The piece was hand carried by Christie's to their N.Y. Auction and artwork was used from previous…read moreauction at no cost to me. Once again the piece did not sell. However, Christie's went out of there way to find a private buyer who purchased the piece at my minimum acceptable price. They truly went over and beyond the norm to assist me!

If you find yourself stuck (and/or lucky enough) inheriting antiques, art and jewelery pieces from…read moreyour grandparents estate & feel inclined to sell the pieces at the "high end" of the market (instead of on the Haight at Crossroads Trading Company), then you may be smart to checkout the San Francisco location of the world-renowned Christie's Auction House. E.N. overseas the location & could hardly be considered "warm & friendly" (as she rarely takes phone calls or even gets up to offer a brief "hello"), but at least, unlike their infamous rival (Sotheby's) here in SF, the office staff attempts to be friendly & not so snotty when requesting to view catalogues for upcoming sales. Christie's is ultimately the finest way to sell luxury items on the most grand of scales!

Stop paying retail prices for marked up items. If you enjoy antiquing, why not pay 1/2 the price…read moreyou would spend at a boutique storefront? The gorgeous rings I looked at could easily be sold at retail for $8k and above. Here they start at auction in the $1,500 - $2,000 range. Bonhams offers much more than old jewelry paintings and furniture. There are modern design sales, vintage toys, historical arms & armor, writing tools, rug sales and much much more. Every item listed for sale can be viewed in the print or online catalog, or examined during the preview hours at the warehouse. Usually a day or two before auction day. The department specialists are on hand to answer questions about value, condition and provenence. This is an easy, more cost effective way of buying what you truly desire, without going to the mall, craigslist or the antique store.

This is the last Co. I would ever work with! Really bad whatever you do!!…read moreI have worked with them, a few times and would never do it again really crooked Co. Gave me a appraisal for a piece of art @ 1,500.00 and on Ask Art the artist sold a peace half my size for $47,000 after they pick through your whole house and give you LOW BALL prices then they said " oh we don't take anything unless it's worth 5000 and over? My Item - exceeded over their $5000mark. Then they tell you they are under new ownership, HAHAHA.. Oh then took a piece if my art to auction show in New York and called me and "said oh we forgot to put your art in the catalogue so would you take the $2,500.00 that the bid would start at this piece would of sold way higher come to find out.!! Warning

Tammie was extremely helpful throughout the entire process of liquidating our design warehouse…read more While we didn't agree with the valuation of a few pieces it was worth it in the end to have someone else handle the sale of all 100+ pieces we had! Thank you thank you!!

I consigned a pair of jade earrings to Michaan's for sale along with other items, and made it clear…read morethat for the earrings I wanted an auction reserve of $250; this reserve was duly recorded on the paperwork that was filled out for the items. Jill Fenichell, with whom I was working, noted that Marie Elise Coronado, the in-house jewelry appraiser, would have to agree to this reserve for it to go forward; but certainly did not note that there would be any repercussions beyond the consignment not going forward should Ms. Coronado not agree. Ms. Coronado later contacted me and said she couldn't grant my request, and the reserve would be $200. Okay, the contract states that reserves depend on agreement by the parties, so fine, I just asked when I could come by to pick up the earrings. At this point she took the arrogant stance that if I wanted the earrings back I would have to pay the fee for when consignors reverse the decision to consign items to Michaan's, and further claimed that only under restricted circumstances may consignors specify reserves for their items -- which is absolutely NOT what is specified by the language in the contract for reserves. I appealed to Ms. Fenichell for help, noting that good-faith dealing required that what had been established between Ms. Fenichell and myself must be honored, and received no help. In the end, I asserted control of the situation by invoking another clause of the contract that specifies that the day and place an item is sold must be by mutual agreement of the consignor and Michaan's, and stated that I would not consent to any particular circumstances of sale until this matter was resolved. At that point, Ms. Coronado agreed to my requested reserve. With a company that had the intention of dealing in good faith with its consignors, none of this nonsense could have occurred. Michaan's proceeded to violate its own contract by selling all of my remaining items at days and places of Michaan's own choosing, without obtaining, or even requesting, my agreement. In particular, my set of sterling silver was sold separately from its case, against my wishes.

best in the bay !! dennis and his team were great finished job ahead of schedule. 10 stars highly…read morerecommended

This is an outstanding company. We needed an apartment completely cleared out, and they did it in…read morerecord time. They were thorough, smart and gave me confidence the entire time. The crew is great and so is the owner, Dennis. I highly recommend them. They were such a good value!

