Antique Pawn Shop

Our Antique specialists are highly skilled and knowledgeable experts who look at different factors when valuing your antique to ensure that you will receive an accurate and up to date valuation. The four most important factors are:

AUTHENTICITY
Making sure that something is what it looks to be is at the heart of all valuations. Looking for the tell-tale signs of a bona fide antique includes checking the design fine detail of the piece. Hallmarks or designers’ marks can be evidence of its value.

RARITY
Some antiques can command a large valuation price, even with a few little flaws. An antique’s rarity can drive up its value, regardless of age or provenance. The market can determine the valuation and a sought-after piece will always secure a higher valuation than more commonplace antiques.

CONDITION
An antique’s condition is critical to its valuation. Two identical pieces can fetch different valuations based on their condition. Small chips and scratches might be considered flaws that don’t dramatically change the value of the antique, but a major crack or a broken mechanism might affect the valuation.

PROVENANCE
Being able to trace an antique’s history can make a real difference to its valuation. An antique’s provenance – the history of its ownership – can help validate origin and authenticity. The more documentation or evidence you can supply about the antiques ownership, the greater the chance of a higher value valuation.

LOOKING AFTER YOUR ANTIQUE

TRANSPORT
If you use our specialist collection service to have your antique collected from your home, it will be fully insured against theft, damage and wear during transportation.

If your antique is of high value you use our staff collection service, it will be insured up to £100,000 during transportation.

STORAGE
When antiques are with us, they are stored in our highly secure vaults or at one of our premium specialist antique storage facilities. Whether your antiques are stored in our highly secured vaults or at a partners’ facilities, they are routinely checked on and examined.

CARE
Whilst your antique is with us to be valued by our specialists or if your antique is under loan with us, they are wrapped in custom-made protective packaging.