I consigned some jewelry and pottery that I inherited a few years ago to Associated. Their online inventory system is great and their staff if knowledgeable and helpful. Highly recommended. read more

My experience has been very anxiety producing after the death of our mother after over a year of dealing with them. They hurry through packing up your items and only photographed them the first time they came to my house. They gave me a "sloppy" and often not accurate list of our items only the first time. When I called recently they said that someone would call me back. They didn't. Some of our best items were not shown on any of the auction photos or a list of our items. Some of our items were shown in a lot that was not ours. Upon first meeting with Steve Fusco I found him very nice and personable. He said that they would take 25% commission which turned into 35% with the first transaction. After my meeting with Steve everything went downhill from there. I put my trust in their company because they were strongly recommended by another auctioneer who is very close to my family , and a business associate of our deceased mother. My heart is broken. Betsy C. read more

DO NOT USE. CHECK THE OTHER REVIEWS. I bought various lots, paid invoice and shipping. 3 days AFTER auction, I got a message "Please be advised that the seller has requested your permission to remove Lot 245" due to "clerking error". I declined permission by two emails because according to THEIR OWN terms of the sale, ""YOUR BID IS A CONTRACT, and ALL SALES ARE FINAL" and "Title of the property immediately passes to the highest acknowledged bidder when the hammer falls". LiveAuctioneers replied "the auction house has failed to respond to any of our follow-up attempts" Finally I heard from Associated Estate: "Lot 245 did not show as sold on our system until well after the auction was completed. It was assumed that they passed, then sold to an in-house left bidder. Currently we are in the process of determining where this and at least one other similar error occurred." I replied "You made it appear that the seller had just changed their mind after the auction. But now you tell me that this email was in fact, not truthful. You invoiced me, and I paid the full amount. How can you have invoiced me AND taken my payment if this lot "did not show as sold" on your system?" And " The only solution that I can see is that you contact the later bidder and inform them that the items were sold to them incorrectly, and were in fact my property which you had no right to sell." I never heard from them again, despite repeated emails. I have not received the items, I have lost hundreds of dollars, and they ignore emails. An auction, ESPECIALLY online, relies on law and trust. Associated Estates ignores the law, and has broken trust. read more

Sounds like a scam to me! I met the owner Dan or Dennis (or maybe he was just a partner) don't remember the name. He tried to impress me with how much money he has and I never asked about that. What was interesting is that he clearly did not know what he was selling. I would be careful. Not a trustworthy place. read more

This is an excellent company which has recently revamped their staff and which is definitely on the right path. The owner, Steve Fusco, is a good person whose prime focus is on having satisfied customers. He does his homework on each and every item for which he is entrusted to sell. Based on my consistently positive experience with Associated Estate & Appraisal, I highly recommend this company to anyone seeking to buy or sell their antiques and fine art. read more

These people are just rip-off artists. Steve Fusco took a small horse sculpture I had inherited from my father to sell on consignment. Apparently they lost the paperwork and the sculpture and have been giving me the run around for almost 3 years. Stay away from them. They'll just steal your stuff. read more

In 2011 my family gave Estates Unlimited a large inventory of antiques and art from our parents estate on the East Side. He lost items. Misidentified other people's items as ours. When he did pay for some of the auctions it was well beyond the required time limit. 2 1/2 years later he hasn't paid us for what he still owes us. Sent us a check that bounced. His website is a scam. In January 2013 the RI Dept of Business Regulation revoked the owner's auctioneer license for other complaints as well as ours, but he continues to comport himself as being honest and reputable. Please be careful, please be clear. This is not where you want to entrust your valuable or sentimental items. read more