Valuations

Securing the best possible expertise for your valuations is not always easy, whether you have a single item, a whole house contents or an entire collection.

Auction houses, dealers and independent valuers will claim to have all the expertise you need.  Sometimes this is not the case.  Some organisations are stronger than others in certain areas and occasionally a blend of solutions is the most appropriate.  Most 'free' valuations offered are with a view to potential sale and the advice offered is not always impartial. 

In most cases Hockley Smith Fine Art Consulting invites tenders on behalf of clients, we assess these and then negotiate the best possible fee.  

As Hockley Smith Fine Art Consulting charges for its time only, there is no incentive to recommend a valuation or sale via an organisation when it is not necessarily the best option.

Valuations can be undertaken by Hockley Smith Fine Art Consulting either

• directly by us where we have the required expertise
• or, more usually, via the very best international expertise

It is our ability to negotiate the lowest possible fees that is of most benefit to our private clients.