Auctions speak a thousand words

At Auctionata, we regularly provide valuations for items from all over the world. One day, a request arrived from a suburb of Vienna. The attached photos revealed a small collection of Old Vienna, Augarten and Meissen porcelain. It was an inheritance, now destined for auction. I was eager to see the porcelain with my own eyes – and it just so happened that I was in town. I called the seller and made an appointment.

A recently deceased professor’s estate was being put up for auction. There was an entire house full of heirlooms to be dealt with – and I decided the only way to get a proper overview was to visit in person.

We regularly receive large quantities of old silverware for auction. We divide the pieces into different categories, or bundles, according to their original purpose. As so often happens, I was given a bundle of silver boxes to sort.

We see it all the time: people start clearing out their attic or cellar and come across all sorts of weird and wonderful treasures. Most of the time, they don’t even suspect they could be sitting on a small fortune.