HOW TO SELL

Selling through an auction is very simple. It is convenient and secure, and offers you a chance to realize actual market prices for the works that you wish to sell. Bowring's will guide you through a step by step process of the selling process. As auctioneers, we will act on your behalf, and because we take a sellers commission from the sale price, we share with you a vested interest in realizing prices as high as possible.

1. Send us or email to us an image of the items that you wish to sell. Along with this please forward
• as much description as possible, especially size
• anything you know about the items, ie where you procured it, previous owners, dates of purchase, history etc.
  
  
2. We will provide you, free of charge and without obligation,
• an initial opinion as to value of the items a rough estimate of what our experts think it will sell for
• our opinion on its saleability
  
  
Since we have many enquiries please allow us 3 weeks before we respond to you.


3. Following this, if you wish to proceed, we will let you have details of the next available auction and the deadline for inclusion and we will advise you of how to get your property to us. If necessary we can arrange transportation and insurance for you.
   
   
4. Once we receive your property our experts will inspect it in detail and revert to you with a final recommendation for the estimate. Since photographs seldom reveal the full detail and quality this may be higher or lower than the initial opinion .We will also recommend a reserve price (the confidential minimum figure below which we will not sell your property.). If you agree to this we will proceed and you can then leave the rest to us!
   
   
5. We charge a commission on the sale price. This is calculated at 16.5 % on the first one lakh rupees and 11.5% on any excess thereafter. These charges include insurance whilst your property is in our care. We may advise you to illustrate your lots in the catalogue in which case there will be a small extra charge which will be clearly explained to you
   
   
6. Prior to the sale, you will be sent a catalogue. Click here to view online catalogues.
   
   
7. Later, you will be notified of the result. If you cannot come along to the auction you can check the results in near real time on our web site.
   
   
8. Finally a cheque less our agreed charges will be sent to you four weeks later, subject to our terms and conditions of sale.