Important Information

Coronavirus update

 From November 5th we will be closed to the public but all our sales will continue online.

Watch our specialist sales online

At 10am on the day of the sale a ‘Bid live’ button will appear on our website, click this to view our live auction from the comfort of your own home. The bidding platform we use is exactly the same as the saleroom.com, please note there is a surcharge of 3% of the hammer price for this service.

Bid remotely (online auctions)

Three ways to bid remotely:

- You can leave commission bid (free of charge) via our website up to 30 minutes before the start of a sale
- You can book a telephone line (free of charge) by calling 01736 361414 although we expect the lines to be busy so may run out of capacity on some lots
- You can register to bid live through our website (surcharge of 3% of the hammer price) www.davidlay.co.uk

 
Bid in Person (Currently not possible during lockdown)

Delivery & postage

We understand it is not always possible to collect items yourself so we operate a small in-house postage service, please see our DELIVERY page for further details. Please enquire first regarding the shipping of heavy, large, valuable and delicate items, mirrors, stained glass panels etc. and we will be able to advise on your options.

Entering Items for Sale & Valuations

We will continue to accept items for all our sales.

Please use the Online Valuation Form on our valuations page.

To enter items for sale please call our office on 01736 361414 or email enquiries@davidlay.co.uk to discuss consignment options.

Probate and Insurance Valuations

Probate and insurance valuations will carry on as usual, by appointment.

Business Hours

We have changed our business hours to 9am – 5pm in order to help cope with staffing uncertainty.