FREE VALUATIONS

Before making any decision to sell your goods, you should have an idea of their value. To help you in this, PIASA offers you free expert valuations. You may either:

- Visit the PIASA premises to show and/or consign your property

Our Dépôts (Deposits) Service at 5 rue Drouot (1st floor) is open uninterrupted, without need for an appointment, from 9am-6pm. You will be welcomed by Benoît Bertand, Maxime Grail or a future qualified auctioneer, in total confidence and serenity. You may obtain an initial valuation of your work, and leave it for further analysis by one of our experts. We will advise you of the valuation (lien vers le lexique de la rubrique Vendre à « estimation ») resulting from this expertise, so that you may take an informed decision.

- OR, if you cannot visit the PIASA offices, you may send one or more photographs (showing as many details as possible) of your property to the person in charge of the speciality concerned (see Specialities (lien vers le lexique de la rubrique Spécialités) for contact details). Please provide as much information (dimensions, presence of signature, provenance, state of conservation, etc.) as possible.

Images of your property will be shown to one of our experts, who will provide an initial valuation, pending a physical examination. You will then have an idea of your property's value. If you decide to sell, your object must undergo be physically examined before being definitively accepted for entry in the catalogue. If you live far away, you may send your property to us; we can also (for bulky items) arrange transport (at your expense).

Our expertise and valuation service is entirely free of charge, and you may deposit as many items as you wish. If you decide to sell at auction, your object will undergo detailed examination, leading to a written catalogue entry. If your object is sold, the cost of this appraisal is included in the premium charged to the vendor.