Your old clock can earn you top dollar

When you contact us regarding the sale of your old clock,  please include clean and clear photos of all sides, top and bottom of yours. Please also include a clean and clear photo of the inside of the old clock, with the bell and pendulum off, clearly showing the mechanism along with any and all markings that will be legible to us in your photos. If you have a carriage clock we will need to see a clean and clear photo of the top of it, with handle down. 

Please also state all of the conditions that require repair to the best of your ability and state if it is running or not. Please advise if the pendulum is original to your old clock and does it have matching numbers on it to the clock. Please provide us with the price that you are seeking. You may email us your photos and description to: ira1942 (at) yahoo dot com. Please note: We do not offer old clock appraisal services.

You will need to carefully pack and ship your old clock, in order to protect it during its travel to us. Some larger and heavier ones may need to be partially broken down, due to size and weight and we can discuss that with you prior to shipping to us. The pendulum must be removed and packed separately, along with its key, should you have one, in order to prevent any damage from its movement while shipping.

The following materials are recommended should you decide to sell your old clock and therefore ship to us. Do not look for shortcuts here as you will be responsible should it arrive damaged. Half inch minimum best quality bubble wrap, one inch or more, depending on your old clock’s weight, foam core and double walled cartons will be required. We recommend that you wrap the entire clock at least three to four times around all areas with the bubble wrap, securing it with tape. More is best. Use blue painter’s tape and criss-cross any glass.

If your old clock is a regulator style or four glass, Chris- cross the panes with blue painters tape and gently stuff bubble wrap under the mechanism and inside the clock to support the mechanism during travel. Place your it into the carton. Fill any open spaces with bubble wrap or foam core and seal.

DO NOT USE PEANUTS! They make a mess and do not protect an old clock very well as they allow your old clock to jiggle. Place the box inside a larger box lined with foam core on bottom, top and all sides. Seal carton with packing tape and cover all areas that are open with several layers of tape. Think as if you are making an Egyptian Mummy. Safe is better than sorry, especially if you want to receive money for it in the condition you are sending it in. INSURE it for the amount of the sale. We will not be responsible for any damage that occurs during shipping and insurance is your only guarantee that you will be covered in the event that there is damage.

Remember please, that the price you ask for your old clock and will eventually receive will not resemble those on our web site. Further, do not use Ebay as a source for valuation, as the sellers there rarely get what they ask for and most there don’t even have a clue as to what theirs is worth. Not only is there a wide variety of makers and a further variety of what they made, the esthetics of the clock, as well as the condition to consider, we may not be able to sell it after our investment for a year or two, as that is the nature of our business.

We do this for profit and if it is not profitable we do not do it. Once we receive and inspect yours and verify that it is as you have described, payment shall be sent to you by over night courier or bank wire, should you so chose, less any charges for a wire, within seven days of receipt. Should your old clock not be as described, we may opt to ship it back to you at your expense.

Two other places to sell your old clock are Ebay and Etsy, providing you don’t mind the hassle. 🙂