Andrew Turner Auctions

They take a huge percentage and you get low, low, next to nothing for your items, even if they are really nice. Low end flea market type place, where people come to buy things cheap and resell them elsewhere. The quality of the merchandise next to what I brought in was poor. If my items, (loads of furniture) which were bought for in the the hundreds of dollars each and were like new got about $ 20 per item, then the other junk they have must just sell for pennies! Don’t waste your time. Better to give to the Goodwill and get a much better tax break, or try selling on your own!
A further clue, one of the helpers told us they had sold a neon beer sign for nearly $ 70, but the rug we brought in the had cost us $ 350, was high quality and new, went for $ 15! That should tell you a LOT!!!
Utter BS! Mickey Mouse operation! Rip off! Con!

My wife and I travel the country constantly, so we’re able to go to a lot of auctions. The types of items they had for sale was interesting, and we had our eye on 11 of them. While the rest of the staff was courteous and professional, the auctioneer was, in our experience, poor. Every item that was brought up to him seemed to be a surprise, which means he never previewed his own items. That in itself isn’t bad, but he constantly spent time looking each item over, trying (poorly) to describe it, and then spending even more time thinking what the opening bid should be. And then he seemed constantly exasperated by the low bids, and blamed the lack of attendance on the weather, Royals game, the internet being down, or the audience not recognizing «value». None of that was true. The first item for auction was a box of trinkets, which he described as having «Swarovski crystal» (it didn’t), and when he didn’t get a high enough bid (because he didn’t see the guy in front of us raise his bid card) he threw the box on the floor behind him in anger. Very unprofessional. An old saying goes «a good carpenter doesn’t blame his tools». This auctioneer ought to understand that the audience determines value in the preview, and the auctioneer can enhance that with his own description of something we may not know from just a look in the preview. Unfortunately, you can’t do that if the first time you’ve seen an item is when it’s handed to you. Anyway, the pace was so slow and tedious that we left after 2 hours, and not one of the 11 items we were interested in had yet come up for bid.
We’ll be exploring the other KC auction houses while we’re in the area and see if they’re any better.

a very cool place to go hang out on Thursday nights-​cool auctions and lots of different stuff – this is a cool auction place

I’ve been looking for a place to consign some items, so headed out here a couple of weeks ago to see what it was like. I have a lot of auction experience, so I needed to see how he handled his auction and what the crowd was like. If you’ve never been to a consignment auction; it’s a fun experience. You usually can get some good, homemade food; bargains; and socializing all in once place. Frequent auction-​goers often have a friendly competitor relationship because a lot of buyers are resellers and see each other everywhere they go.
Anyway, the check in clerk was VERY friendly. I thought Andrew handled his auction very professionally and continued at a good pace. I’m very jealous of his great building. His storage seems very safe for consigners who have their things waiting to be sold.
A few days later, I contacted them about consigning some items. While I’m still waiting for final confirmation from them, they have been easy to work with.
While I’m very much out of the buying/​reselling business, I would recommend you check this place out if you are into interesting vintage items.

Andrew Turner Auctions is ALWAYS an AMAZING place to find a bargin!
They sell mostly by beer flats packed FULL of goodies!
They usually have: KC History, Vintage Sports Memorablia, Old Toys, Old Sewing Machines, Furniture, Old Radios, Antiques, Collectables, Tools, Household, Lamps, Records, Cool Old Stuff, LOTS OF MILLITARY HISTORY STUFF, vintage books & paper goods, old maps!
tons of good stuff!
They hold Consignment/​Estate Auctions ever Thursday: 5pm preview, 6pm start!