Auction

Our Auction Centre is conveniently located on the edge of Stratford in a bright, modern and clean facility. Our building is wheel chair accessible and is equipped to handle both live and online auctions. All of our Auction Sales are computerized for quick and accurate registration, clerking and cashiering. Our combination of old fashioned service and our embrace of modern technology is what sets us apart from other Auction companies! Whether you are downsizing or settling an Estate, you can feel confident that your items are professionally handled and getting the maximum exposure to the market!

Turn de-cluttering and downsizing into CASH $$ with our Auction Services.

We will ensure your items are professionally handled and getting the maximum exposure to the market!

Our auction services are as follows:

Details for Consigning with Shackleton’s Stratford…

A new house, a renovation, downsizing, a divorce, new job, greater or less income, inheritance or just wanting all new stuff are some of the events that trigger people wanting to reduce their current load of goodies. But what are the benefits of consigning furnishings, accessories, antiques, collectibles, fine art, jewelry, tools and alike?

One of the main reasons people choose consignment is because they are TOO BUSY! Don’t have the extra time to deal with all the organizing, photographs, phone calls, emails, no shows on appointments to preview etc… and they don’t want to deal with strange people coming into their homes or on their property.

Having your items offered for sale in another location is a great value on its own and we will answer the phone calls, emails, take the pictures, organize the contents, open our doors for viewing and make time for our Buyers and Consignors!

Offering your items to be sold and shipped worldwide is an added benefit to selling online and the repeat Buyers who have now spoke to their friends, family, co-workers, gym mates are passing around the good news of the deals they have received or “won”! It’s a win win for Everyone!

We are proud to provide and offer all our Consignors:

The opportunity to sell 1 piece or an entire Estate
Large mailing list of Buyers (dealers, collectors, etc.)
Pickup service available
Professional Associates to Catalogue and Photograph the lots
Marketing and Advertising at no additional cost or fee
Conveniently located in Stratford; within distance to Toronto, Hamilton, London, Kitchener, Woodstock, Sarnia, Windsor and Goderich
Competitive Commission Rates

Feel free to call our office and speak with us personally; we would be pleased to assist you and provide any further details needed. Call 519-271-2646.

Past Auction Results

We have sold over 60,000+ items in our Online Auction sales since 2013! We make all of our sales transparent and public, so you can browse through our previous sales to get an idea of the types of items we sell, we also provide what each item sold for to give you an idea of what is and isn’t marketable in today’s market.

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We are always Looking for the Following Items to be included in our Monthly Online Auctions:

China & Glass Ware: Lalique, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton Figurines, MacIntyre/ Moorcroft, Royal Crown Derby, Royal Albert, Royal Doulton, Minton, Royal Chelsea, R.S. Prussia, Hammersley, Portmeirion, Nippon, Royal Vienna, Cups and Saucers (specifically: Aynsley, Shelley, Paragon), Oil Lamps
Furniture: Teak, Mid-Century Modern, Barrister Bookcases, Gibbard, Louis XV/ XVI, Marble Topped Pieces, Flat to the Wall Cupboards, Pine Furniture, Tiffany Lamps
Rugs/ Carpets: Silk Indian Hand- Knotted, Indian ‘Aubusson’ Rug, Oriental, Wool, Hand – Knotted, Persian
Coins & Sterling: Sterling Tea Sets, Sterling Flatware, Sterling Candelabras, Gold Coins, Mapping & Webb, Birks, Georg Jensen, Canadian Mint Coin Sets
Jewelry: Gold & Silver Rings/ Bracelets/ Necklaces, Authentic Designer Watches, Pocket Watches (ie. Hamilton/Gruen/ Waltham/Seth Thomas/ Hebdomas/ Elgin), Sherman Costume Jewerly
Artwork: Original Oil on Canvas, Watercolors, Peter Etril Snyder, Maxwell Bates
Antiques: Butter Churns, Bronze Statues/ Figures, Hat Pins,

How to get started: Our Evaluation Process

Before we get started, we need to make sure your merchandise is sale-able. We are proud to acknowledge we are picky and choosy on what we sell.
If you tried to sell it, then we most likely don’t want it! Leftover garage sale- no thank you!
We won’t accept anything and everything— unless we sell your house or property! ( Ask one of our Associates for more details regarding our full Shackleton’s Real Estate & Auction Promotional Package.)
We welcome quality items that appeal to today’s Buyer: Antiques, Home Furnishings, Vehicles, Equipment, Tools, Jewelry etc…

