An appraisal is a formal valuation provided for legal purposes (insurance, donation, trust & estate, damage). An estimate is an informal valuation of your object’s value in anticipation that it will be put up at auction. We provide complimentary estimates (please see below for hours and information on our consignment events). Our appraisals are a billed professional service. Please view our appraisal page for more information on our process.

To receive a estimate we invite you to use this form to begin the process. If you’re seeking a professional written appraisal for insurance, tax, estate, or other purposes, please view our Appraisal page.

We also hold consignment events every Wednesday and Saturday from 11AM-4PM EST. These events are opportune times to bring up to 5 items in for estimates (if you have more than 5 items, please use our form). During these events our team of experts are available to provide you quick and straightforward estimates.

We provide these estimates free of charge in good faith you are interested in selling these pieces with us.

We can! That would be an appraisal. Please fill out this form on our website to begin the process.

Absolutely. We hold consignment events every Wednesday and Saturday from 11AM-4PM EST. If you’re not able to attend an event, please use our form or give us a call at +1 (313) 963-6255 to begin the process.

We sure do! Please use the consignment form to begin the process. You may also call us at +1 (313) 963-6255.

Sorry, that’s out of our area of expertise. We focus on the secondary art market. We may be able to direct you to a gallery or dealer near you.

Once our appraisers have accepted your items for consignment, we will provide you a Consignment Agreement with the terms of sale. Once you sign, we’ll schedule a mutually agreeable delivery date for you to bring your collection to our Detroit gallery. Should you require assistance, our gallery can assist you with potential shippers and they can provide you with complimentary quotes. Once delivered, your items will be catalogued, photographed, and placed in our next available upcoming auction. Our online, transparent bidding process allows you to follow the sale of your items from the posting of the auction catalog through the final sale.

A few different ways! You may bring the items in yourself, send them via insured mail, or we can arrange a moving date with one of our shipping partners.

In our next available sale! That’s the beauty of selling with DuMouchelles: there’s no waiting for a specialized auction. We get your items expertly catalogued and sold faster, period.

You receive the full gavel price of lots sold less our commission and expenses. The commission is on a sliding scale, agreed upon when you sign your consignment agreement. The more your lot sells for, the less commission is drawn. Expenses only include those in which you have agreed to in relation to your lots (i.e. shipping, authentication, etc.) and are stated in your consignment agreement.

We receive a high volume of requests and invest significant time in appraising the object(s). For this reason it may take 2-4 weeks to contact you with an estimate.

Within week after the sale, we’ll send you a preliminary settlement report detailing what lots were sold and at what price. We’ll get you paid for your sold lots once all funds are collected and cleared, typically 30 days after the sale. Prices realized are also posted on our website.

If an item does not sell it is your responsibility to have it picked up within 10 business days after the date of sale. Our gallery is open 11AM-5PM EST Tuesday through Saturday. If an item is not picked up or arrangements have not been made, the seller will be charged $25 per lot per day until the item is removed from our gallery.

You may find our Conditions of Sale listed here.