Peter F Scammell & Associates
Real Estate Agents in Norwood Payneham St Peters

Whether its one piece, a deceased estate or an complete collection, Scammells team of professional appraisers and staff at their auction rooms at Norwood will guide you effortlessly through the auction process and maximize your results. Weekly auctions are held at our auction rooms in Norwood, which range from retro furniture, retro collectibles, old furniture, vintage design furniture, art deck collectibles, antique jewellery, quality items of Danish design, garden architectural items, paintings, pictures and prints, porcelain, oil and petrol collectibles, jewellery and more. At Scammells, we encourage our prospective vendors to have their items appraised. It is a dynamically updating Auction Ticker which appears when an Auction has started and shows the progress of the Auction Lots as they are processed by our Auctioneers. This number is yours for life, and you can use this when you bid in person. Bidding in person can be an exciting experience, but it also can seem intimidating to amateur auction buyers, Scammell's staff and auctioneers endeavor to make this experience and pain free as possible. We encourage all buyers to read through the catalogue, and personally inspect each item they wish to bid on. Registration is free, simply load the base of the buyers card and return it to the office before to bidding. The auction takes bids in order of a bidding progression. If an item is knocked down or sold to you, the auctioneer will announce your number and the sale price. All items are included in our online Auction system Web cast, allowing prospective buyers from Australia (and Internationally) to bid on your items at every Auction we hold. The amount of gold in the alloy is measured as a unit or carat. Sterling Silver can be traced back to the Norman times, however the first official English assay of silver can be traced to around 1158. Once an item is tested, the piece is marked with an assay stamp which indicates not only the year of manufacture, the assay office mark but assures the purity of the silver item. Other countries have a same system, honest with different marks. Whether you are an Executor for an Estate, moving house or impartial needing to sell, Scammells foster our prospective vendors to have their items appraised before to delivery. Email a photograph of the items you would like appraised and one of our experienced appraisers will assess the item for auction sale. Whilst we give no guarantee to the outcome, our appraisers have a combined 65 years experience in Antiques, Fine Art and collectibles, and will produce an opinion of vogue market value. Scammells give a professional packing service for a ashamed fee. This cost is added to the invoice, plus then our packing handling charges. rebidding allows bidders to lodge bids and begin the bidding process for each lot before to the auction starting. You can lessen the bid at any time to the lowest bid amount, as lengthy as other bidders have not lodged bids on the alike lot. Other bidders cannot see your top bid amount (unless of course they just out bid you). This is another reason to be absolutely certain of the lots you are bidding on and the prices you are willing to pay.