Send photographs and a short description of your property. A Baran specialist replies within 48 hours with a free, confidential valuation and a recommended route to sale.
Three stages, from first photograph to the saleroom. Most requests are answered within two working days.
Front, reverse, and any signature, stamp or label. Add invoices, certificates or previous valuations if you hold them.
The relevant department examines the images, researches comparable results and confirms attribution where possible.
You receive an auction estimate, the recommended sale, and the terms. Nothing is committed until you accept.
Baran Auction has placed Iranian, Islamic and Asian works with collectors and institutions across three continents, with departments led by specialists who publish and lecture in their fields.
Property is catalogued, photographed and insured in house. Sellers keep one point of contact from first estimate through settlement, and estimates carry no obligation to consign.
See the departments we coverA selection of property estimated through this form and sold in our last four sales.
The form takes about ten minutes. You can save your answers and return before submitting.
Request an estimateYes. Auction estimates requested through this form are free and carry no obligation to consign. Formal written valuations for insurance or probate are charged separately.
A specialist replies within 48 hours on working days. Objects that need further research, or a physical examination, may take longer — you will be told at the first reply.
At least three: the front, the reverse, and any signature, stamp, inscription or label. Daylight, no flash, and the whole object in frame.
Not to give an estimate. Before consignment, higher-value property is examined in our Tehran premises or by a specialist visit.
Commission is agreed in the consignment contract and depends on the category and value. Photography, cataloguing and insurance while in our care are included.
Images and details are seen only by the relevant department. Consignors are never named in the catalogue without written consent.