January 31, 2012
My parents were avid antique collectors and dealers in Colorado for decades. When they both passed away within weeks of each other I had to liquidate a house & basement full of antiques. Living in CA, I needed an auction firm that I could trust & produce results. I decided that Dirk Soulis met all qualifications: personal owner - service, a national following, trustworthy reputation & a super auction facility. Dirk & Susan provided all this & more - providing outstanding customized service, communications, tailored arrangements (including wrapping depression glass in a shed on a snowy day!), effective marketing & a personalized sales touch. The resulting auction had completely satisfying results. Moreover, the Soulis’ earned my complete trust all through the long-distance process, as exemplified by Dirk finding an obscure $700 item in a routine box. Their personal considerations and friendly relationship cemented a completely pleasing process – Thanks Dirk & Susan! - B. Martinson, California
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January 11, 2012
I wanted to thank you and your crew for the great service following the Spivey's auction. We came both days to pick up and I was very impressed with the quality and courtesy of your team. Also, this is the third bookseller liquidation/closing that I've been a part of and yours was easily the most organized. Please add me to your mail list for future auctions, especially those with a an emphasis on books. - Easy Chair Books
December 13, 2011
The items arrived today and are excellent. Thank you very much for the great packaging and I look forward to doing business with you again. - K.G.
November 17, 2011
Just received the wood Buddha from you and a few minutes later received the shipping invoice, which is now paid. Am astounded by your clean, quick, easy service and reasonable shipping rates. Will certainly be watching your sales more closely in the future! - D.M.D.G.
November 26, 2011
Dirk: Thank you for the check. I do still have a few loose ends… Please tell your crew hi for me, they were all so nice to work with. - M.J.
November 25, 2011
Thanks for your note Dirk. I was very pleased with the way the sale was handled. Christie was very professional and was very aware of all details and procedures as were the the of your staff whom unfortunately I cannot remember their names. It was a pleasure to work with them. - D.K.
November 16, 2011
I received my item today. I have been very pleased with the item itself and the manner in which this transaction has been handled. Very quick service. - T.G.
November 15, 2011
I received the items, they were packed extremely well. Your service is outstanding.
I am looking forward to buying more from you in the future. Thank you again. - A.L.
September 2, 2011
I was an online bidder. Just wanted to let you know it was a pleasure doing business with you. You have a very reasonable buyer's premium and shipping was prompt and effortless. Please add me to your email list so I can bid on future auctions. - D.S.
July 31, 2011
I just wanted you to know that your awesome check arrived yesterday in my mail, and I will be taking it this afternoon to be deposited into the Estate account! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, a million times, for conducting such a fabulous sale for me! You, Sue, and the rest of your crew did an incredible job! - G.R.
July 5, 2011
D. & M.S.
March 4, 2011
Overall I was very impressed with everything from your recent auction and how things were handled. Your 10% buyers fee was certainly a breath of fresh air. It made me want to bid more! - J.G.
March 3, 2011
I received a message from Melissa with the information regarding the shipment of the VON GLOEDEN, WILHELM BARON (1856-1931) PHOTOGRAPH.
So everything is OK!
I would like to thank you and your company for the very professional, clear and efficient organisation of the online live bidding. It was really very impressive and it was a positive experience for me. - C., Paris, France
February 26, 2011
Congratulations on your sale. You got some tremendous prices and you did very well for your consignor. You did a great job. - W.B.
February 21, 2011
Dirk - What an incredible amount of work you do on these auctions! Thank you. I spent hours yesterday looking at the computer. - H.S.
February 15, 2011
Thank you!! This has to be the fastest ever for getting an auction item. Way to go! - Sarah
February 5, 2011
Hello Dirk and Susan, I attended your sale today (bidder #275) and have safely made it back home to Omaha with my treasures! I wish I could have purchased much more and was absolutely delighted with my total experience at your auction. Your staff were all very helpful and made my initial visit extremely rewarding. I am looking forward to many more trips to Lone Jack for upcoming sales and will try to attend on line when I am unable to come to K.C.
I am curious if you usually have 2 rings going for us who cannot afford to remain in the main (auction) room? I couldn't believe the amount of fantastic finds I was able to obtain! Once again I thank you for an absolutely wonderful experience. - B. Antiques
January 19, 2011
Dirk:
Quick note to let you know I received my lot. I have been looking for this rare piece for 20 plus years and was elated to find it in your auction (Frankoma Dealer Plaque $2980.00)-----super quick ship (3 days) --"WOW" and what a pleasure during my phone bid. Your staff is excellent and it was a treat to be part of your auction. - M.D.
