Academy Antiques Values
With almost 25 years experience in Antiques & Collectables we know our business well. We want to make our buyers happy, our sellers happy, and that in turn will make me happy.
Our values are simple – openness, fairness and a sense of humour. We keep it simple by making fair offers, no pressure, no obligation, and not taking life too seriously.
Valuation Services
If you have lost an item and need a valuation or you have a possession you would like to know what it is worth for insurance purposes, contact us. If you want to know for curiosity sake there may be no charge, if you want an official valuation we have a minimum fee of $80. If there are multiple items, please enquire.
NOTE: EQC valuations are paid by you but can be fully claimed back from EQC.
Rob Woolley
Rob has been dealing in antiques – specialising in English china – for almost 20 years. He enjoys meeting people, the banter, the adventure of maybe finding something rare but takes equal pleasure in finding what his customers collect. Honesty, humour and being fair are his core values as well as being completely down to earth.
Rob’s other interests include public speaking, presenting, training, was former District Director of Toastmasters New Zealand and co-founder of Christchurch Speakers.
Rob has worked extensively with people-who-stutter in multiple countries when Regional Director of the McGuire Program and is a student of business and founder of Talk Business a Christchurch Networking group.
He has combined these skills to deliver Antiques Roadshow style talks about Antiques and Collectables to various community groups (retirement homes, church groups, Rotary) and has occasionally been an auctioneer for Fundraising events.