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For owners and collectors

Submit an object for expert review

Submission is free, carries no obligation and does not guarantee acceptance. Tell us only what you know — there is no need to write a catalogue description. Objects are submitted online and, unless specifically arranged, stay in your own hands before and after acceptance; VALÉORINE does not routinely warehouse submitted objects. VALÉORINE reviews each submission, with an independent specialist where the subject requires it, and replies in writing. Accepted objects are prepared professionally for the catalogue and presented primarily on our own platform and, where appropriate, through a carefully selected network of leading international auction platforms. If your lot sells, the buyer pays VALÉORINE and you despatch directly to them, tracked. Begin below — it takes a few minutes.

01 The object

Step 1 of 3

Describe the material as precisely as you can.

Additional informationOptional — period, materials, provenance, dimensions, condition and value expectation. Leave anything you do not know blank.
VALÉORINE editorial band: two ivory planes meeting at a gold seam, marked with the numeral II

The process

From submission to settlement

Unless specifically arranged, you keep the object with you throughout review and auction. VALÉORINE does not routinely warehouse submitted objects: the lot travels once, directly from you to the buyer, and only after the buyer has paid.

  1. 01Submit an object online

    The owner completes the online submission form, with photographs, dimensions, condition and what is known of the history. The object itself stays where it is.

  2. 02Review by VALÉORINE

    The submission is reviewed by VALÉORINE and, where the subject requires it, assessed by an independent specialist engaged for that field.

  3. 03Acceptance decision

    Every submission is answered in writing. Objects we cannot describe with confidence are declined rather than offered with hedged wording.

  4. 04Estimate and reserve

    An estimate is proposed and, where appropriate, a reserve is agreed with the consignor in writing before the lot is published.

  5. 05Cataloguing and publication

    The catalogue entry is written from the material supplied and the specialist's assessment, then published in a sale with its condition notes, provenance as documented, and estimate.

  6. 06Online auction

    The lot is offered in a curated timed online sale, with published increments and closing extensions, on our own platform and, where it serves the consignor, on selected international platforms.

  7. 07Buyer payment through the platform

    The buyer pays VALÉORINE. Funds are never sent directly to the consignor, and the consignor is notified once payment has cleared.

  8. 08Despatch by the consignor

    The consignor despatches the lot directly to the buyer by an approved tracked service within the published deadline, and records the tracking in the client portal.

  9. 09Delivery and protection window

    Delivery is recorded against the transaction. The buyer has the published protection window in which to raise a discrepancy before funds are released.

  10. 10Settlement

    Proceeds are remitted to the consignor once payment, evidenced despatch, the protection window and any compliance check are satisfied, with a written statement of account.

Unfamiliar with the process? Read our guides on selling, valuations and preservation.