Heritage AuctionsReviews of ha.com

Don’t waste your time registering with these guys if you are not resident in the US. They refused to allow me to place a USD$800 bid until I’d placed a USD$5000 deposit with them. This applies to non-US residents for some auctions and it’s not disclosed until you have already given your identity documents and credit card details.

You’re better off doing an auction on eBay yourself, they’re dismissive and annoying to deal with, some of it was okay but most of it was bs and not worth it

First of all, Alissa was very accommodating and easy to work with. I appreciate her offering a competitive commission and doing what she could to get the painting to Texas. None of my following criticisms have anything to do with her. However, given the poor result of the sale, I would never place another piece of fine art at Heritage (maybe a Star Wars doll or a comic book). I've only ever made money on the paintings I deal with and I lost on this one for no good reason. This painting had everything going for it and it failed at Heritage - in the artist's hometown, no less. The most page views, the most saves (except for one other painting), one of the best-looking Bates to hit the market... yet Heritage buyers couldn't see it. Perhaps they're too much speculators and don't have the same clout as those in NYC where I usually sell my American art. I don't know, but watching the painting sell for what it did was a total head-scratcher. Finally, I would question why there was an auctioneer change on such a short auction and I'll leave it at that. Sorry if that's a bit of a harsh review, but you asked for my honest opinion and that's the way I see it.

Risky business - a gamble with your personal data Please think before you register to bid with this auction house. They request the following highly sensitive data that as a whole, leaves you open to great personal risk: Name, birth year, photo of driver's license or passport, last 4 digits of your social security number, bank name, and more. They will say it is for their protection, but should there be a data breach you will be screwed. This is a serious overreach by Heritage Auctions and my husband (who is an attorney) and I refuse to provide our sensitive personal data in bulk to this company. 1/26/26: Thank you Heritage Auction for your thoughtful reply today. I am a registered member/buyer of many different auction houses and none of them have anywhere near this level of authentication to be able to bid, including very high end auctions. It's simply safer to shop elsewhere.

I've bought from Heritage Auctions for the past few years, but the service is getting worse. It can take days and multiple attempts to get a reply to an email. The items that used to be dispatched within a few days, now take weeks to be dispatched. Meanwhile the fees keep increasing as the customer experience declines rapidly.

If the object is not of interest to them, they answer you by saying they sell it on eBay, without giving you any evaluation. I had asked for an assessment of different types of objects in each request that I sent, but it was not considered, they probably use automatic emails. This is not very professional. Update: Some objects need an evaluation before being sold on eBay. On eBay, everyone does their price, there are expert sellers in the field of what they sell and there are scammers. There are people who sell coins for a minting error that does not exist for 2000 € !! . I did not send you coins, I sent you objects to which you could give an approximate estimate, but since it was not of your interest you did not consider the idea of ​​helping me.

They are a legitimate platform but their shipping times have become absolutely absurd. Will be 6 weeks post payment, MINIMUM, before they ship your items. Note that is not accounting for shipping time. I frequent multiple auctioneer platforms and none are as slow as HA