Bidder Reviews for Clarke Auction Gallery (619)

Beautiful art

Always a pleasure to work with

Good experience and communication with Clarke Auction Gallery after winning an antique overlay lamp through their auction. I would bid through them again. After the auction I used a third-party shipper recommended by Clarke and that worked out, although expensive. Only suggested improvements are to make payment more convenient (i. e. PayPal) and if Clarke could provide in-house shipping for small to medium items. To be fair, most auction houses do not provide in-house shipping and this is not expected, but I wish more would-especially as online bidding becomes more prevalent.

smooth and efficient transaction

Very attentive, helpful and friendly!

Excellent auctioneer, easy to pick up, very friendly & nice! Bid with confidence!

Had a great experience and I wont hesitate to bid on a future auction. THANK YOU Clarke...

Great original item, great price, great responsiveness of auction house.

Very helpful answering questions.

Excellent item, super fast shipping, great auction house-thank you!

I previewed the auction, resrached the lots, identified an item of interest, left an absentee bid, watched live, (in case I needed to bid more), won the lot, and got an email confrimation from Liveauctioneers. I never got an invoice. I wrote to the auction. They told me they are returning the item to the seller. I have written back to the auction, and to Liveauctioneers. No responses. Just another disreputable auction house, and an auction platform with no concern for their buyers making auctions look like a bad option for the public. I will never be using Liveauctioneers again to list my auctions, I will never use Liveauctiuoneers to purchase an item again, (I have been a buyer on LA since they started), and I will never bid at Clarke Auction Gallery again. There are too many honest, reputable auciton houses to bother doing business with the dishonest ones.

Top notch auction house!

They have very specific payment terms. Make sure you read them and are okay with them before you buy. Shipping through the recommended shipping stores is very expensive. Maybe it is the area but it is the highest I have ever seen. The transaction with the auction house was professional and went very smoothly. Would recommend dealing with them.

Always a great experience at Clarke Auction Gallery.

Accurate descriptions and very easy pickup!

I have purchased several items at Clarke Auction. They are professional, trustworthy, and reliable.

To be upfront, I have received my bag but they had forgotten to send over the dustbag. Which to me means the item has not been received. When I won the item, I made payment & organised for pick up & delivery (they don’t do it for you but it’s not really a big deal since they have a list you can work with-I really recommend Scott Kim from UPS, he was beyond efficient!). When I received my item, I noticed the dustbag was missing. So I dropped them an email, they apologised for leaving it out & said they will send. That was 9 March. 2 months and multiple emails later, they have stopped replying me. My last reply was a very curt “We have been very busy and appreciate your patience”. I even waited for the matter to be resolved to write a more positive review. But I feel enough is enough. The bag is genuine & I’m very pleased with it but this is no way to run a business. I can appreciate being busy, understaffed etc but 2 months is a seriously long time. The lack of communication is not very helpful nor is the attitude from the staff. Quite disappointing.

Participating in online auctions was new for me. The people at Clarke Auction Gallery were very helpful in walking through the process, from bidding to shipping. I chose USP Store # 4992 from their list and the packaging was excellent. My metal sculpture was very well protected, giving me ease of mind before I even unwrapped it. I would definitely use Clarke Auction Gallery again.

A really professional auction house and very responsive! Great items, they refer good options for shipping your items won. Thanks.

everything perfect-Thank you

Good variety of paintings

As usual, great descriptions, particularly in their preauction videos, quick disposition after sale. Very professional.

Reliable

Great content. Very helpful staff. Easy to deal with.

very unique and beautiful travelling buddha.