Skinner attracts top consignments and commands record-breaking prices in the international auction marketplace. With renowned expertise and extraordinary service, Skinner is the place for people looking to buy and sell fine objects of value. Founded over four decades ago, Skinner offers more than 60 auctions annually.
Skinner auctions reach an international audience and showcase the unique, rare, and beautiful in dozens of categories, including the fine and decorative arts, jewelry, modern design, musical instruments, science and technology, wine, and many others.
Skinner auctions reach an international audience and showcase the unique, rare, and beautiful in dozens of categories, including the fine and decorative arts, jewelry, modern design, musical instruments, science and technology, wine, and many others.
Services
Are you interested in learning about the history and value of your property or how to sell at auction? Skinner offers a complete range of appraisal and auction services designed to assist you in making decisions to fit your needs. A written appraisal is a report giving an opinion of the value of an item at a given point in time.
Whether you're bidding with a mouse, a phone, or a paddle, every experience buying at auction is unique and exciting. Skinner experts will gladly inform you about the history and condition of items, and assist you with the auction process. Bid live in any Skinner auction from the comfort and convenience of your own home, or wherever you may find yourself.
Skinner achieves internationally competitive prices for our consignors selling antiques with focused specialty auctions that attract passionate, motivated, and educated buyers. From single items to entire estates, let us help you unlock the value of your item or collection. Before you make the decision to sell antiques or fine art, we want you to understand exactly what you have, what it is worth, and whether it is suitable for sale at auction.
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Andy T.
Nov 21, 2020
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Cherry Cheng
Jan 27, 2020
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Norman J.
Oct 15, 2019
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Patty C.
Oct 15, 2018
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I am not a fan of putting a negative post about a company if you simply feel like you did not get your own way, but as a business owner myself I believe you should hold companies or individuals completely accountable when they act in less than honest way while doing business.
That being said, my husband and I went to Skinner Auction in Marlborough Mass on July 12th 2018 inquiring information about liquidating our large collection of old (unclean) silver coins (well over 1000 coins) and Confederate paper money from the 1700's. We wanted to know how Skinner auction works. We asked Skinner many
That being said, my husband and I went to Skinner Auction in Marlborough Mass on July 12th 2018 inquiring information about liquidating our large collection of old (unclean) silver coins (well over 1000 coins) and Confederate paper money from the 1700's. We wanted to know how Skinner auction works. We asked Skinner many
T. W.
Aug 16, 2018
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Skinner is a terrible auction house. Skinner took my absentee bid and verified it by email, then failed to execute it, and sold it for less to an online bidder. They cheated the seller by not executing a legitimate and verified bid, and they cheated me of an item I wanted to win and had a legitimate much higher bid for. After 5 phone calls and two broken promises for call-backs, I realize Skinner is incompetent and quite possibly dishonest. The failure to execute a bid smacks of bid manipulation. The seller who was cheated:
The Collection of Gail & Don Piatt
Auction 3121M
August 12, 2018
The Collection of Gail & Don Piatt
Auction 3121M
August 12, 2018
Paula R.
Mar 12, 2018
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L. G.
Oct 30, 2017
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Chuck B.
Oct 20, 2014
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Karen,
Nine months ago we filed a formal written complaint detailing the event with Judie O. Who in turn forwarded the complaint to a Tish K. Who we were told, was in charge of absentee bidding in marlborough.
It was during a sit down meeting we subsequently had with Tish, that we were told of the policy to have absentee bidders bid against themselves because skinners has, "an obligation to the seller". That it was the auctioneers purogative to do so..... It was her, at that meeting, that gave us the take-it-or-leave-it option of paying for the $100 of illegitimate bids the auctioneer
Nine months ago we filed a formal written complaint detailing the event with Judie O. Who in turn forwarded the complaint to a Tish K. Who we were told, was in charge of absentee bidding in marlborough.
It was during a sit down meeting we subsequently had with Tish, that we were told of the policy to have absentee bidders bid against themselves because skinners has, "an obligation to the seller". That it was the auctioneers purogative to do so..... It was her, at that meeting, that gave us the take-it-or-leave-it option of paying for the $100 of illegitimate bids the auctioneer
Melanie R.
Aug 21, 2014
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After making an appointment & driving the hour out to meet the Asian "Expert", she was deemed to be too busy to meet with me and sent an intern to look at my extensive collection of china. Her lacky in turn dimissed everything as cheap mid-20th century common stuff not worthy of Skinner's Auction House. She also look at my ivory figurines and stated they were not actually ivory and worthless. For such an elite house, they treated me so poorly.
Kaminski Auction House took the time to look & valuate my things which will go up for auction. My figurines were determined to be
Kaminski Auction House took the time to look & valuate my things which will go up for auction. My figurines were determined to be
Private B.
Jan 09, 2013
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Be very careful if you are placing an absentee bid through Live Auctioneers. Skinner's will add damage reports and photos the night before that were not there when you placed your bid which is very clever or just very last minute of them...and there is no responsibility taken on their end as they have fine print that makes them not liable for this. You will need to check right before the auction begins to see if damage reports have been added...I learned the hard way. Don't bother trying to talk your way out of the bid. Live Auctioneers is supposed to email you with changes...but I did