This used to be a great service. See an appraiser in person and put your item for auction…read more No longer. All online. No one to talk with. After an appraisal no information on an auction. Nada!

I was in awe of the posters in the shop. Just being there gave me a taste of the past. My wife and…read moreson were with me and my son loved Louise the chihuahua. I can't remember the man's name (not a shocker to me), but he was as genuine as they come. Was so gracious to my 7 year old son who. I could have stayed there for hours chatting and in awe of the history. A must stop for any music lover visiting. Scored a Pearl Jam poster and Hendrix mailer. I can only hope to make it back, with more time and capital.

As sleazy as they come. Took 9 months to pay me for an item they sold. Grant is as obnoxious…read moreperson as I have ever met. Try the Psychedelic Art Exchange. They get record setting prices for their posters sold at auction. Really professional and gentlemanly.

I went back to Michael Fine Art and spotted a wall hanging that I have been looking at for some…read moretime. Joseph Ritz offered me a very fair and doable price for the piece and I purchased it. Joseph told me that the price included delivery and installation ion since the piece was so large and heavy. The piece was delivered yesterday on time as it was scheduled. The Delivery Team was very professional and clearly knew what they were doing. the piece was perfectly installed and I am very happy with how it brightens up my room! Professionally I am a retired Police Officer and now work as a Private Investigator. Michael Fine Art Gallery in my professional opinion is an outstanding find and I will continue to do business with them after I buy a larger house with more wall space!

After lunch we saw this gallery just by the entrance to Chinatown. I think they have one in Vegas…read moreto. There are so many unique things here. I liked the Richie Rich stuff. As we walked around we noticed that there were no attendants in the place. They also have another section of the gallery across the street with totally different art. It was a little weird but there were some cameras. Just an inconvenience if we had questions. The color of all the art seemed just a little off. Not blemished but the colors seemed different in Vegas. Oh well lots of stuff to look at.

Found Neale & Sons online having heard about Austin from a trusted advisor. Though I've not…read moreformally engaged Austin to appraise the Sapphire I'm in the process of acquiring and my grandmother's diamond, he is clearly knowledgeable, and took considerable time to coach and guide me on my purchase. It was a pleasure working with him, and I recommend Neale & Sons whenever you require a pleasant, professional and exceptionally experienced Jewerly appraiser.

What a disappointment! Never did get to work with them. Sent an email as instructed on their…read morewebsite with a list of items for commission sale. Sent a direct email. Called once a week for 4 weeks: 1st call "wait a week and you'll hear from us" 2nd call "oh sorry, he must be behind" 3rd call "he's on vacation but you'll be his first call when he returns" 4th call (1 month after my first email) "sorry he's busy--and we're 2 months behind" I ask 2 months from when I first wrote or 2 months from now? Answer: 2 months from now. They could have told me this at any one of my previous calls. They could have an auto-reply on their email "thank you for your interest, please note we have a 2 month backlog" -- but here I am a month later and back at square one.

Had 3 jobs for Rico. 1) Rico put a beautiful finish on a new raw mahogany door. 2) Put a new…read moreleather inlay on an antique mahogany desk and 3) where I thought I needed to refinished an old Queen Anne dining room table, Rico was able to polish the original finish into a beautiful shine. Extremely profession.

The man who runs this business is extremely rude he gave me plenty attitude, and he started being…read moreextremely rude Whenever I said that I wouldn't like his chair and he even started being rude to my son, for no reason