Auctioneer Testimonials
What our clients say about us:
"On March 24th, we held the most successful auction in our company's history. I believe much of the interest in the Canadian art can be attributed to the outstanding exposure our press release received on Auction Central News, a benefit we received as part of LiveAuctioneers' Platinum Plus package."
Kathleen Pica, Owner
Auctions Neapolitan
Naples, Fla.
.... I just wanted to say how happy we are with LiveAuctioneers. This last sale was a huge success and the participation through LiveAuctioneers was one of our highest, if not the highest, so far AND surprisingly it was one of our higher end sales. We’re seeing a shift in the population that typically bids with us online, a good shift.
Deirdre Pook Magarelli, Vice President
Pook & Pook, Inc.
Auctioneers and Appraisers
463 E. Lancaster Ave.
Downingtown, PA
It's been a week since our New Year's Auction and we have been struggling to find the right words to describe our first experience with Liveauctioneers P.R. Service:
Fabulous? beyond expectations? incredible? Catherine Saunders-Watson is the best thing that's happened to our auction.
Catherine has such a way with words, insight of the auction market, and creativity, it went so far beyond our imagination and expectations we could not believe the response.Not just the United States But around the world.Sold $70,000 in Russia.close to 80,000 to China.Also many items went to other countries as well as items sold online to the U.S.
We were on TV, Radio, in Newspapers and Magazines, collector sites on the internet, and on top of the search engines. "Fabulous"
We got over 70,000 hits on Liveauctioneers alone before the auction. "Beyond our expectations"
Just before the auction we took a late consignment and mentioned it to Catherine. Two days later it was picked up by major collector sites. "Incredible"
For Don Presley Auctions Catherine Saunders-Watson is truly "A SLICE OF HEAVEN".
You can give my phone number to anyone who would like to talk to me personally for a recommendation.
My wife Kimberly Presley and I sincerely thank you and look forward to working with you at our next auction.
Don and Kimberly Presley
Don Presley Auctions
P.S. Catherine promise you will not retire before we do!
Collectors all over the world really like LiveAuctioneers. Their format is simple to use, and it has become a very good highway for bidding in our sales. The age of reservation about bidding online is over, and it took a company like LiveAuctioneers, which has proved itself, to make that happen. Working with them has been a very good partnership.
Rich Bertoia
Bertoia Auctions
We were very pleased with the sale results. The internet was very active this sale and really helped out with our auction.
We are very happy to be back!
Thanks,
Glenn Sweeney
S & S AUCTION
Online bidding is the staple of any successful auction these days. And having a great online bidding system, like Live Auctioneers, is critical.
Alec Peters
CEO
Propworx
Yourself and your staff have been very supportive and helpful with the live auctions process. I look forward to doing it again.
Regards,
Susan Donnelly
Boston Harbor Auctions
Thanks so much for an awesome auction. You all have really been a huge part of our business and I really appreciate it. It seems almost flawless and the bidders seem to find the process so much easier. I really love having Adam here to keep the sale running smoothly too! You all have really built something valuable!
Amy Slotin
Slotin Folk Art
"LiveAuctioneers PR Services"
This is a quick note to let you know how pleased we were with the services provided by Catherine Saunders-Watson. The exposure we received for our April 18th auction was incredible. In today’s economic environment, value for dollar spent is of the utmost of importance to anyone in business. With Ms. Watson’s contacts and gift for promotion this was definitely some of the best money we have spent on advertising in quite some time.
PR services Link
Thank you,
Chris Featherston
Austin Auction Gallery
Thanks for everything you do for Brunk Auctions. All is appreciated. Bob was very excited about Money Magazine in Canada picking up the Chinese porcelain story. Thank you for facilitating that process.
Pete Prunkl
Brunk Auctions
Thanks to Auction Central News for a really great press release about our February 27 sale.
Barbara Frasher
Frasher's Doll Auctions
I am not completely objective at this point as LiveAuctioneers has proven to Housing Works more than once that when you have their support you are guaranteed success with your auction as well as guaranteed excitement. John Tona (LA's Client Services Manager) has been very hands on with our organization's account and has been on location twice to manage our on line bidders himself. I can't imagine being provided with better customer service and in fact I have never experienced better in my life...ever. The company's owner and founder, Julian Ellison, has personally attended two of our live auctions. How could we ask for more support?...we couldn't. And with LA's 5,000,000+ member database it is hard to imagine how they make time for us, but they do. They have just gone out of their way every time we have worked with them...I don't know how I can put it another way than to say the services they provide (customer and otherwise) are nothing short of miraculous. If you want to ensure yourself a smooth and successful auction there is no company better than LiveAuctioneers.
I want to let you know that my first experience with LiveAuctioneers.com PR services went way beyond my expectations!
Catherine Saunders-Watson is a dream to work with. She is extremely responsive, incredibly fast and has excellent creative insight. Catherine put me at ease immediately and always made me feel as if our auction was the most important item on her agenda.
The pre-auction press release written by Catherine was widely received by editors, which enabled us to reach a huge audience and achieve a record breaking price for a Black Forest rarity.
Every investment that we've made using LiveAuctioneers.com services has been worth it, and I am now 100% sold on the new PR service as well.
Thank you so much for another success brought about by the fabulous team at LiveAuctioneers.com!
Kathleen
Auctions Neapolitan & Gallery
1100 1st Avenue South
Naples, FL 34102
In a nutshell, I wouldn't be in business without LiveAuctioneers. Our auctions average a 35%-40% sell-through with LiveAuctioneers, and on many occasions we've approached the 50% mark online. LiveAuctioneers has brought us customers from all over the world, including some very good regular buyers in Turkey, Israel and other countries.
Kathleen Pica, Owner
Auctions Neapolitan
Naples, Florida
Our September 26th Auction will be our first auction with the new system. I want you to know that we are very pleased with the Live Auctioneers new system so far. If the applet is as easy as everything else then we will be more than pleased. We feel that we are getting more visits and hits than we had when LiveAuctions were on ebay, the having the catalog up and active early is a great benefit. We are pleased! and so happy that so far everything seems easier.
Thanks
Lyn Livingston, ISA CAPP
Livingston’s Auction & Estate Services Inc.
We became a client of LiveAuctioneers years ago, when eBay Live first originated. Since that time eBay Live may have gone away, but LiveAuctioneers remains stronger than ever. From friendly customer service and responsive technical staff, through to their ability to attract tens of thousands of global collectors to our auctions, LiveAuctioneers continues to be a vital partner in our ability to grow our auction business and achieve ever increasing sale results. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship for years to come.
Malcolm Mason
Affiliated Auctions & Realty LLC
In anticipation of our first auction without eBay Live we were a bit apprehensive about how the sale would be impacted by the change; however we needn’t have worried. In fact, the process was seamless. Thanks to LiveAuctioneers, Internet bidding was perfectly integrated into the saleroom and posed no problems over the course of two long days. It was honestly impossible to distinguish the LiveAuctioneers representative bidding on behalf of the Internet from the phone bidders surrounding him. We were very pleased with the technical and personal support provided by LiveAuctioneers and look forward to more successful sales in the future.
Mark and Michael Millea
Millea Bros. Ltd.
I thought I'd take a minute to thank you for your help in getting us started with liveauctioneers.com. You and the staff at LiveAuctioneers were tremendously helpful and I am sure that had it not been for all of your assistance the auction would not have been the success that it was.
You may look us up and see that our low estimates were in the $120,000 range, and actual sales were $264,000. Not bad at all!
Thank you once again.
Sami Fajuri
Potter and Potter Auctions, Inc
Live Auctioneers has helped us open our doors to the world, via live auctions! The staff is courteous, knowledgeable and extremely helpful! We are happy to have the opportunity to work with everyone at Live Auctioneers and look forward to the advancement of the live auction community!
