SELLING WITH BID ART: Step by step

 

1. What would you like to sell ?

We specialise in art.  We an help you sell any any pictures: oils, watercolours and limited edition prints. 

 

2. What is it worth?

Bring the picture that you would like to be valued to Bid Art at Harvey & Woodd on Dundas Street in Edinburgh, or email us an image. We will value the item free of charge

 

3. Valuation and appraisal

We will value the pictures before they are presented for sale. Together you will agree a reserve price, below which the work will not be sold. If the reserve price is not achieved, the picture will be relisted for sale.

 

4. The picture is catalogued

The specialist will study the work thoroughly and write an informative description together with a condition report, artist, date and any known provenance.

 

5. The picture is photographed

The auctioneer’s professional photographer takes multiple photographs of your picture, from different angles to give an all round impression. The buyer therefore feels fully informed and confident in bidding up to their maximum price.

 

6. Publishing online

Your picture, together with detailed images and cataloguing, is uploaded to auctionet.com. Auctionet has more then 400 000 clients and is viewed by more than one million individual visitors every month. This wide client base helps objects in a niche collecting area find the right buyer and likewise popular items reach a larger audience.

 

7. Going, going, gone!

When the auction has started you can follow the bidding in real time, through the Auctionet app or on the webpage. After the auction has closed, you will receive a detailed report via email. The open bidding and the clearly stated commission fees keep buyers and sellers informed and up to date throughout the process.

 

8. The object finds a new home

The successful bidder is contacted and pays the stated final price to the auctioneer.  Auctions at Auctionet run every day of the year and the process is completed swiftly from consignment through to selling.

 

9. You receive payment

As a seller, you will receive your proceeds approximately 25 days from the close of the auction.

 

10. Vendor’s Commission

We charge a vendors commission of 15% plus VAT. In addition each sold lot is subject to a £5 plus VAT Lot fee. There are no unsold lot fees.