Who wants to buy antique furniture at auction?
Who wants to buy antique furniture at auction? Well if you look at all the negatives from buying at auctions it might make you think twice. If you are looking to buy antique furniture one of the biggest mistakes some people make is when they have been buying it in an auction house, because they do not realise when you buy in auction you have no come back. Basically because it is not through a retail premises you do not have the consumer guarantee you would get from a shop and also the buying premiums are going through the roof at the moment, as the yearly premium hike is due in most auction houses.
When you buy at auction there is no guarantee that the piece is genuine as they do not have to put a full description of the piece whereas because we are LAPADA members we fully disclose any restoration, its age and authenticity.
The buyers premiums are constantly rising and now in most cases with insurance etc. Premiums add an extra 25 % to the purchase price and this makes a huge difference to the price you thought you paid.
Some people also can very easily get carried away and bid far more than the value of the antiques should be.
Once you have bought your piece of antique furniture from an auction, you then have to arrange to have it collected and delivered to your home and this can be very costly and a pain to arrange.
Also the cost of restoration on antique furniture can be very expensive whereas our items have already been fully restored.
At Driscolls antiques we fully describe all of our items and give detailed photographs on our online website and we only deal in quality antique furniture.
We do not charge any buyers premium so the ticket price on our website is exactly what you pay with no hidden surprises.
Our antique furniture is cleaned and restored only using traditional methods of restoration and we also deliver anywhere in England with a two man assembled delivery service.
So before buying antique furniture or antique desks from auction think of the hidden costs and hassle and instead why not look on our antique furniture web site as we always have hundreds of pieces of antique furniture for sale.
