Buying and Selling

From single items to entire collections, from pictures, furniture and works of art to fine wine and motor cars, Hockley Smith Fine Art Consulting has a unique range of contacts within all sectors of the Art and Antiques world for both buyers and sellers. 

Building a collection or looking for a specific item

For clients unfamiliar with buying at auction total guidance is available, from initial viewing, securing condition reports and guidence on likely price.  We are also able to bid on clients' behalf.

Hockley Smith Fine Art Consulting will source specific items for clients that are sometimes in private collections and not necessarily openly for sale.

Selling items

When wishing to sell, Hockley Smith Fine Art Consulting can negotiate the best possible vendors' commission rates achieving huge saving for clients.

Items can be sold in different ways according to the work and your circumstances: either discreetly marketed to international private collectors, international art advisors, public institutions (sometimes in lieu of tax).

Alternatively they can be sold publicly via an international network of auction contacts (including Sotheby's and Christie's) or commercial art galleries and antique dealers.