Maynards Fine Art And Antiques

They happily sell damaged items without noting the condition in their catalogue. The photographs, of course, are deceptive—taken to avoid showing the true condition of the pieces. Buy at your own risk; they are shady and self-serving.

Terrible job of running their most recent auction.
Unilaterally reopening closed lots, after the hammer dropped, to allow latecomers to outbid those told they had won the lot and bidding was closed. No attempt to contact bidders impacted by this, who lose lots due to the error of the auctioneers who bowed to a late arriving bag o cash, so it seems. Unethical and wholly improper. Avoid this place in future, they cannot be trusted.

Appraisals done very professionally with full explanations of process of auction etiquette. Receipt of all items consigned given. Staff very pleasant and helpful. Items displayed well prior to auction allowing enough room to see all angles. I was very happy to deal with this company and would do so again without hesitation.

Absolutely terrible. They ran an auction on 07/12/23 which closed at 9am PST. Winners received a confirmation email for all lots secured during the bidding. Then, they reopened the same auction around 2pm to solicit higher bids, without giving reasonable notice to the prior winners. Finally, they refused to honor the first auction results. Although this case will likely result in legal action, be cautious about either consigning or bidding with Maynards.

This is a nightmare business to deal with. I will share 2 incidents with you.

I once bought a like new Rolex 2 tone Datejust from them. But one of their employee used a metal wire tag to attach the lot details to the watch. As a result the watch was severely scratched and damaged. When she removed the tag after I paid for it, I then realized all of the deep scratches from the metal wire. Of course they don't care.

I decided to give them another chance, then another really bad incident happed. Without my consent, they sold my genuine antique chest of drawers with very interesting documented history for peanuts. They even dared to sell it well below the initial price estimates. I would have preferred to donate these for a good cause, instead.

Therefore, I lost a lot of money and confidence in them. They will not handle my other finer antiques/art work, nor will I ever endorse them.

If you are unable to attend a preview to view the items in person before you bid I strongly advise that if you win a lot ask to look at it before you pay for it. They try to get you to pay first before they bring it out. Twice I have received damaged items, and it was not easy to negotiate with them once they had my money. To note, none of the damage was pictured in the online preview, and it was not mentioned in the description of the item either. Buyer beware.

I have bought things and sold things through this auction house. They were very good in helping with information of the products sold and bought.
I would recommend using this auction house to sell or buy items.
There payment of sold items was a bit slow but realizing the process and amount of items they have to process and days to clear cheques and secure funds of the items it was not unreasonable.
One must realize they are a world renowned establishment and not a consignment store.
I give them top mark
They served me well and hopefully everyone who reads this as well