Morphets offer a complete auction service for vendors whether selling an entire estate or a single item.

Marketing and the Internet
Morphets website enables clients worldwide to quickly access up-to-date information on current and forthcoming auctions. The internet is a powerful tool for attracting national and international bidding. Collectors worldwide are notified of items of specific interest via international auction search facilities and our comprehensive mailing list. Extensive media advertising and press releases are also used to promote all sales.

House Clearance Service
You may have the task of clearing a house for a relative who is moving in to residential care or be acting as executor for family or friend. Morphets offer a prompt service tailored to your requirements. One of our valuers will visit to advise on the saleability of the contents, identify any items which require special attention, prepare an inventory and arrange transport. Arrangements can also be made to remove and dispose of any items which are not suitable for sale by auction.

 

Types Of Auction

The Bazaar
These non-catalogued sales are held two or three times a month at 6pm on a Thursday. Viewing is on the day before, Wednesday, between 5pm and 7pm and on the day of the sale from 1pm until 6pm. These eclectic sales include a huge variety of items including:

  • antique to contemporary furniture
  • ceramics and glass
  • oil paintings, watercolours and prints
  • books and ephemera
  • jewellery, watches and silver
  • coins, medals, stamps, postcards (usually last sale in each month)
  • clocks and barometers
  • rugs, lighting and decorative furnishings
  • garden furniture and outside effects

To consign items for these sales please contact the saleroom office on 01423 530030 or enquiries@morphets.co.uk

 

Fine Art And Antique Auctions
These important quarterly fine art and antique catalogue sales are held in March, June, September and late November and include:

  • period furniture
  • oil paintings and watercolours
  • prints and maps
  • ceramics and glass
  • works of art
  • silver and objets de vertu
  • jewellery and watches
  • clocks and barometers
  • collectors items
  • books and ephemera

 

Decorative Arts and 20th Century Design
 Specialist sales of furniture and decorative arts from the Arts & Craft Movement together with 20th Century design ranging from the Modernist Movement to the Post War Years. These sales are held in March and September in conjunction with the Fine Art And Antique Auctions.

Fine Wines and Spirit Sales
 These are bi-annual catalogued sales from mainly private cellars and include wines and spirits for the discerning buyer from good everyday drinking wines to investment level. These are held in late spring (April/May) and November.

Vintage Costume and Textile Sales
These specialist sales are held in conjunction with The Bazaar twice a year.

  • linens and other textiles
  • vintage costume from the late 19 th Century to the 1970s
  • handbags and accessories
  • jewellery
  • boudoir and other paraphernalia

 

Morphets Charges

Commission
A minimum of £5 per individual lot realising from £0 to £40, or 12½% on individual lots realising from £40 to £999, or 10% on individual lots realising £1000 or more.

Minimum entry fee.
The minimum it will cost to enter lot(s) in any one auction, whether the lot(s) sell or remain unsold is £10.

Insurance
All items left for sale are covered against loss or damage subject to our standard terms and conditions. A charge of 1% of the hammer price is made.

Removals
Our removal contractors are available for the collection of goods from anywhere in the UK. The charge for this is £35 per hour to include travel, loading and unloading. A minimum of one hour is charged.

Withdrawal
The fee for withdrawing a lot prior to sale is 10% of the reserve or, where no reserve has been placed, at Morphets lower estimate plus all expenses incurred.

Unsold Items
A minimum lot charge of £5 is levied on all unsold lots. If a lot has failed to sell that has been subject to a reserve it can usually be reoffered in a future sale with a revised reserve.

Electrical Goods
To comply with current Trading Standards legislation, all electrical items have to undergo a Portable Appliance Test by a registered electrician, within the saleroom environment. The fee for this is £4 per item.

Illustrations
Individual colour shots, for inclusion both in the printed catalogue and on the internet, are charged at £45. Group shots are charged on a pro-rata basis. Illustrations for use on the internet only are charged at £5. The valuer dealing with your consignment will be pleased to discuss illustrations and the charges with you on request.

All charges are subject to VAT at 17.5%.
Payment is normally made by cheque approximately 14 days after the sale of your goods. We will account to you with a fully itemised statement detailing the hammer price of each lot and any commission and charges that have been deducted.

Please refer to our Terms Of Consignment For Sellers printed on the vendors copy of the auction entry form.

 

 

Valuation Afternoon
 Morphets hold a Free Valuation Afternoon, every Wednesday between 3pm and 6pm. You are invited to bring along any items of antiques, curios or collectables for a free appraisal as to their age, origin and saleroom value.

 

Home Visits
The valuer will call at your home if items are too large or numerous to bring into the office. The visit can be arranged free of charge to clients who wish to consign items for sale by auction.

 

By post or email
You can post or email photographs and a description of your item to our valuation team who will reply with a auction estimate.