What are we looking for? Since that's the question we get most, here's a quick helpful guide.
What we Buy and Take on Consignment
Estate Contents: Entire estate contents and large collections. There may be many items on the "What we Don't Buy List" below, that we would purchase in an entire estate or large collection buy-out.
Cape Ann Art / Paintings / Folk Art / Pop-Culture - We're especially interested in pieces Cape Ann Artists & Americana. From the Gloucester School to Old Signs with great graphics.
Coins: We have a large budget for coin collections, especially US silver, or other high value US coins singly or in small lots.
Fine & Costume Jewelry: Estate jewelry of gold, silver, platinum, & interesting costume/vintage jewelry.
Maritime Antiques - From binnacles ships wheels and much in between!
Scrap Gold & Silver : You'd be surprised what your broken gold and scrap sterling silver can be worth! We like .925 flatware sets, serving pieces etc.
Mid-Century Modern Furniture & Accessories: Especially Danish Teak & Design.
Art Pottery and Bohemian Decor
Vehicles - Good used and vintage cars, trucks and motorcycles.
Sports Collectibles: Generally speaking, the older the better here, but we'll look at anything. Baseball cards, jerseys, autographs etc.
Watches: We'll travel a reasonable distance depending on what is in your collection, or you can bring the items to us.
Bronze Statues & Objets d'Art: An enormous category, but we're looking for quality here. If you're not sure, emailing pics can be helpful. We're most interested in bronze art nouveau & art deco statues, anything related to Gloucester & Cape Ann, especially works by Walker Hancock & contemporaries.
Historic Gloucester MA & Cape Ann Items: From Folly Cove fabrics, to postcards and paintings, if it's a historic item or collection of items related to Cape Ann, we'd love to make an offer.
Militaria: Especially old soldier's scrap books, medals, documents etc. From the Civil War to Vietnam.
Musical Instruments and Memorabilia: Guitars, Drums, Accordions, (almost any stringed instrument) Horns, Rock N Roll Record collections, t-shirts, posters, concert tickets etc.
Books: We're VERY picky with what kind of books we're interested in, but we do buy some, mainly, local historic books.
Old Toys and Comic Books: They're fun, we like them!
Old Cameras and Photographs: The stranger the better, or in large collections.
Pocket Knives - Any age, if they're of good quality.
Old Bottles: They present a kind of a "needle in a haystack" scenario, but we'll look.
Architectural items and Hardware: Construction quality and material count here more than anything.
What we DON'T Buy
Unless they're part of an estate or large collection, we would not purchase the items below.
Large Antique & traditional brown furniture
Glass and China
Old sewing machines
78 rpm records
Modern era dolls & figurines
Nascar collectibles
Beanie Babies
Collector Plates
Collections in poor condition
Old Magazines and Newspapers
Avon Bottles
We're happy to help and answer any questions you may have.
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