Why Sell Fine Art & Collections With Us?
Selling fine art, special items, an estate, antiques or an entire collection isn't simply about finding a place to sell it. It's about understanding what you have, how it should be presented, and where it is most likely to find the right buyer.
Woodard Lipe combines deep experience with fine art, furniture, collections and estate property with the flexibility of a fine art gallery, auction house and established luxury consignment business.
1. WE DON'T HAVE JUST ONE WAY TO SELL
Not every piece belongs at auction.
Depending on the property and the market, we may recommend a curated auction, gallery consignment, private sale or retail placement. For large collections and estates, we can use more than one sales channel when it makes sense.
Our goal is to find the right buyer for the pieces, rather than make the items fit a predetermined method of sale.
2. WE UNDERSTAND ESTATE PROPERTY
Our experience in the St. Louis market dates to 2012, when we founded The Refind Room. Since then, we have evaluated, bought, sold and consigned thousands of pieces of fine art, designer and antique furniture, decorative objects and estate property.
That experience matters. Identifying the artist, maker, period, provenance, condition and current market for a piece can significantly affect how—and where—it should be sold, and the final outcome.
3. OUR AUCTIONS ARE INTENTIONALLY CURATED
We believe an auction should be more than a long list of lots.
Our boutique auctions are deliberately curated so individual works and collections receive attention. We research, photograph, catalogue and market property with the goal of presenting it to the buyers most likely to appreciate and purchase it.
Buyers can participate both locally and online, giving consignors access to a national and international audience.
4. PRESENTATION MATTERS
How something is presented can change how it is perceived.
Our gallery, auction exhibitions, photography, cataloguing and marketing are designed to give fine art and distinctive property the context they deserve. We want buyers to understand what makes a special piece worth noticing—not simply see another item for sale.
5. WE TAKE A LONG-TERM VIEW
Our relationship with a consignor doesn't begin and end with a single auction.
If a piece isn't right for one sales channel, we can consider another. And when we're working with a collection or entire estate, we look at the property as a whole and develop a strategy for which items should be sold in which manner.
Sometimes the best advice we can give is that an item isn't right for us. We'd rather make that recommendation than take property we don't believe we can sell well.
ROOTED IN ST. LOUIS. REACHING BEYOND IT.
Woodard Lipe grew from more than a decade of experience in the St. Louis art, design and high-end resale market. Today, our St. Louis-based gallery and auction house brings that local knowledge together with online bidding, digital marketing and a growing network of collectors and buyers.
Whether you're selling a single work of art, a specialty collection or estate property, we'll help you understand your options and decide what comes next.
Have something you'd like us to evaluate?
Email info@woodardlipe.com or call 314-778-9000 to get started.
