Selling with The Potomack Company
At The Potomack Company our goal is simple: to help you realize the true value of your property with high-level expertise and customer service.
To achieve this goal, we offer three distinct ways to sell your property.
Live Auctions
We
conduct fully-catalogued live auctions with bidding in-person, via the
telephone, by absentee bids and through the internet. This range of options
allows your property to reach a world-wide audience of potential buyers. In
addition to live auctions in our Gallery, we can come to you and provide on-site
auctioning of entire estates.
Retail Sales
We operate an affiliated antiques and fine arts retail gallery for particular items that may realize their greatest value in such a venue or that require discretion in their sale.
Purchase of Estates
We purchase entire estates from owners seeking a quick and convenient disposition of their property. Please contact us to discuss selling your estate.
Consigning to Our Auctions
Selling in our auctions is a simple three-step process.
First: Consultation
The first step is to arrange a complimentary consultation. You may arrange an appointment in our Gallery, email or mail photographs to us, or schedule a meeting with one of our representatives at your home. We will evaluate your property and promptly provide a preliminary estimate of its value.
Second: Your Decision to Sell
Upon consignment of your property, you will sign a consignment contract and decide whether you should set a minimum or 'reserve' price. We will then take in the property to catalogue and photograph. You may bring the property to us, or we can arrange for shipping to our Gallery.
Third: Payment
After the sale, you will receive an accounting that lists the final hammer price for each item sold. We will send you payment (the hammer price less the seller's commission and agreed-upon expenses) within thirty days of the sale of the property, provided we have received payment from the buyer.