You know, the customer service I have got from you guys beats any company I have dealt with in years - you have no idea how much the fast replies and proper handling of questions is appreciated. Kudos to you all -
Jim Bennett
Bennett's Artifact Auctions
I have to say thank you! Working with LiveAuctioneers was a fantastic experience for my nonprofit organization. As a public charity, we rely
on a variety of means to raise funds for our program. You folks helped us launch our first ever on-line auction and it was a tremendous success
on a few different levels. First, we exceeded our revenue goals. But perhaps equally important, we did this without eating up a lot of our
small staff's valuable time. The tools that LiveAuctioneers provided us with were invaluable and easy to use. I look forward to working with you again in the future.
Sincerely,
David Wish
Executive Director
Little Kids Rock
I've been involved with antiques most of my life, fully employed with them all my working life, and nothing has changed the business as dramatically as the Internet. As a specialist in early scientific, technical, and mechanical musical instruments, I know how important it is to cast my net wide to find new buyers. LiveAuctioneers has helped me do this. I used to recognize most of my buyers, with only the occasional new name. Now, all I get for my sales are new names and buyers. The percentage of online sales has increased with each auction. Hats off to LiveAuctioneers for making this growth not only possible but also "do-able"!
George Glastris
Edison Gallery
Just wanted to take the time to tell you that you and your staff are doing a great job! My staff here at Time & Again Auction Gallery couldn't be happier with how things are going for us with LiveAuctioneers. The new reports are fabulous. The gentlemen that handle the phones are courteous and oh so patient.
Kudos to the gang and their leader.
Abbe Lasker
Time & Again Auction Gallery
There is no denying that Live Auctioneers has helped our auction company expand our business. Since we started using their online auction service, our prices have only increased. We have seen thousands of people look at our auctions and have received hundreds of absentee bids, and this is just for one auction! Having several of these auctions has only proved that we are reaching a broader audience than we could have ever imagined.
For example, we just held a country store style auction a few weeks ago. So far, this auction has proved to be the best type of auction to hold online. We had many items that sold to online bidders for double or triple the value that we could have gotten here at our auction house. Some of these items had 30-60 bids, and the majority of the bidders were online. Instead of having just a few people at your auction bid on each item, you are opening that bidding to anyone, wherever they may be. It is hard to believe that the whole world is watching your auction house, but it is true. For this auction alone, we had hundreds of bidders from all across the United States and various countries around the world.
Live Auctioneers has made this adjustment very easy for our auction company, and it has been nothing but a great experience. With just a little extra work, our auction company is now known across the world.
Thanks,
Cortney Milbourne
Conestoga Auction
Hey team,
You do a great job and I am very please with your customer service and going the extra mile.
Thank you very much!
Sincerely,
Clark Cierlak
Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc.
Your staff has been awesome to work with - responsive, willing, and knowledgeable. Thank you for helping us to understand the value you can offer for our fundraising efforts, now and in the future!
With gratitude,
Bert Rankin
Director of Development Operations
Maryland Public Television
It's now the third live auction we have done with LiveAuctioneers, and all we can say is: thank you!
Thank you for your professional and fast support, thank you for your effort to improve and adjust your system to the needs of your customers. It's good to have real people on the phone when you need them and it's good to get an answer no matter how dull the question.
Life would be easier on the web and a better place if there were more companies like LiveAuctioneers.
Martin Reinhart, WestLicht Photographica Auction
It’s a pleasure having a company that does what it says. This was not always the case with our previous provider.
Your dedication is wonderful and again thanks for the great service! You will have us as customer for a long time to come.
Craig
Tiger Auction Group
Buena Park, CA
Have I told you lately that I LOVE the new search engine????
I'm using it everyday and would highly recommend it to everyone. UNBEATABLE!!