January 11, 2011
Dear Mr. Soulis,
I am writing only to say thank you. I have only been using live auctioneers for a short while, but I feel qualified to say that you are at the top of my list. I am so glad that you have pieces of Brilliant Cut Glass with excellent photos. (I have found this to be rare). I also appreciate the condition report, again, very detailed for the bidder. I look forward to buying from you, and again, thank you.
January 4, 2011
Hello. I am a frequent bidder/buyer on Live Auctioneers and I wanted to thank you for your effort to post multiple photos and complete condition reports. In that respect you are one of the best houses on LA. - T.W.
December 17, 2010
What a pleasant surprise to find my postcards in the mail today. I had just sent an email to your shipper but when I went to the post office today your package was waiting for me. I assume I will get an invoice for shipping. I am very happy with the postcards and fast response. Hope to deal with your auction house again (love postcards and other ephemera) - J.M.
November 23, 2010
I want to thank you for expediting the packing & removal of items today.
Your "crew" were very cordial & efficient. They did a great job!! - D.B.
November 14, 2010
It's been a while since I've been to one of your auctions, and I was very impressed today. Your items were clearly described, and you followed the order shown in the auction listing. I also liked the big screen with images of each item. Your auctioning was crisp and kept everyone's attention. I hope you were happy with the results, and I look forward to another breweriana auction in the future! I couldn't stay until the end to personally thank you for your work, so thought I'd email instead. - M.B.
October 27, 2010
It was a fine auction and once again I would like to compliment you and your staff on a fine job and an enjoyable experience for me. - W.M.J.
May, 2010
Three Day Antique Auction
Over 2000 Lots Sold
Buyers from 18 States:
Thanks for a great auction.....Thanks to all of you for your hard work and the help you gave us in getting out of our building by the deadline. You certainly went above and beyond the call on this one. Please give Sue and the crew our thanks and best wishes. - S.S.
June 9, 2010
I am emailing to let you know the Railroad china I won has arrived and is as described in the auction. Thank you very kindly for accepting my bids. Everything went as well as it could possibly have, and I am very happy to have been able to buy these things. Wish I could have gone for more, but that is the way it was. Just wanted to let you know I'm a happy customer and to thank you for the opportunity. - J.S., Niverville, NY
June 5, 2010
We loved watching the auction via the Internet! - B.H., Lawrenceburg, IN
March 21, 2010
Just want to thank you for the results of the sale Saturday of the Salesman Samples. We were excited and of course pleased that the roadgrader did as well as hoped. It was advertised quite well and the floor bidding was great. A floor buyer, of course, would have been easier to see who won it. For sentimental reasons of where it went and how it will be displayed or whatever is always fun to know. Thanks again for a great job well done. - M. & L.J.
October 15, 2009
Everything arrived today, safe and sound. We are delighted with the outcome of the first sale and hope you are, too. I may have some questions after I look over all the inventory. What a job! - T.B.
September 25, 2009
Several friends have called, left messages, and e-mailed me how impressed they are with the sale. Very professional and well done they say. One of the neighbors down the street sent me an e-mail saying she’d never seen so many people waiting to get in on Thursday. Thanks. - D.O.
I wanted to thank you for the fabulous presentation of Mom & Dad's art at Sunday's auction. My sisters and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and were amused and impressed by the bidding we witnessed. We are pleased with the results of the sale of our parent's art and thank you for all you have done for us. We look forward to the future auctions. - K.W.
August 29, 2009
Thank you so much for your hard work. You did a great job. Very professional and attentive to details. I will rehire you and recommend you in the future. Thanks for doing such a super job!!! - C.J.
September 3, 2009
August 15, 2009
I have attended several of your Estate sales and have been impressed with the orderly fashion in which you conduct them, their cleanliness…I would like to be on an e-mailing list so I don’t miss them. - K.M.
December 8th, 2008
I truly enjoyed bidding in (and watching live in real time) your auction, and am looking forward to more of the same. Your items are well worth bidding for, with very affordable opening bids and accurate descriptions, and your auctioneers are the best! Sincerely, K.D.
Hello Susan,
My cash register, your Auction Item Number 39: NCR 313 CANDY STORE CASH REGISTER W/SIGN, arrived here in Las Vegas. I just want to write and tell you how happy I am with my purchase. Thank you for being a professional company and treating me, a complete stranger, with honesty and integrity and respect. I also want to thank you for recommending me to Dennis Kemp at The UPS Store in Lee's Summit, Missouri. The item arrived in excellent condition with absolutely no damage of any kind. That company did an excellent job of packaging such a delicate and heavy item. Thanks again.
May, 2008
Dear Dirk, I just wanted you to know I received the check today. Also, to say again how pleased I am with your work. You did a wonderful job and I'll never hesitate to recommend you. Thanks again and I hope to see you again sometime. Sincerely, C.........
