Whether you’re dealing with a Vancouver auction experts estate or just one or two items, these Vancouver auction experts can help. From painting and jewellery to silver, clocks, Asian art and more, they provide appraisals, auctioneering services and other auction-related expertise.
As trustee of her aunt’s Northern California estate, Sharon Sly had a lot to learn about the process of selling artworks. She turned to an online search and found Clars Auction Gallery, an Oakland-based auction house that has opened a regional office in Vancouver. She consulted with Jan Krane, an appraiser of fine arts who heads the local office.
With a gold-plated French clock on his desk and bookshelves lined with antiques, Krane has been working at the Clars office for only a few months. But he’s already ready to expand and wants a larger facility that would serve the entire Pacific Northwest.
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The vendor’s auction software has a robust architecture that adapts to businesses of any size, says the vendor. Its back-office app manages invoicing, users and auctions and provides a real-time dashboard for growth and performance. Its catalogue-building tools offer options for defining categories, images and metadata per lot. It also has a document design tool and support for multiple languages and currencies.
In addition to a website and mobile app, the company’s auction software allows sellers to set bids by phone or internet, accept offers below limit and enable guest bidding. It works with multiple payment providers and is compatible with a range of auction formats, including regular and sealed-bid auctions.