Frequently Asked Questions
General questions
Yes, you can always send us photos and description.
We have been operating in the antique and art arena for about 30 years. Attending many auctions each year throughout New Zealand. We began concentrating on valuations following the Canterbury Earthquakes where we priovided 1000's of contents valuations. Today Fine Antiques is more commonly engaged to provide valuations of collections, estates, and insurance.
Questions related to costs and fees
Where objects are rare or uncommon an hourly charge may be added for required research.
From time to time we will incur costs associated with providing a valuation. Flights, rental cars, accommodation, international phone calls etc. Disbursements are billed based on cost (or estimated cost) + 15% administration + GST.
Yes, we charge for travel based on distance and time for the return trip from our offices in Harewood, Christchurch. Travel within the Canterbury area is taken from googles shortest route.
Where travel requires flights then we simply charge the disbursements (as mentioned above - for the flight and rental car etc). Distance and time fees will occur from the rental car depot. There is no fee charged for time on plane.
Where non-air travel is required we have a minimum charge of 1 hour onsite. For air travel we require 8 hours minimum onsite.
Standard fees
Below are our standard fees for typical activities. Please note that discounts can be provided for larger jobs. Where fee per item is detailed, please note that a set of 6 items is considered one item.
ESTATE VALUATIONS
Professional photography. PDF file report. Market researched value with references supplied where available. ⭐︎⭐︎
HOURLY RATES Any sized collection ⭐︎
INSURANCE REPORTS
Professional photography. Condition & damage report where requested. PDF file report. Researched value with replacement sources & references where available. ⭐︎⭐︎
$95 PER ITEM, Discounts provided for groups ⭐︎
ONSITE APPRAISALS
1 hour at your place. Travel within 20km of our office. Highlight items of value. Provide verbal estimates of sale value. Suggest methods to liquidate. ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
FROM $325
Notes:
Prices are current as on 1st March 2020 and exclude G.S.T unless stated.
⭐︎ From time to time there may be additional costs associated with research. In this case disbursements are passed on at cost +15%. Travel time and distance fees apply where travel is required.
⭐︎⭐︎ Unusual, rare, and items of high value may require extra research to understand origin and value. In this case research is charged at an hourly rate of $129 in addition to item rates.
⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ Where formal reporting is required there will be additional fees. Additional time onsite is charged at $200 for two staff, and $129 for research and write-up.
