Rachel Davis Fine Arts offers various methods to buy art of your interests including
sale through our gallery, private sale, or auction.
For sale through our gallery or private sale, please provide us with your
wish list.
Buying at auctions at Rachel Davis Fine Arts is simple. Generally these steps can
be followed: 1.) Find Your Items by Browsing catalogs and Previewing, 2.) Register
and Bid, 3.) Make Payment and 4.) Pick Up or Ship Your Purchases.
Find Your Items by Browsing catalogs and Previewing:
Printed Catalogs – Printed catalogs are published prior to each auction.
Catalogs contain descriptions of items offered, their assigned lot numbers, dimensions,
estimated values and selected photos, along with full sale information including
preview hours and conditions of sale. Printed catalogs may be ordered online at
Request Catalog.
Online Catalogs – Catalogs are also available online at free of charge.
Online catalogs contain descriptions of items offered, their assigned lot numbers,
dimensions, estimated values and several photos for each lot, along with full sale
information including preview hours, conditions of sale and more. Please go to Auctions.
Preview – The best way to learn what you may be purchasing is to
preview and inspect items in person. We offer several days of preview to accommodate
our clients to preview, inspect, ask questions, register and/or arrange proxy bidding.
Register and Bid
Rachel Davis Fine Arts offer various methods to participate in auction. Bidding
in Person- Register in person at the gallery office to obtain a paddle, and join
the excitement of live auction action on the floor. A valid photo identification
is required. There is no cost to register.
Proxy Bidding (Absentee or Phone Bidding) – If you can not attend
our auctions in person, proxy bidding may be arranged. You can leave your information
with maximum bid amount you are willing to go up to. Then our auction staff will
bid up to the amount on your behalf at auction. For phone bidding, prior to the
auction you will leave a phone number we can reach you at the time of auction. Then
our auction staff will call you few lots before your lots come up for you to bid
live. Our auction staff will be your agent on the auction floor. Please complete
a Proxy Bid Form to arrange your proxy bid(s).
A valid credit card (Visa, Master Card or Discover) is required to register for
proxy bids.
Internet Bidding (Absentee or Live Bidding – Internet bidding is
also available, currently via LiveAuctioneers.com. This will allow you to be anywhere
with an internet connection, whether at comfort of your home or at a hotel overseas
during your business travel. After creating your user account and registering at
our auction on www.liveauctioneers.com
you are ready to either leave absentee bids or participate live on the day of auction.
Hammer Price, Buyer’s Premium and Sales Tax:
Hammer Price- is the winning bid amount finalized on the auction floor by the auctioneer.
Buyer’s Premium – is applied to all hammer prices: 18% for all bids
placed through our gallery directly (for in gallery bidders and proxy bidders);
21% for all bids placed through internet at LiveAuctioneers.com
Ohio Sales Tax – sales tax of 7.75% is due for all items purchased
or picked up at our gallery, and for all Ohio residents. Buyers holding a state
issued resale certificate are exempt, but proper forms must be completed and filed with Rachel Davis Fine Arts, at the time of registration.
Make Payment:
If you are a successful bidder at the gallery, payment
may be made in person immediately then items can be picked up. Otherwise, after
the entire auction is completed, invoices are generated and mailed to all successful
bidders by email or US Postal Services. Invoice will have detail lot titles, hammer
prices, buyer’s premium, if applicable, sale tax and shipping and handling cost. Accepted methods of
payment are Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Check, Money Order, Cash (in person only), Bank Wire Transfer is
available with additional handling fee.
Pick Up or Ship Purchases:
Once full payment is made, items may
be released for pick up or shipping. Buyers are welcome to arrange shipping with
any third party packing and shipping business. Rachel Davis Fine Arts can arrange
in-house shipping and handling services for limited smaller items. If any items
require special handling due to extraordinary nature/material, size, weight, value
or any other factors determined to be outside our capabilities, we recommend third
party packing and shipping businesses.
Forms: