204 Nicholas Ave, Palmer, MI 49871Tue–Sat, 11 to 5 · Monday closed

Sally BAntiques

Selling to the shop

Offer Sally your fine furniture, pictures, and jewelry.

Sally Jo Burton buys for the floor at 204 Nicholas Ave. She looks at pieces that match the quality already in the shop. She does not appraise, and she does not invent a value. If she wants it, she makes an offer.

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A complete note is the useful one: what the piece is, what you are asking if you have a figure, clear photographs, and any papers that came with it.

Sally B Antiques
204 Nicholas Ave
Palmer, MI 49871

Tuesday–Saturday, 11 to 5. Monday she is out buying.

The standard

Would she be interested?

The shop takes exceptional furniture, pictures, jewelry, and decorative pieces: sound condition, a known recent history, and something that sets the object apart. Most of what is on the floor now is priced from one hundred thousand dollars up.

Fine furniture

Case pieces, tables, and mirrors with a maker, a period, or a history she can write down.

See the furniture

Pictures

Original paintings of real quality. Not prints, posters, or later copies.

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Estate jewelry

Natural pearls, old-cut diamonds, and signed jewels. She does not buy costume pieces.

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Silver, ceramics, and the rest

A service, a clock that runs, a vase or a figure group that would hold its own on this floor.

See the ceramics

Not for this floor

What she does not buy

  • Prints, posters, and reproductions, even when they are signed
  • A single fork, plate, or glass, unless the maker is important
  • Ordinary silverplate
  • Clocks, music boxes, and automata that do not run, unless the repair is small
  • Cars and other vehicles
  • Toys, dolls, newspapers, and magazines
  • Household machines, bottles, typewriters, and sewing machines

How a submission works

Three steps

  1. 01

    Prepare the facts

    A plain description, the size, an asking figure if you have one, photographs in daylight, and any bill, letter, or old tag.

  2. 02

    Send the form

    Put the details in one place so she is not guessing from a single sentence.

  3. 03

    Wait for a review

    If the piece is of interest, Sally writes within two weeks. She cannot answer every note. A missing photograph or a vague description slows the ones she does answer.

The form

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Can she tell me what it is worth?

No. Sally does not give appraisals or opinions of value. For that, ask an accredited appraiser through the American Society of Appraisers, or your local chamber of commerce.

Will she identify it for me?

She researches pieces she might buy, and the pieces already on the floor. She does not run a general identification service.