Bidder Reviews for Dargate Auction Galleries (119)

As a collector/reseller of mainly antique dolls and porcelain/antiques I am always happy when a Dargate auction pops up. There is always an eclectic assortment of items. I have resold MANY of the items in my shop and kept many! These doll is terrific, from an estate of a collector who also sewed, taught and published a doll sewing book I can assume she made the dress. Terrific early wax doll and a great price.

I never received the lot that I purchased nor any. And any direct reach out was met with “not our problem, contact this UPS store” … which also doesn’t reply. I never had any contact nor authorized this UPS store so I am left without knowledge of where my items are and doubtful I will ever receive. The auction house itself was curt and dismissive in any help here. Very disappointing.

Great company very satisfied

Dargate doesn't ship so shipping is done thru Live Auctioneers. I asked for a quote for shipping BEFORE I bid to gauge what I'd bid, I was told $55, I won the auction at only $10 above minimum value posted and was charged and additional $40 above the price i was given, they claimed because I paid $10 more than the low value, so THAT justifies a $40 increase in shipping? Also, the lamp weighed less than 10lbs but they used literally 20lbs of packing materials to ship it!!!! I've bought bigger lamps and swung vases and shipped with far less packing and COST and they all arrived in one piece. I paid a premium for unnecessary packing materials and will no longer bid in Live Auctioneers auctions where they do the shipping.

Dargate was fantastic and we love our purchases. There was a slight mixup on payment but they were extremely responsive and got things sorted right away. We had some issues with communication with LiveAuction and the shipping partner they organized, but none of this was on Dargate-they were fantastic and I would definitely use them again and go with one of shippers they recommended instead of LiveAuction.

I had a great experience my first time bidding and working with Dargate to receive my item. Any time I had a question I always received a quick answer.

Outrageous auction house. Used them in past and never again. Bought a cheap metal Tole chandelier, I was quoted 900 Dollars shipping. Average for the dozens of same size lights on ebay was $50 shipping. Called several other shippers in the area and they said you have to pay the Dargate quote with Live Auctioneers and they have a pact with the auction house to charge the same rate. (Monopoly situation exploiting buyers.) The second item was a small painting no glass and was way out of usual range of shipping. This place is rude and conniving.

disorganized and rude. misrepresented payment method, then opened a dispute when I requested to cancel. Melanie is a nightmare.

Auctioneer and staff are knowledgeable and helpful with preview and delivery/pick up

Good auction operation.

Dargate Auction Galleries was great to deal with from the payment process and handing off to their recommended shipper Pakmail. I would 100 % bid again with them!

Beware, a total nightmare to deal with

Dargate's team was excellent and helpful so that we could pikcup our item and make payment in person since Live Auctioneer was having an online payment issue. We're very appreciative of Dargate, there auction selections, and the process overall. Highly recommended and greatly appreciated. Thx Tim & Jamie

The auction house employees were very helpful in responding to my requests for more info.

Great communication. Ample time for preview. Helpful at pick up.

The title above pretty much sums up our experience I was able to obtain all the pre purchase photos and information required to understand the purchase. The description and photos were accurate, shipping was excellent and the Auction House was easy to deal with. We hope to purchase again in the future.

Absolutely pleased with my purchase, the photos in the listing did not do justice to the scale of size and how beautiful my clock is in person! A great and rare addition to my Ansonia collection! Shipping is definitely high with their recommended 3rd party shipper PakMail, but they share that with you ahead of time so was no surprise but still got a "gasp" out of me when PakMail told me a quote to ship! But when my clock arrived, it was a true battleship prepared to weather the brutality of any UPS driver out there and was happily nestled in a double box with inner straps that would have been impossible to damage-kudos! I'll be watching your auctions for more great finds!

Fine professional auction.

The Dargate Auction Galleries has excellent customer service and performed an outstanding auction.

Helpful, honest folks-definitely will do business with again!

Every item was well packed and shipped on a timely basis.

Very happy with this and all past purchases from Dargate. They have been very professional.

Perfect transaction, thank you.

A great deal on a wonderful piece of art-good job by the gallery & the shipping agent

I purchased a few light weight pink lusterware dishes for $37.50 The shipper wanted $182.45 to ship. I paid for the dishes and wrote the auction house to keep them as a donation, as I would not be FLEECED by their shipper. No word at all from the auction house.