Selling at Taylor & Sconce Could not be easier, you can book an appointment online, by telephone or in Person.
You can then bring your items to our sales room where a member of our team will help you organise them into sellable lots and advise on any valuations required. Once all your items have been stocked we will issue you with a receipt showing a full description and any reserves agreed. We will then Professionally photograph your lots before transferring them to our showroom. All our catalogues appear online to a worldwide audience and are available to be inspected during our well attended viewing and Auction’s Days. Before the sale begins you will be emailed with a pre sale advice note showing your lot numbers, descriptions and photographs and again after the sale with the amount achieved. We will then organise the shipping and collections for all sold lots, once this process is complete we then look to send you your funds by bank transfer on a Thursday 10 days following the sale.
Home Collection Service
We offer an In House Collection Service which will be charged depending upon distance, number and size of items.
Fees and Charges
Seller Commission: 10% Below £100 / 0% £100 and Above.
Lotting fees: £2 per Lot Per Auction. (We do not Charge for the Flash Sale or for unsold Lots)
All fees include, Photography and insurance.
Our PAT testing policy means everything electrical is tested and anything that fails is responsibly disposed of rather than returned – in both cases the fair cost is passed on to our sellers. Both of these approaches mean that our buyers have full assurance that their purchases are in safe, working order, and because our sellers only bring goods of quality, the price they get for them is higher. Our fee for PAT Testing is £2 per Appliance.
Fees Calculator
We have a very useful fees calculator here on our website that breaks down the commission & VAT deducted from any hammer price.
Please click here to try it out!
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SELLING AT AUCTION CALCULATOR
When selling at auction, we charge 10% off the hammer price.*
Seller Commission: 10%*
Lotting Fees: £2 per lot per auction. (We do not charge for the Flash Sale or for unsold lots)
All fees include photography and insurance.
Our PAT testing policy means everything electrical is tested and anything that fails is responsibly disposed of rather than returned – in both cases, the fair cost is passed on to our sellers. Both of these approaches mean that our buyers have full assurance that their purchases are in safe, working order, and because our sellers only bring goods of quality, the price they get for them is higher. Our fee for PAT testing is £2 per Appliance.
*For hammer prices above £100, there is no commission (0% commission).
BUYING AT AUCTION CALCULATOR
When buying at auction, we charge 22% on top of the hammer price.
Buyer’s Premium: 22%
A minimum buyer’s premium of £2 applies to all lots with a hammer price of £9 or less.
Collection and/or Storage fees may apply in certain circumstances.