Feb 20, 2008
Dear Dirk, Sue Tony and Staff
I have been remiss in thanking you for handling my collectibles and real estate auction. I really appreciate all your hard work and professional handling of the sales. I know it took some months to sell my eclectic collectionsand to list all of the items on ebay, no way could another auction house have handled this job. - L.S.
March 17, 2008
Hello. I just wanted to send you a message to let you know that my great Cabat vase arrived today. I am so overwhelmingly pleased with the piece... I just can't express myself adequately. Everything from the high bid, and the ease of which I was contacted from U.P.S. went just like clock work. Again, thankyou for a very pleasurable experience... the "Fellie" bud vase is perfect. Thanks again...My best, M.C.
On a different topic, we have participated in several different eBay Live Auctions. Your auction house has been superb: accurate description, accurate condition report, excellent referral for packaging and shipment, and swift invoicing. We hope to visit again!
We wish you a very Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year 2008.
Kind regards,
M N
The fine Italian glass bird arrived in California, safe and sound. The packaging was simply splendid. It is a real credit to you that your high quality standards remained intact despite severe storms in your region and other holiday business demands. Thank you! We wish you a very Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year 2008. - M.N.
Encino, California
Hi Dirk,
We were happy to see our painting sold last Sunday. We didn’t get there until about one pm and left after you finished with our painting but wanted you to know we think you do a great job. Thanks for everything,
J&D
Dirk-
Thanks again for your help, and wonderful ...even masterful ...job of the auction on my father's artwork. Our whole family has such deep respect for you as a person and admiration for your gifts as an auctioneer and art marketer. My mom continually raves about your good wife, and how well behaved and polite your son is. I want to do whatever I can do to support you.
Bruce R. ……….
Director, Training & Organization Development
You have added so much security to these past months I’m almost caught up with past bills etc.
Thank you so much.
Sylvia R.
Dear Dirk,
Thank you so much for selling the tankard and other items for us. We are so thrilled to have that much money.
Leta Jones
Westover Hills Presbyterian Preschool
Dear Mr. Soulis,
Thought I would let you know that the family of George B... is more than pleased with your handling all aspects leading to and the auction of his inventory of collectibles. The auction was a great success by reason of your preparations for it. Your ability to reach the potential buyer was a big plus. The catalog you prepared was outstanding along with your handling of the auction. Dirk, you handled all phases of this matter in a highly professional manner. We are most thankful. Last but not least, the results from your efforts was most impressive. Please know that I would be happy to recommend you to anyone needing the type of service you provide. With kindest regards and many thanks, I remain……..
Sincerely yours,
Paul W. B...
Dear Dirk,
You must be reading this note from a wheelchair, if not from a hospital bed. I thought last night that I hoped you were having a double martini, sucked from a straw, while your head was flat on a feather pillow. Our eldest son, R., attended the auction, and his wife called me early in the morning of the auction, and told us how to do the live computer broadcast. I wasn’t sure I wanted to do this, but she insisted, so I did- the entire auction. The speed of it all was so fast that my slow reaction times wouldn’t have let me bid on anything anyway. (I saw one picture that at another time I would have been interested in- the one done by the Hungarian painter.)
You well know that my admiration for you has been great and long lasting. The events of yesterday, your professionalism, your honesty are rare in our society that is so full of acceptable corruption. I hope you know my best wishes are with you for the continuing success of your business enterprise.
Sincerely,
Ronald M….
Dear Dirk,
I appreciate so much the professional way in which you handled the sale of my phonograph collection recently. From the time you started picking up the machines until the last one sold, you handled them with the greatest care. Your sale was planned so that it went smoothly and quickly.
I felt that the sale went very well, better than I had expected. That was due primarily to your advertising program.
Mary F….
Dirk & Sue,
Good Job! And a check 48 hrs later! Hope we do as well with the next sale.
Dear Dirk,
I want to express my thanks for how you handled the sale of items from my mother’s estate.
In an industry not known for its professionalism, you stand out for your thorough and sensitive management of the sale. My family and I especially appreciated how you handled the entire process, from the initial explanation of what we should expect, through picking up the items at my mother’s house, the inventory, advertising, the sale itself and finally a full and easily understood accounting.
Dirk, thanks again for your attention to all aspects of the sale. Looking back with 20/20 hindsight we wouldn’t change a thing and will recommend you to anyone with an upcoming need for an auction.
Sincerely,
Bill T….
Dear Mr. Soulis,
As we look back on 2006 one of the highlights for us was the success of the Antiques Affair last February. We had a wonderful time and continue to be very grateful to you and all the folks who volunteered to help us make it such a great evening.
Debra Parson
Steppingstone Development Director
Dear Dirk,
The Kansas City Art Institute would like to thank you for the time and energy you dedicated to the Vanderslice Holiday Shoppe and we hope you realize the importance of the role you played in this event.
