Bidder Reviews for Kaminski Auctions (574)

I have purchased multiple times from this gallery and have always found them to be very professional and welcoming.

I always have an easy process picking items up at Kaminski's. They are always responsive and excellent to work with.

I won’t do business with them again. Lost my item, I and my shipper had to ask continually to locate it (x 5 attempts, never did), multiple calls to them, never from them and multiple contacts to return my payment. Very disappointed.

It is sad for me to have to write this review as this will be my third and final experience with this auction house. The first time they couldn’t find my items and the guy at the front desk was extremely rude. The second time they told me the item was located at one house when it turns out it was located at another house an hour away to which they made no concession. The third and final time I bid on one mirror which I paid for promptly. Turns out the mirror wasn’t even ever takento the auction house, but yet they sold it to me anyway. When we found out they did not have it they were non-apologetic in anyway and made very light of the fact that the item in question was probably taken by habitat from the home they were liquidating because it never made it onto their truck. Highly unprofessional. Seems to me there should be checks and balances when you’re dealing with this kind of money and these kind of the estates. The worst part is they’re so big and they just don’t need the business so they don’t seem to care about your purchase no matter how big or small it is. Everyone I’ve encountered there has been less than friendly except the poor workmen who have to travel around their large unorganized storage space to try to find the items that you win. We drove an hour and a half to pick these items up and had already sold the mirror to a customer Because we assumed we could trust them to have it in their possession. As I said they didn’t apologize they said they’ll look into it we never ever heard from them and had to contact them to get our money back. They did provide a refund and they did so promptly after I left a message but no one even called to say they were sorry we had a bad experience they just don’t give a ********** quite frankly. We on our own business and would never treat our customers like that. The employees (not the helpers) act like your bothering them so it was just a bad experience. It’s a shame because they have beautiful pieces, sadly we won’t be back.

1. I spent a lot of money and a lot of shipping, but the auction item I got was indeed problematic. It was repaired originally, and the photos and product descriptions were not clearly written. 2. I have responded many times and wrote a lot of emails, and the auction house will not respond to see if it can be processed. 3. I did not ask for returns and refunds, I only ask for reasonable compensation. I hope the auction company sees it, please reply me as soon as possible!!!!

We purchased a leather sofa from Kaminski and there was no caution or description that the leather sleep sofa and mattress wreaked of mildew. I contacted them via email and they did not have the courtesy to respond. See email below that we sent to Kaminski: Dear Kaminski Auctions, I am writing to say that the sofa I purchased on Saturday, for which I paid Kaminski a total of $863.28 and then paid a mover approximately $450 to transport the sofa from Beverly to our home, wreaks of mildew. The smell is so strong that it permeates the entire first floor of our home. The sofa is a leather sleep sofa and we have tried to air it out, to air out the mattress, and to treat it with Febreze, but nothing works. To make things worse, my husband and I are both extremely allergic to mildew, so the odor is making us sick. I am aware of your policies, but the fact that you did not state that the sofa smells badly of mildew is truly unethical. You conduct an online auction and people expect that the products offered are in good condition unless otherwise noted. We threw out our old sofa to make room for this new one, so not only have we lost $1, 313, but we are also left with a sofa that we cannot use and no replacement. We are extremely disappointed that Kaminski would not warn consumers that the sofa smells of mildew. Buyers cannot smell an item in an online auction. We understood you to be a trustworthy auction house, but you have violated our trust.

Communication and accuracy very good

I had my item shipped and the process was fairly smooth with one of the providers they listed. The item description was lite to say the least: artist name, art type, size. The pictures make the item look very favorable to the auction house. When I received the piece, the artwork is materially wrinkled as though it was subjected to years of humidity damage. I appreciate there's a risk with these things sometimes but the lack of notice in the auction lot highlighting or mentioning the condition of an item is irresponsible at best. If you're unable to see in person, I would tread lightly...

A little slow getting item to shipper.

Beautiful pieces in perfect condition!

Great

Fair, Knowledgeable and great to deal with. Thanks 🤩

I love Kaminski Auction and have always had a good experience. However, my last two times picking up my itemsI have experienced lines out the door to pick up items. Not enough people manning the desk and working in the back. I ended up waiting close to an hour and I had called ahead to tell them when and what I was picking up!

Wonderful transaction.

I purchased several vintage dresses from them, and they said one of the dresses was Pierre Cardin, and neither of them had a Pierre Cardin label.. They never responded to my question asking how they knew one of the dreses was Pierre Cardin.

Good experience with Kaminski. Although it'd be optimal if they did in-house shipping, the third-party shipper I used from their recommendation (UPS Store) was excellent and did some of the best packaging I've seen. Another improvement they could make is to accept money via PayPal, but a minor quibble. Overall, I give 'em a A.

I didn't complain as I know "caveat emptor" and all that, but three times now we bought online only to be VERY disappointed with what we received. If we had been at the auction to preview our bids would have been very different. Looking forward to previewing and bidding in person as they have great stuff, just represented very differently in the online images and descriptions.

Picked up onsite. Had an appt. Picked up & departed w/in about 4 minutes.

I do wish that Kaminski would pay more attention to internet presentation about his auction items. Often there are mistakes ~ a description doesn't fit photo shown! I also would like to see photos of bottom of pieces of China because it tells me if it is old or relatively new, so more complete descriptions would be most welcomed. More transparency about condition of item would also be welcomed for those. of us who can't get to previews.

They are one of very few auction houses that does not charge a fee to pay by credit card.

I recently purchased a very nice print and after picking up and taking it home I noticed that a title or dedication in the margin had been crudely erased, severely marring the paper greatly devaluing the print. This was not apparent in the online photos. I contacted the auction house twice about this before they responded. They said the damage had been missed by both the appraisers and cataloguers and that in any event they do not accept returns. Ok. For this weekend's sale I wrote to the auction house TWO DAYS prior to the sale and asked for a complete condition report so I'd have no problems. The auction house responded: “We cannot answer questions at this point, sorry! Take care! "So... they won't take and item back because of an obvious mistake AND you can't get a condition report 2 days before the sale for an item you cannot return! Pretty well locks me out. I have known the owner and been friends for decades and because of this I will NEVER bid in their sales again.

Happy with everything:) Can't go wrong with that lol:)

Need I say more, I leave a message a quick reply. They try to accommodate shipping requests and point out solutions. A bill needed to be adjusted and they worked with me to do so. A seamless and easy process to buy online.

AAA

Needed these mannequins and I was so happy to win them!

was an easy transaction... thank you

Accurate promotion of sale item