We offer a Valuations and Sales Advice Service.
Here’s how: Please use the Contact Form (coming soon) or
1. Email your photographs to: chrissie@desirabledesigns.co.uk Please show the whole object from several angles; the base; the interior; any signatures or maker’s marks; any damage. Include all of the details you can about the piece – including where you obtained it from – Provenance/history, receipts and original packaging will help us to identify a mystery piece, to place a suggested value on it and to assist you with selling it.
The fee per item is £20 (including VAT). We will include historical background, and specialist sales advice on where to obtain the best prices for your pieces. This may be through our premium club direct to our clients or dealers, at specific auctions or on selling sites.
2. SPECIAL PIECES: Where your piece warrants further research, we offer you a personalised service. Please contact us:
Please WhatsApp or call us on UK: +44-7435 046355 or you can email me: chrissie@desirabledesigns.co.uk Our office is open Mondays to Saturdays 10am-5pm.
3. BESPOKE SALES: Where you would like us to organise the potential sales of pieces for you, we will discuss a reasonably priced Commission on the Final Sale and the process of offering the items direct to clients, or where recommended, selling it at auction
As an expert in 19th and 20th Century design, I have bought and sold thousands of pieces and have run The Design Gallery with my husband, John Masters, for 24 years.
Spring 2025: I valued and sold – in one lot – a collection of 350 pieces of antique silver and gold tableware, vinaigrettes, snuff boxes, vestas, desk accessories and objects of virtue for a loyal client – achieving a price higher than he had requested.
Colin S, London: “Chrissie’s integrity, attention to detail and connections with leading collectors and dealers, enabled her to sell my collection in record time.”
Please WhatsApp or call us on UK: +44-7435 046355 or you can email me: chrissie@desirabledesigns.co.uk Our office is open Mondays to Saturdays 9am-5pm.
Thank you for the image: Gaiotech.ai
