Services

Catalogued Auctions

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates actively seeks quality consignments from single items to entire collections.  We specialize in 18th to early 20th century glass and lighting, Virginia and Southern decorative arts, and all types of Americana, antiques and fine arts. 

We offer competitive commission rates and welcome the opportunity to include your consignment in an appropriate auction or create a special, single-owner auction for your collection.  Our standard sliding commission rate schedule is based on the amount that each consigned lot brings at public auction.  Once we have made a preliminary assessment of your consignment, we will be best able to discuss the details of your potential consignment.  

Nearly all of the consignments we accept are sold at unreserved public auction; however, the auctioneer may determine that special circumstances warrant a reserve, or a sale by private treaty.  These options are offered at the auctioneer’s discretion and should be discussed during the consignment evaluation phase.

Monthly catalogued auctions are held at our state-of-the-art auction gallery in Mount Crawford, Virginia.  Catalogues, which include detailed item descriptions for all lots, are posted online approximately two weeks prior to the auction.   

Examples of past auction catalogues   

Registered bidders have the option to submit absentee bids and/or participate “live” during the sale either in person, or remotely by telephone or computer.  Since 2007 our auctions have been available on the Internet for "live" real-time bidding through both Artfact, LLC (Allston, MA) and Live Auctioneers, LLC (New York, NY).     

The online "live" bidding option allows people from around the world to participate in our auctions via the Internet.  The massive exposure to serious collectors and dealers worldwide is an extremely important factor in achieving strong prices for your consignment.  We are currently partnered with Live Auctioneers to provide "live" Internet bidding.

Most of our catalogued auctions are preceded by a three-day public preview, typically held between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before a Saturday (or Saturday-Sunday) auction.  On a typical auction day, we open at 8:00 a.m. and the sale starts at 9:30 a.m., allowing an additional 90 minutes of preview time before the auction begins. 

We sell in lot number order, beginning with lot #1.  Due to high-end auction lots and heavy competition from floor, telephone and "live" Internet bidders, the selling pace of our auctions can range from 80 to 140 lots per hour.  Our average selling pace is 110 lots per hour. 

Offered in conjunction with our monthly catalogued auctions are:    

FREE APPRAISAL DAYS

Private individuals may bring up to three items (or photographs) for a free, verbal appraisal between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. during our designated Wednesday preview.  No appointment is necessary. 

ONGOING LECTURE SERIES

Sponsored by Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates and held in our galleries, these presentations feature expert speakers discussing Virginia Decorative Arts and American glass.  Lectures are structured to complement specific auctions and are normally held on the Friday preceding the weekend auction, after the gallery has closed for preview.  These lectures are free and open to the public.  Past lectures have included: 

• Art Reed: Pillar-Molded Glassware: A Retrospective.  Presented 09/25/09 in conjunction with our 09/26/09 auction of Early Glass and Lighting featuring the Pillar Mold collection of Lyn and Gordon Layton).  Layton Collection catalogue available with intro by Jeff Evans and essay by Glass Artist, Art Reed.
• Eddie L. Wilder: Alexandria, Virginia Pottery, 1792-1876.  Presented 11/13/09 in conjunction with our 11/14/09 auction of Americana, Fine Antiques & Decorative Arts featuring Virginia and the South).  Buy the book 
• Jeffrey S. Evans: Vernacular Chairs of the Shenandoah Valley, 1770-1900.  Presented 11/13/09 as above).  Related museum exhibit  Buy the exhibit catalogue
• Mary Cheek Mills (Corning Museum of Glass): Cut Vine and Shamrock: Lamps and Tableware of Union Cut and Plain Flint Glassworks.  Presented 05/21/10 in conjunction with our 05/22/10 auction of Important Early American Glass and Lighting.

SERVICES: 

CATALOGUED AUCTIONS

APPRAISALS

CONSULTATIONS / COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT

PRIVATE TREATY SALES