Bidder Reviews for Avra Art Auctions (397)

I have bought items in several Avra auctions and my experience has been uniformly positive. The artwork is high quality and accurately described; payment is easy; and — unique among the auctioneers I have experienced on line — they deliver for a very reasonable price. The auction is in South Jersey and I live outside of DC. All in all, the top experience I have had on LiveAuctioneers.

Great Seller, Great Experience, Great Packaging, Very Helpful during and after the sale! Eager to help and answer questions. Will do business with anytime!

Everything went perfect except that the after-auction communication was very limited. While the website stated the buyer needed to arrange shipping, in fact it was done by Avra Art directly and billed to me on the same invoice as for the auction purchase. I am not unhappy with that process, it was just confusing and not communicated well. In the end, the items arrived quickly and safely, so no serious complaints.

Friendly Communicative Offered options Great product As described Packed well

The owners mother was very helpful and knowledgeable about the business and showed me the gallery and some of the work there.

Very reasonable shipping. I enjoy buying from this auction.

Very happy with the way everything went. Please put me on your mailing list. Alexandre

Excellent transaction in every respect. I hope to do business with Avra again.

Very pleased with your professional service.

Thanks Marc. Getting it cleaned up and a new frame to enjoy. Regards

Really refreshing and helpful to see such good descriptions of each lot (brief bios of artists, very good quality pictures, always including good close up photos of signatures). Also very much appreciate the hand delivery in NY area and speed and ease of contacting you to arrange same.

Great communication and transaction.

The item I bought was not adequately described. I bought a print not an original.

Quite easy to work with. I received the item I won quickly and will continue to check out all of Avra's auctions. Highly recommend.

Outstanding service! A + + + Thank you!!

It was a smooth deal.

Great Auction House to do business with!

Vendor contacted me about alternative shipping that was 1/2 the price of FedEx. He shipped them Priority USPS for less than $70 rather than $130 to $140. Very honest, excellent vendor and highly recommended. Extremely rapid shipment.

Yes, there was a glitch in the EMAIL process and so late contact, however, the item arrived in good condition. I am happy with that. Over all they worked with me. Thanks, Carol B.

they were super responsive and helpful-would definitely purchase from them again

bought 3 lots. overall good experience. packing/shipping were great. all would be excellent, however, one item was somewhat more flawed than pics indicated.

I have been very pleased in every respect. In some instances, with one or another auction house, the US Postal Service cannot be relied upon for timely delivery. Were I at an auction house, I would do some comparative studies of delivery services.

Two payments were charged for the exact same invoice for the painting. I attempted to contact them and with no phone number provided I had to email with no response to the email. I still have not received my artwork. I have ended up paying twice for one painting that I still have received.

Marc was helpful and knowledgeable. I will purchase from them again. Kim

A pleasure to do business with!!

Great experience... easy and professional.

very helpful. I love my Gary Kelley print

Marc the owner of AVRA goes over and above any auction house that I have dealt with in the past. A pleasure to deal with.

There was a little bit of a time lag in communication which led to an automatic posting of default on my account. This could cause some problems with approval on auction bids on other auction houses. But was quickly resolved. Very happy with the items shipping and communication.