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3 services

What the saleroom does besides run sales

Three things, all of them in service of the same idea: that an object should arrive exactly as it was described, and that both sides of the transaction should know the number before it happens.

  • Consignment & cataloguingA bright cataloguing room with objects laid out on warm paper beneath a north window

    Consignment & cataloguing

    We photograph it, measure it, write it up honestly, and put it in front of the right sale.

    • Photography, turntable and measurement included — no separate fee
    • Condition report written and pinned to the photograph
    • Commission 14–16% of hammer, by category
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  • Packing & freightA packing bench with a vase half wrapped in tissue, rolls of paper tape and a foam-lined crate

    Packing & freight

    Fragile objects packed by people who have unpacked a lot of broken ones.

    • Packed-and-shipped estimate published on every lot page
    • Double-boxed with a real two-inch float on all six faces
    • Furniture over 40 lb goes blanket-wrapped freight
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  • Valuations & single-owner salesA warm brick warehouse district street in Portland

    Valuations & single-owner sales

    A whole workshop, a whole estate, or one collection sold as one story.

    • Free valuation visits across the Portland metro
    • Written per-object ranges, including the honest zeroes
    • Dedicated single-owner sales where the story supports it
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