Manuscripts · Rare Books · Autographs · Photography · Works on Paper
The written and printed record, presented with certainty.
VALÉORINE is an online auction house headquartered in London, specialising in rare books, manuscripts, autographs, photography and works on paper. Every auction is conducted exclusively online. Objects are submitted online for specialist review and are never sent to us before acceptance; once accepted, they travel to our London offices for examination, cataloguing and photography before publication.
The calendar
Upcoming auctions
Our inaugural auction will be announced soon.
Cataloguing is under way. Subscribe below to be informed when the first catalogue is published.
Every object accepted is examined in our own rooms: collated leaf by leaf, measured, photographed to publication standard and described in language we are prepared to defend. Nothing is catalogued from a photograph sent to us.
The process
Selling with VALÉORINE
A simple process.
- Submit an object online
- Specialist review
- Acceptance decision
- Secure shipment to London
- Online auction
- Settlement after the sale
Consignments
Submit an object for review
Objects are accepted now for the inaugural catalogue. Submit photographs, dimensions, condition and what you know of the history online — nothing should be sent to us before acceptance. Each submission enters preliminary specialist review and is answered in writing; shipping instructions to our London offices follow only once an object has been accepted.
Reference library
Guides & Advice
A permanent reference library on the five fields in which we specialise: how timed online sales are conducted, how objects are described and valued, how manuscripts, rare books, autographs, photographs and works on paper should be cared for, and the terminology used in our catalogues.
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Catalogues and online viewings, sent as they are published. No promotions.