique Auctions.
I subcontract my Independent Bidding Service via Leonard Joel Antique Auction's, executing telephone bidding for Leonard Joel clients, weekly Auctions only.
The Independent Bidding Service offers a confidential bidding service in Melbourne's Art and Antique Auctions for a flat fee which can differ from Auction to Auction, the fee charge is under $100 per Auction House, depending on what kind of service you need or want.
Contact details - Lester Devere are Antiqueroadshow@hotmail.com
Contact details - Lester Devere are Antiqueroadshow@hotmail.com
