Williams Gallery West - Consignment Services

     Williams Gallery West provides services for the sale of fine art, folk art, antiques, and collectibles.  In addition to our gallery showroom, we sell on-line through our web site, on-line auction sites, and established connections with buyers. We are experienced buyers and sellers on Internet auction sites EBAY, Amazon, and Yahoo.  Our experience and reputation on these sites encourages buyers to bid with confidence, and helps us to obtain premium value for items we offer for sale.

     The gallery provides photography, item research and appraisal, auction listings and management, shipping services, and customer service for buyers.  In return for these services, the gallery receives a percentage of the sale price of items sold.  The percentage is determined on a sliding scale based on the sale price of the item or lot.

Sale Price

  1.00 to 19.00 - ( see NOTE )

20.00 to 200.00 - 40%

201.00 to 1000.00 – 30 %

1001.00 to 5000.00 – 20%

5000.00 and up – 10%

For example: An item sells for $2000.00

transaction and auction fees* = 50.00 

NET sales is 1950.00

Gallery’s commission on the first 200.00 is 40% ( 80.00 )

on the next 800.00 is 30% ( 240.00 )

on the remaining 950.00 is 20% ( 190.00 )

for a total commission of $510.00

Consignee receives a NET total of $1440.00

     *Auction fees and sales fees and are charged by auction services and payment services at the close of a sale.  These fees include listing and final value fees, and transaction fees for on-line payments and credit card payments.  These fees typically come to approx. 3 to 5% of the final value of an item.  Auction fees are paid by the gallery, and are deducted from the gross sale price of an item before calculating the gallery’s commission.

Items sold as "lots", i.e. a large number of related items sold at one price, are considered as one item when calculating the gallery's commission. 

We accept payment from buyers by check, money order, credit card, and from on-line payment services Paypal, C2IT, and Bidpay.  These services allow customers to pay quickly and securely, offer insurance to the seller in case of fraud, and facilitate fast payment and delivery of merchandise after the close of a transaction. Fees associated with these forms of payment will be deducted from the gross sales price of an item before the galleries commission is calculated.

The gallery will issue payment to sellers within 30 days after payment has been received and confirmed from the buyer, or according to a pre-arranged payment schedule agreed upon by the gallery and consignee.

NOTE - We will not typically sell items we believe will sell for under 20.00 USD, unless a large number of like items are available for sale.  The research and preparation for on-line sales is a time consuming process, making the time and effort necessary to sell low priced items cost ineffective.  In cases where the gallery does take on items valued at under 20.00, the galleries percentage is 50% of net sale price.

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