Hammer Price does two things: it says clearly what each sale needs to say, and it takes in what collectors already hold. Beijing runs the two seasonal sales, Shanghai the previews and specialist sessions, Hong Kong the accounts in Asia and abroad.
Catalogues, estimates and premium
Every object in a catalogue has been handled before it is written up. Estimate band, provenance and condition sit on one page, and any wording you cannot read is worth asking about in the room. The premium runs in bands on the hammer price, printed in that catalogue and itemised on the invoice.
News and consignment
News here is filed by our editors and the specialists who run each session, and it updates daily. Consignment carries no fee, and no third party collects on our behalf. The catalogue and the hammer decide every sale.
Openings follow the two seasonal sales and are settled by email. Say which role you are after and when you can come and handle objects.
Catalogue editor, ceramics and works of artBeijing · full time
Entries and session prefaces, then the preview floor and the night sale. You need to handle the object and put provenance, condition and the doubts on one page.
Collectors and institutions, the first read of six photographs and the in-hand review, an answer in three working days, the estimate agreed before anything is fixed.
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