We Buy Antiques: How it Works
The Barn only buys antiques outright, we don’t take items on consignment. The only antique items that we are currently interested in buying are: sterling silver flatware and hollowware, antique wood and/or metal advertising signs, and certain high end and/or rare antiques. We are not currently buying any other antique items from the public. We are not interested in purchasing any common antique items including: china, glass/crystal, silver plated items, and most furniture.
If you have items that you think we would be interested in purchasing, and meet our criteria, email photos of your items to [email protected]. Please include your phone number. If we are interest in purchasing your items, we will respond to your email within one week.
We no longer go to homes to look at items, or buy full estates, and we can’t quote prices from photos. If we are interested in purchasing your items, you will need to bring them to The Barn for a quote. Please do not bring items to The Barn for us to look at unless we have already seen photos of your item[s] and responded that we are interested in looking at your item[s]. Appointments are not required if you are bringing in items, but we ask that you only bring in item[s] for us to look at during one of the following timeslots: Monday 10am to 4pm, Friday 10am to 4pm, and Sunday 10an to noon. When arriving at The Barn, do not bring your items into the building. Please, come inside and tell an employee that you have brought in items to sell. We will send someone outside to look at your items.
Please understand that we receive dozens of emails and phone calls every week from people wanting to sell us their items. We are not interested in purchasing most items. We are only interested in purchasing certain high end and/or rare items. If the items you want to sell are common antique items, we are not interested in purchasing them. We are only looking to purchase higher end items that are in demand.