Kathleen
Auctions Neapolitan
Naples, Florida
We often talk around here about the new tools that continue to appear. If anyone were to ask we could say unequivocally that LiveAuctioneers would be our only choice for administrating these auctions, and we have had cause to look at other companies, only because they sought our business.
Your system certainly makes it possible to put more auctions online.
We are very impressed around here.
Thanks and good luck,
Dirk Soulis
It was an immense pleasure to have LiveAuctioneers help us through our first live auction 5 months ago. There is no problem to little for them not to concern themselves with. They are by far a bench-mark for what excellent support should be. Since our first auction, back in November of 2004, they have done everything to help us along the way. Thanks to them we now support over 500+ online bidders per auction - a handful of which are international bidders. I cannot but regard them in praise for opening up new market opportunities for us here at Bill Hood & Sons.
Alex
Bill Hood & Sons
Bull Run Auction's listings with LiveAuctioneers not only increase our sales and margins, they significantly amplify visits to our website and gallery.
While the resulting national and international exposure contributes to both our revenue and our own "wow" factor, Bull Run also appreciates the regional and local interest generated by LiveAuctioneers product. Buyers appreciate the convenience of absentee bids and virtual previews, and consignors certainly consider the LiveAuctioneers audience when they choose their auction house. The Sales and Customer Support team at LiveAuctioneers is a pleasure to deal with, and we applaud their skill at successfully bringing us to the click-and-mortar phase in our business plan.
Thank you,
Thom
Thomas G. Pattie, Jr.
President
Bull Run Auction, Inc.
Stout Auctions has used Liveauctioneers.com numerous times in the past and we have been exceedingly happy with the results and the service they have offered. Liveauctioneers.com continually is improving the service to make things better and easier for the auction companies but one improvement in particular convinced me to write this and that service is the invoicing system. No one else has an invoicing system like Liveauctioneers.com is offering. The new invoicing literally saves me a full day of sorting out buyers, shipping costs, emails etc. These guys keep this up and they are going to have to buy eBay!
Thanks,
Greg Stout
Stout Auctions
I have just been reviewing the new bidder approval process for our current auction. I must say that I am always stunned at how well as team LiveAuctioneers are pioneering this industry we all love. This approval process is ingenious. I am quite sure that a tremendous amount of time and resources were poured into creating this option to assist the auction houses. It shows that you are on OUR side. I am proud to have our auction house as one of your clients. Thank you for breaking down the walls for all us brick & mortar auction galleries who just simply cannot do what you have done, and have done better than anyone else.
Continue to educate the world about the joy of auctions and you will always have my support.
Thank you,
Michelle LeBlanc Leckert
Neal Auction Company, Inc.
www.nealauction.com
Carol & I want to thank you for the nice write-up in your LiveAuctioneers Newsletter of our Sept 12th auction. Your help in growing our auction business is appreciated. The extra effort reflects your professionalism and commitment to the auction business.
Regards,
Mark & Carol Bonham
Bonham Auction Gallery
Indianapolis, IN 46205
“After using other service providers with online auctions (via eBay and others), we are very pleased with Live Auctioneers. The service has been great, the back-end administration features are excellent, and the ease of use is appreciated, as well. We are most pleased with the post auction reports and the detailed item reports, allowing us to tweak item descriptions to find the most buyers. We’ll continue to use Live Auctioneers as our service provider for our online auctions. Thanks!”
Darin Lawson, CAI
President, Lawson Auction Service, Inc.
www.lawsonauction.com
I just wanted to let you know how happy we are with LiveAuctioneers. Your staff has been so helpful every step of the way. John and Scott Specifically. I am really glad we chose LiveAuctioneers over the other companies out there. We have increased the amount of Internet bidders with every auction and only hope to keep growing. Thank you again for your continued support. You Guys are worth every penny.
