How does your antique house clearance service work?

Here are four common scenarios:

1 If the contents of the house to be cleared have no antiques or collectables with resale value, then we suggest you use a reputable, licensed & insured house clearance company like Abacus.

2 Some of the house clearance contents may have resale value. Common items with resale value include antiques, precious metals, jewellery, collectables and artwork. We'll give you an allowance for these and deduct it against the cost of the clearance.

3 If the majority of your house clearance items are valuable and this value exceeds the clearance costs, we’ll give you the difference (either in cash or cheque).

4 And finally, where the contents of your property have been valued for probate, this value can also be deducted from the cost of your house clearance. No matter which service you need, we can help.

Read Our House Clearance FAQs | Read What Our Customers Say

We will buy vintage clothing, costume jewellery, antique furniture, 50s 60s 70s furniture, in fact we will buy anything antique or collectable we can sell.

We will happily look through and pick out antiques & collectables from various locations including cluttered houses, garages, lofts, or basements, even if it takes us all day. We do not mind getting dirty.

Not sure what you have? Then call us! You will be surprised at what we actually do buy. Our staff are very knowledgeable and will pick out items you would have never guessed were otherwise saleable.

Cambridge Antique House Clearance Areas We Cover: Abington Bluntisham Bourn Cambridge Duddenhoe End East Hatley Elsworth Ely Fenstanton Hadstock Harlton Huntingdon Ickleton Kneesworth Landbeach Longstanton March Peterborough Reach Royston Saffron Walden Six Mile Bottom St Neots Toseland Trumpington Upware Wicken Wilburton Wisbech Woodhurs And All Other Areas Of Cambridge.

Antique Dealer Cambridge Article

Art Photography’s Developing Image

Antique art photography has finally come into its own as a ‘fine art’, having long been overshadowed by an old-world artistic focus on painting and sculpture. Swelling ranks of new antique collectors are aggressively acquiring antique photographs, from vintage photos to cutting-edge digital images, setting new auction records annually and continually redefining fine art. But photography’s fight for acceptance in the modern art world has been a long time in coming.

Museums and fine art galleries in the mid-1900s were reluctant to place antique photography on equal par with painting and sculpture, as it was considered a mechanical procedure and was relegated to the Industrial sections of expositions. Although people understood that antique photography was an art of some kind, it wasn’t considered collectible and most serious photographers made their living selling reproduction rights for their pictures to newspapers and major corporations.

But changes in art appreciation led to the growth of art photography by the late 1970s. Photographers learned the tricks of modern art from their counterparts in the traditional arts and set about building a body of work that was unlike anything from the past. Photographers such as Ansel Adams, Nan Goldin and Adam Fuss continually surprised art critics with vision and innovation in works over the course of the 20th century.

By the end of the 1980s, photographers found themselves increasingly welcome at gallery showings and upscale museums. The 1990s marked a period of renewal for art photographers as their work moved from museums into popular culture. Posters, calendars and magazines were responsible for many collectors’ first look at works by Adams and Annie Liebovitz. But this cursory appreciation grew as buyers interested in the varying aesthetics of photography began to spend money on original works.

Established photographers of the twentieth century are also consistently good investments. Photos by Tracey Moffat, Vik Muniz and Sally Mann are among the most highly valued, selling for $5000 to $20,000, but there is also an increasing number of talented photographers on the rise whose work sells for $500 to $5000.

It is difficult to imagine the world without antique photographic art. After a century and a half of development, the medium has finally taken steps towards acceptance as fine art as photographs find a home in museums and galleries. And in a market build on reputation and demand, this once utilitarian art form stands to command ever-higher prices from antique collectors.

A Antique Dealer Cambridge Article

Antiques Sell Your Antiques | Areas We Cover | Antique Dealer FAQs | Customer Comments | Antique Articles | Antique Valuations | Sell Antique Furniture | Sell Antique Silver | Sell Antique Jewellery | Sell Antique Porcelain | Sell Antique Art | Sell Antique Coins | Sell Militaria | Sell Antique Clocks | Sell Oriental Antiques | Sell Collectables

Probate Probate Valuation | Areas We Cover | Probate FAQs | Customer Comments

House Clearance House Contents Clearance | Areas We Cover | House Clearance FAQs | Customer Comments

Contact Foxtons | Site Map

Copyright © 2012 Foxtons Probate Valuation & Antique House Clearance