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Practical guides, plainly written.
Read before you decide what to keep, sell or bid on. Each guide ends with a checklist-backed next step.
General guidance for owners and bidders. Where something depends on a particular auction’s terms or on Kept & Rare practice, the guides say so. Nothing here is a valuation, an offer or legal advice.
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- GUIDE 01For ownersPreparing an inherited collectionWhat to do, and what not to do, in the weeks after a collection becomes your responsibility.Read
- GUIDE 02For ownersPhotographing objects for an inquiryClear, honest photographs with a phone: the views that help someone understand an object, and the habits that hide it.Read
- GUIDE 03For everyoneReading condition and provenance informationHow to read a lot description carefully: what condition notes, attributions and ownership histories actually claim.Read
- GUIDE 05For ownersUnderstanding consignment questions and economicsHammer price, consignor share and buyer premium, explained with an illustrative example and the questions to settle in writing.Read
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The glossary defines hammer price, buyer premium, provenance and more, and marks which terms are set per auction.