Pamela J. Sibert
Vice President of Advancement
Dirk and associates
Luckily I was browsing the AntiqueWeekly Saturday night when I seen the auction ,a hasty decision was made to be on the road a 5 am Sunday morning.
I was luck enough to get the 2 carousel horses and a few other things that we had came for .
The main reason I an writing you this is to thank your staff for the very courteous treatment. your 2 ring men was most helpful in loading the horses for us,
My husband has been ill and not as active as in the past so this was a main concern when we bought them.
I ask to be put on the mailing list, we was most impressed with the auction and everything connected with it ( including the house cat who did her best to make friends!)
Hoping to be able to attend the Next auction ,am interested in the yellow diamond rings. Depending on which day they sell---
Thanks again
Bonnie and Loyd S…….
I wanted to tell you how pleased I was with the help and attention I received from you and your staff!
I knew when I called that everyone there was probably very busy, and I hoped that someone would at least get back to me with the info...I certainly never expected that my concerns would receive immediate attention, AND that several people would provide several responses to my questions. The young lady I spoke with was very pleasant, and provided answers to all my questions. This was followed up with emailed info and photos, even though I had said that wasn't necessary. I've sometimes not had that degree of professionalism, courtesy, and customer service when I've been standing right in front of someone!
This is only the second on-line auction that I've participated in. My first experience was very unpleasant, so I have made a point of not even looking at them. But you had several items I was interested in, and the fact that there was no buyer's penalty (I cannot bring myself to call it a "premium"!), made me more receptive to trying an on-line auction again. As I've said, I was very happy with your service, and should you offer any more items in which I'm interested (primarily early toys and early holiday), I will definitely sign up again!
Thank you.
Kathleen K…..
Just wanted to say thanks for a very nice auction today.
Dan & Cathy F
……just want to take the time to thank you for being helpful, I buy a lot of material per year, and one problem is shipping, the shipper you are using I can tell cares about the client and is treating people very fair, I being a person who owned a shipping store, know shipping and I also know rates, I quit using skinner in Boston, pretty much all together because of rates, with buyers premium and shipping I can hardly buy there. I buy a painting for $1000 and shipping and premium will be another $400 . Keep up the good work and in the end being fair and conscientious will pay, people are aware of being ripped off they just have no control over it. Your shipper is a good one keep him.
Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. Soulis,
Jo Ann and I …….. were bidders 111 today at the auction. We just wanted to tell you that in all the years that we have been going to auctions that we enjoyed so much the way you conduct your auction. You were so considerate and professional.
Mrs. Soulis, you signed me in today and you were just so nice since it was our first auction with you folks. We have been going to auctions for years but just have missed yours for some reason. Glad we came and we will be there tomorrow.
Again, thanks for the professional manner in which you handled all aspects of the auction today.
Take care and we will see you tomorrow. Bidder 111
Please pass this on to your staff.
Congrats for a great set up at the auction. My mother and I have been to several auctions being in the antique business for 15 years. And this is done right! Love the cataloged events, loved that the merchandise was put off to the side after purchased, loved that you had a view of the item on big screen, as the auction was going.
I was wondering with a catalog if items would be shown, of course I hadn’t marked the items when walking around and at the last minute afraid I was going to have to use description on what I was bidding on and praying it was the right items………..but never mind…..NOT only was there a catalog and great description, you had big screen view and you had the actual item being walked around!
The staff did a fantastic job keeping up and having items ready, I know that wasn’t an easy task, but they breezed thru it and made it look simpler than it was!
I just knew there was going to be a catch for smoothness doing the auction…that cashing out…or getting the right merchandise would be a problems………….so…..Okay getting ready to check out….went smoothly, friendly staff, ……………okay the hold up and complicated part is getting merchandise…………NOPE……..smooth, not a long wait…expertly done. Again Friendly staff, even helped carry out….YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME…! Wonderful…………
Again, wonderful job! We live in Blackwater and was about 1 ½ drive, But worth the drive for the great service, and handling of an auction. No doubt when I see a primitive auction, will do our best to be there!
Again keep up the great work, and keep up the great website!
Please pass this on to your staff, I know being in people person environment that you always hear the bad and there are very few pats on the back! So take the HUGE PAT on the back!
Will see you and your staff soon!
Business Development Officer
Alliant Bank
PS….Kitchen had great food as well…CHICKEN SALAD..WAS HUGE…didn’t even eat supper was still full.
I have left you excellent feedback for the great windsor. I am thrilled. I look forward to doing business with you again!
Dave H
Dirk, I believe the content sale wraps up what you have from Mrs. H…’s estate. Our family Thanks You for what you have done for us.
Best Regards,
Chuck H….
