Proper delivery with correct address No returns for phone…read morecalls No response to e mails

For the past 50 years I have collected Chinese ceramics and other small objects…read more I am always looking to upgrade my collection. So, you can imagine my pleasure at finding an auction house where I could sell some pieces and maybe purchase some others. Mistake! I am not Asian. They did not allow me to walk more than 5 steps into their establishment. At that point a very polite little man blocked my way and a young woman in frayed jeans was brought out to deal with my unwelcomed intrusion into the shop. BTW the door was open. When I told the young woman that I have a collection of antique Asian ceramics, she gave me a look that even offended me... and I am from NYC! Unless you call for an appointment they do not wish to speak to you. Also their commission is 25% on all sales under 4000.00USD... You can do MUCH better than that. BTW. I was well dressed and groomed with jewelry. Sad!!!

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!

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.

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.

I never got paid for my stamp collection, i never got paid for 3 oz of silver. jack from live…read morestream.I drove to my house from san francisco. He picked up 70 binders of stamps., and three ounces of silver. He told me for weeks that I would be getting paid over a $1000. I never got paid anything. Don't trust jack.

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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!

These sales happen often and they are fun to swing by and see what they have. The sales are Friday…read morethru Sunday and everything is half off the last day. If you like women's vintage clothes and shoes and purses this is a good place to look. They have a lot of jewelry and furniture and paintings as well. As all these things are, it is hit or miss but over the years I have made some good scores here.

Claaasssy ass place. My goodness they have the goods. You got to bring some real dough or credit…read morecard or a windfall cuz they're not planning on games on them prices but those pieces are absolutely all worth it!

These are great sales, however your experience depends on who is running the sales. The more…read moreorganized the better and good descriptions go a long way for the buyer

Fees are high and there is nothing to warn you before you go live about the fees or that you should…read moreadd (much) more. Traffic for the auctions is very low in my region so many things get no bids or just $1. I don't know that they advertise much and it is very diluted with all the other auction websites. They were sending us messages from a customer saying they couldn't show up on pick up day but that's supposed to be part of the appeal, that people show up all at once and you're done with it. We had a few no-shows and contacted customer service to offer our number and an alternative date; we got no answer from customer service or the customers so we held onto everything for 3 weeks and then donated it. Do not recommend; other cheaper options out there.

So much stuff in such a little place!…read more Typical Chinatown store with cheap items to solve everyday needs. Sometimes it's hard to communicate with these folks, but they usually try to figure out if they can help you or not.

I consider this place a 99 cent store because nothing sold here was made by anyone making more than…read more99 cents a day. I went down the wrong street at lunch today and saw this place and knew I had to return after work. If you need some household item cheap and don't mind getting questionable quality, this is the place for you. Need 100 "non-medical" latex gloves? $5. Need a broom for $3? You're in luck. They also have a huge supply or Chinese dinnerware and utensils like those wide soup spoons and gigantic woks and huge rice cookers for reasonable prices. Power cords, shop lights, $3 flashlights, trash cans and containers, fake Q-tips. Basically, if you are in the area and need something simple and you don't need quality, stop here and take a look. It's interesting even if you don't buy anything.