Best Regards,
Gary Santoro
Santoro & Shienbaum Auctioneers
Boca Raton, FL 33434 USA
www.santoroandshienbaum.com
"I've been thrilled with the service provided by LiveAuctioneers, as well as with the auction results. Even when a lot doesn't end up going to a LiveAuctioneers bidder, the LiveAuctioneers’ bidders help to push the prices up. We've found that around 98% of the lots we upload will have at least one Internet bid in place by sale day, usually many more. In our Feb. 28 sale, we had more than 1,100 people registered, and a new world record was set on a Chagall Exodus portfolio, which sold to an Internet bidder for $36,000."
Philip Weiss, Owner - Philip Weiss Auctions
Oceanside, N.Y.
December 3rd 2003
"We have been very pleased with LiveAuctioneers. The avenue they've created has paid off very well, not only for auctioneers and consignors, but for collectors, as well. They've come up with a new way of buying that was nonexistent 10 years ago. One of the biggest compliments we give LiveAuctioneers is that they are absolutely super-quick in responding to any questions we have. There has never been a question they could not answer for us."
Rich Bertoia
Bertoia Auctions, Inc.
November 20th, 2003
"I used to pride myself in having a strong international clientele through phone, mail and fax bidding, but with the addition of LiveAuctioneers.com, my worldwide client base has increased exponentially. After my last sale, I shipped merchandise to Finland, Denmark, France, Germany, Austria, England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Canada, Singapore and even to one bidder in Czechoslovakia. It's amazing that all these people are just a mouse click away."
Noel Barrett
Owner, Noel Barrett Antiques & Auctions, Inc.
November 14th, 2003
"Our Oct. 10-12 auction was the first one in which we offered Internet bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. We were very happy with the result. Internet buyers took 26% of the lots and definitely helped the bottom line. It's difficult to gauge exactly to what extent Internet participation affected the underbidding, but it was definitely a factor. We're still packing and shipping to the buyers who bid from Japan, Germany, Italy, Holland, Austria and England. And we had quite a bit of bidding from Canadians, and most of that was through the Internet."
Randy Inman
Partner - Randy Inman Auctions, Inc.
September 16, 2003
This "Live Auction" virtual experience has added a new dimension to our business. Initially, we were skeptical; but have come to realize the important advantage this service provides, enabling us to reach out to new bidders throughout the United States & the world.
This is a great service, increasing our sales significantly. We can't imagine a sale without them.
Andrea Jenack
President
William J. Jenack Auctioneers
“As an early adopter of online live auctioneering, we were highly dependent upon the service and expertise of our vendors. Rather than reinvent the wheel, we wanted to operate only with existing technology. While we’ve tried others, no vendor has come anywhere near the level of knowledge, accessibility and attentiveness of Julian Ellison and John Ralston of Live Auctioneers. The online portion of our sales now runs nearly flawlessly, and the volume of active, mid- to high-level bidders now has our percentage of online buyers as high as 25% for some sales.”
David Donaldson
VP - Marketing
Samuel T. Freeman & Co.
(215) 563-9275 ext. 3026
www.freemansauction.com
“Wholly skeptical prior to our first live, online auction, we are now converts. This is due in good part to the business results we have seen: significant underbids from the internet, a broader audience base, and new consignments from online buyers. Just as important has been our relationship with Julian Ellison and John Ralston: they are both proactive and unfailingly responsive. We consider Live Auctioneers an ally and asset to our business.”
Miriam Tucker
CEO
David Rago Auctions
December 27, 2002
Dear Julian,
We wanted to reiterate our appreciation of your first rate service, response time, professionalism and attention to detail. John is always available and takes immediate action, no matter the request!
Jeff Jeffers
President/COO
Garth's
"Live Auctioneers allows us to reach an entirely new audience of potential buyers around the world who can then take part in our auctions "live" on the day - it has had a significant impact on the success of our business"
Stephen Whittaker
Fellows & Sons
