McTear's Reviews 

Very professional. Kept us informed from start to finish

I have never placed an item in an auction sale ever, so I was quite a bit nervous about the experience. However, McTear’s have been kind understanding extremely professional and efficient. The experience has been painless, and I made money. What is not to love? Highly recommended.
Jayne somerville.

Great service and great communication

My first time there. The staff were very welcoming and helpful. Registration was a breeze and paying for lots won, was quick, simple and easy.
The cafe was comfortable and friendly.

I contacted McTear's by phone and the lady knew exactly whom I should speak to/email. I did so and Mr. Roderick Shale got back to me immediately.
I did as instructed and sent photographs of the 29 or so items I wanted to sell.
within 24 hours, I received an email estimate of value with an understandable explanation and how I could enter my items to future auctions.
I completed the online account set up (which was easy), arranged a drop off appointment and delivered the items for auction.
The staff and valuer were all very helpful, pleasant and made the process easy.
I appreciate what items sell for is completely dependent upon market conditions. However, I am completely at ease and trust McTears.
I have no hesitation in referring them and using them in future.

A++++++
Lot 722
AMBER BEAD NECKLACE
thanks

First time we have sold at auction. Staff amazing, very professional and valuation process great. Stewart Atkinson provided one of our valuations, very accurate and kept us up to date with process and outcome. Excellent experience .

Excellent service and ongoing communication. Reserved prices well placed and smooth sale.
Would visit again!

McTear's organised an auction of items for me.
They did it with kindness and professionalism, guiding me through the process with excellent advice.
All the Lots were successfully bid for and the items have been bought worldwide, thanks to the hard work of McTear's in Cataloguing the Collection.

If you want to avoid severe disappointment please avoid this company like the plague, the plague would be more enjoyable. Absolute no care taken or given over my items, I packaged them well & approx a third were unopened yet supposedly all reviewed & valued. One silkscreen print in mint condition is now wrecked because it was heavily handled & stuffed back into packaging, creased & folds everywhere on it now. I thought you had to go to the circus to see clowns but apparently you just need to visit McTears. Very poor & disappointing experience.

Excellent communication and information regarding my lot.

I can highly recommend McTears. All my purchases have been managed in professional and accommodating way. They were responsive to my requirements and eager to please.

I was very impressed by the professionalism shown by all the staff at McTear’s Auction House. This was my first experience of selling through auction and the process was found to be easy and straightforward especially with the assistance of Stewart Atkinson and Hannah. From the initial valuation through to the final payment, McTear’s kept us fully informed. I especially enjoyed watching the live auctions on-line.

Bought earrings in their January jewellery auction for £150 + commission, unfortunately they did not suit me, as they were too big for my ear lobes. I therefore thought I cut my losses and take them back to Mcteers for their next auction, in the hope I might recoup some money, you can imagine my surprise when I was told they wouldn’t enter the earrings in one of their jewellery auctions! Only a general auction without a reserve price! Very confusing! Feeling cheated!

Excellent advice and communication from beginning to end of process. Stuart proved himself to be extremely knowledgeable about the Chinese vase we were putting into auction and his valuation turned out to be accurate.

Purchased a small antique knife from that outfit and the whole experience was awful. They completely refused to cooperate with packing the item for a courier collection even though I offered to send the box and packing materials. So I had to use expensive side kick shipping company and when I received the item - several major damages were not even on their lot description. What a nasty outfit delivering mediocre service.

From start to finish my experience with McTears has been very good. The McTears people are all very easy, pleasant and helpful to deal with. A special thanks to Stuart who handled the items we were selling, he was excellent at dealing with us, and explained everything that we needed to know. All in all a very positive experience, and we won’t hesitate to use them again.

Put in quite a few lots for sale after loft clearance. My fault I suppose!
All the lots were very poorly displayed and the listing theme seemed to be "in as few words as possible". Items which I'd carefully packed were dumped into boxes on top of each other then photographed, resulting in most of them being unseen. The descriptions were short, vague with not much detail. To me it seemed unprofessional at best, bordering on plain lazy. It was pointed out to me that bidders could "request a condition report"....why don't you just do the condition report and add it to the listing anyway? Take too much time?
Achieving best price for sellers doesn't seem to be a priority. I also had the pleasure of paying "loss and damage warranty", not sure what this covered though as one of my items was slightly damaged but that was "glossed over" when I mentioned it. Overall the prices achieved for the majority of lots was below expectations and in my opinion was purely down to poor presentation on the site.
After paying sellers commission, lotting fees-charged dependant on sale price,(correct me if I'm wrong),so basically just an additional form of commission, the aforementioned loss and damage charge and VAT, McTears took almost 30% of the total selling price.
Now I'm aware that higher sale prices means more commission for them, but it seems if you don't spend time trying to present lots at their best, you can push more lots through, each one with it's own lotting fee, you'll make up any shortfall easily enough.
Overall very disappointed with their minimal effort/maximum charge theme which is about all I took away from the experience unfortunately.

Following my phone call and then my visit I can advise that McTear's especially Stewart Atkinson who was my contact throughout my dealings always acted in a cordial and knowledgeable manner.Following the auction I received a telephone call to update me re the outcome. I would not hesitate to recommend McTear's to anyone who wishes to use an auction house. John

When I went to have my item valued in May, I agreed with the staff member that I would have an asking price of £200 with 10% discretion. 1received 3 pre sale notices with that valuation. There was another pre sales advice on August 1st which I had missed reading that had changed the value from £200 to £100 - £200 Discretion (10%). If this had been explained to me at the time, or in a telephone call I would have not put this item in auction. It sold yesterday for a hammer price of £130 which is way below the agreement I made on the day. I would have kept the item & passed it to my 14 year old grandson. When I queried why this happened all I was told repeatedly that this is company policy, it is in the terms & conditions & I should have read the pre sales advice. Wish I had read the reviews before I presented my item. Totally disappointed in their lack of customer support. I would advise anyone to go elsewhere, rather than be duped by their sales agents.