§ About · The house, briefly
Waldon & Co. is a continuous-sourcing desk in the maker-mark trade. AI keeps the catalog full; the curator keeps it honest; the house price carries the spread so the buyer never pays a buyer’s premium on top.
§ Sourcing
Agents scan estate sales, online auctions, and peer-to-peer marketplaces on a daily cadence. Every candidate is run against maker marks, period references, and provenance trails before the desk signs off. The catalog is what survived the bench this month — not what one trip to a regional fair hand-picked.
§ Authentication
Higher-value acquisitions are inspected at the bench. The curator calls original versus reproduction, restoration versus honest patina, and signs off before any offer is written. The condition notes on each listing call out repairs, replacements, and any touch-up beyond light conservation, so the buyer never has to ask what 'good condition' means on this desk.
§ Pricing
The asking price is the asking price. There is no buyer's premium layered on top, no platform fee, no last hammer that disappears. AI-driven sourcing plus a lean bench keeps overhead low enough that the house price can carry the spread — so what the listing says is what the buyer pays.
§ Office
Every submission is read on the next desk day. If the piece is a fit, an agent writes back within a week to talk terms. The picture is a small office with a bench, a wall of maker-mark references, and a curator who answers the email himself.
§ Write the desk
For anything the catalog and the FAQ do not cover — consignment, trade inquiries, large estates, partnerships — write the office directly. An agent reads the desk every business day and answers in person.