If you are interested or curious on whether your item(s) are appropriate for our auction PLEASE FILL OUT our ‘Consign with Us’ Webform (listed below) or EMAIL pictures to: shack@shackletons.ca

Process of Consigning your Items

Make sure we can sell your items.
- Email photos of your item(s) to auction@shackletons.ca
Getting your Item(s) to us
- Once we have approved your items, you have two options for getting your items to us (Option 1) package up your items and make an appointment to drop them off at our auction facility. (Option 2) we can arrange for a moving company to come and pick up the items from you, there is a cost to this and the trucking cost is then dedicated from your proceeds from the sale.
- Once Items are at our Facility, we are able to store your items for you until we have room in one of our monthly sales (there is no cost to this)
- Once we have an opening for items, we will move your items into our auction center, where we will unpack and sort your item(s) into lots, tagging each lot with a unique consignment number to identify which items are yours. We will then catalog and professional photograph your items
Sale Starts
- Our monthly online auctions start on a Wednesday and run for one week and close the following Wednesday. Once all of the items are photographed and cataloged we upload the online auction to Hi-Bid, where bidders all across North America can have access to the sale.
- We also advertise the sale on our website, social media pages, and use our email list to send out an email to our strong email clientele which includes dealers/ collectors
- We invite the public into our auction center for an in-person preview of our auction, during the week of the auction, so that they can see what it is that they are bidding on
- We will also provide you an “unofficial consignment list” which will outline all of the item(s) that you brought in for consignment, with titles, and descriptions so that you can follow your items during the sale.
Sale Closes
- We offer in-person pick-up on Thursday and Friday of the week the sale closes, we also offer to ship and package all of the items in house and ship them off to bidders all over the world
- Within 12 business days of the sale closing, we are able to process a cheque or send an e-transfer for your items. We also include an itemized list of all your contents that sold in the sale, what they sold for, and a breakdown of commission, as well as any trucking or dump fees (if applicable).
- If you are acting as a Power of Attorney (POA), we can issue the cheque to “The Estate of..”, or we can write the cheque to more than 1 person, just let us know
- Cheques can either be picked up at our office, we can send you an e-transfer, or we can mail your cheque to you (if your cheque is over $1,000 we send it through registered mail)

Frequently Asked Questions about Consignments

How Do I Consign an Item to Auction?

Email photos of the item(s) that you are looking to consign to auction at auction@shackletons.ca

If I Only Have 1 Item Can I Still Be a Consignor?

Whether it’s 1 item or an entire estate you can feel confident that your item(s) are professionally handled and getting the maximum exposure to the market! To get started send us photo(s) of the item(s) to auction@shackletons.ca

Can I Put a Reserve on my Item(s)?

We do not hold a reserve on contents unless the value is over $1,000.00 per item. We also ask that you have zero expectations of what your item(s) will sell for

Trucking

We are not in the moving business, however, we can arrange for your items to be picked up by a moving company. We simply hire out the movers to come and collect the items from you, they will then be brought to our auction center and stored at our facility until we can get them into one of our monthly sales. The trucking costs are then deducted from your sale proceeds. On average a moving truck and two men is approx. $120/ hour

What Happens if my Item(s) Doesn’t Sell?

When Can I Except Payment

Within 12 business days of the sale closing, we are able to process a cheque or send an e-transfer for your items. We also include an itemized list of all your contents that sold in the sale, what they sold for, and a breakdown of commission, as well as any trucking or dump fees (if applicable) gets deducted from the bottom balance.

Subscribe to our Auction Notification list

Want to know more about our auctions? Please fill out the form below and we’ll notify you about upcoming sales through Shackleton’s Mail List.

Auction

Turn de-cluttering and downsizing into CASH $$ with our Auction Services.

We will ensure your items are professionally handled and getting the maximum exposure to the market!

Our auction services are as follows:

Details for Consigning with Shackleton’s Stratford…

Past Auction Results

How to get started: Our Evaluation Process

Consign with Us!

Process of Consigning your Items

Frequently Asked Questions about Consignments

Subscribe to our Auction Notification list

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