I have loved this auction house for so many years. Both my mother and myself have purchased multiple items from them and always been very pleased with their assistance, quality of items auctioned and overall experience. The best auction in Toronto.
My experience with Waddington's has always been a joy. As a seller and as a buyer it is always a pleasure .... Waddington's have always gone far beyond being helpful and courteous and professional.... many years of dealing with a GREAT Canadian auction company.
Do the research and you'll come awway impressed by what Waddington's has to offer. All items are sold in as-is condition with no refunds so make sure you do your research on the items you bid on!
AVOID WADDINGTON'S!!!! If you're a buyer they are ok but as a seller you'll find no bigger ripoff in Toronto. They claim to be "experts" and tell you you'll get big money for your items however they advertise auctions extremely poorly and will get you nothing for your items every time. They then take a seller's premium on top of this and offer horrible reserve prices ensuring they can sell it cheap. If it doesn't sell they also donate your item to charity. Ridiculous!
Could not have asked for better service. Excellent staff. Do your research. Same disclaimers apply here as in other auction houses: caveat emptor
They have a wide range of collectable art as well as their wine and Spirt auctions through out the year. Helpful and knowledgeable.
My dealings with Waddington's has always been positive, professional, personable.
They offer new areas of the art world to explore above and bring the norm.
I have used this auction originally taking a trip to Toronto couple times a year staying at a bed and breakfast just down from king street and going to Craft Burger for lunch. So I have a very long history with this auction and they have second to none honest and helpful employees that pride themselves for being honest to a fault. The antiques from this auction fill my home and this auction has been a really big part of my life,
I consider the staff my friends and I care for them deeply. When going in person, went for drinks with staff after the auction finished. The quality of antiques, pictures and jewelry is outstanding and very expansive. The price you pay is well worth it and the online auctions are amazing and you know what is going on all the time.
All the condition reports I get for 15 years have been spot on and very accurate more accurate that any other auction house world wide I have dealt with for 15 years.
Buy and consign with confidence. They get great prices but are very conservative as they should be with estimates.
This auction has been as mentioned a big part of my life and will be for the rest of it!!! It is much more than a auction house. Without Waddington's my life would not have been as rich in experience.
Recently had some art to sell and filled out their consignment form on line and got an auto reply they will be in touch. One week later no reply. Then sent a new email to their general inquiries asking what happened to my consignment and again after a few days no reply. Obviously they could care less about dealing on line even though they are set up for it. I like to deal on line, so have now contacted another competitor that does reply. Wont waste my time with this company any more.
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