Out & About Spring 2018

Less is Moore After the death of two relatives in quick succession, plus a house move of their own, Maurice and Annie Moore were looking to reduce the number of items they they now found themselves with

5 . Anyone can come along on the day of an auction – Mr and Mrs Moore came to the first auction and were both pleased and impressed with how some things sold 6. Three weeks after the auction, cheques are sent out to all of the vendors (the people who have sold items in the auction) – Mr and Mrs Moore were certainly pleased with what they received.

SAS provided them with lots of help to clear some of their own items, as well as things from the two inherited estates. In 2016, the Moores made an appointment to come and see us at one of our weekly Wednesday valuation days. Armed with several boxes of objects, we spent quite a while going through all of them and dividing them into various categories. These were: 1. Items that were suitable to be sold through SAS Auctions 2. Items that had a more modest value and were suitable for a boot sale 3. Things that were more appropriate to donate to a charity With these three separate categories

Since first selling at auction in 2016, the couple have returned several times after sorting through more of the items that they have inherited. As always, with the help of the SAS team, interesting pieces from their relatives and of their own have been identified, catalogued and sold well. During a valuation day visit last November, Mr and Mrs Moore consigned various items, including jewellery, silver, coins and collectables. At the bottom of a box of costume jewellery, one of SAS’s directors Neil Shuttleworth, who is responsible for the jewellery, silver, coins and watch auctions, discovered a good collection of Victorian coins and also a very nice amber

At first we were quite daunted by the idea of an auction and did not know what to expect

agreed, the items chosen for auction with us were consigned and entered for several auctions. The remaining items were then taken by Mr and Mrs Moore. The process of how an auction works is as follows: 1. Items are consigned for auction and then distributed to specialist departments 2. The lots are stored until the specialist

bead necklace. At the end of January, again on a Wednesday valuation day, more items of silver and antiques were consigned which will be entered into the April sales. Mr and Mrs Moore said: “At first we were quite daunted by the idea of an auction and did not know what to expect. We needn’t have worried, though, as the team at Special Auction Services explained everything clearly to us at every step of the way – making the whole process really easy. We find the actual auctions really exciting, if not a little nail-iting.”

begins work on cataloguing the lots for the appropriate sale (which can be anything from one to eight months’ time depending on the items being sold and the auction calendar) 3. The lots are then photographed ready to be published in a colour catalogue, as well as the online catalogue. This happens between two and four weeks ahead of the auction date 4. Before the auction, Mr and Mrs Moore were notified which lots they had coming up – this is a standard procedure

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