Old Hat Auctions is an established and reputable auction house with over 20 years of auction experience. Its' founder, Stephanie Reeves, has appraised and sold antiques for many years. For more about Old Hat Auctions' services and background, visit our Appraisals & Services and Credentials pages.

After years of antique appraisals and running a store, our primary business shifted to managing and holding auctions. Though we still sell antiques individually, we have found that auctions not only often generate higher revenue for our clients, but also add excitement and more enjoyment to the process. Our auctions give sellers a better advantage and more opportunities, and are a prime setting for buyers to view and bid on items. Today, our auctions have evolved to a new level, where experience and technology have melded to create the perfect setting-live auctions on the Internet.

Due to the wide use of the Internet and the popularity of eBay, sellers benefit because auction attendance is no longer limited to how many buyers can show up at a physical location. Now thousands of buyers can preview and bid on items in our auctions from anywhere in the world. Buyers benefit because they can easily search and view items at their leisure, place absentee bids, place live bids and compete for the purchase, and handle the final transaction–all from their computers.

Old Hat Auctions is an approved and certified eBay Live Auctioneer–a veteran with many live Internet auctions under its' belt. We have compiled an extensive catalog of items in our past and present inventory, and the information and descriptions of each item are carefully researched and confirmed during our appraisal process.

Go to eBay Live Auctions (click here) and click on the "Welcome New Users" link in the upper left corner to learn more about it and the live Internet auction process, and register if you wish to bid in our next auction.

If you are a seller and would like Old Hat Auctions to appraise and sell or auction your items for you, please go to our Contact Us page and send us a message.

In Person: When an upcoming auction is announced, we usually offer a place and time for buyers to preview items in person. Though our online catalogs are thorough with complete descriptions, buyers that can get to the location, usually in Houston Texas, will have the opportunity to view and inspect items first hand. The location and dates for previewing items will be posted in the announcement box on this page and in announcements to subscribers of our Email notification service.

On our Web Site: Select items can be viewed in the Featured Items section of this Web site. Here, you may view items featured in our next auction, items currently for sale, and significant items we have sold.

Review Past Auctions: For a list of catalogs still available for viewing, go to the Past Auctions page..We have posted extensive catalogs at Live Auctioneers. These are primarily items that have been sold in past auctions, and a separate catalog is usually available for items that were in our last auction. This allows buyers and sellers to view the types of items we have had in our inventory, and review price ranges.

Auction Information
For absentee bidding, managing transactions, tracking sales, item searches, and other services, our auctions are set up with Auction Flex. A link to this service will be posted under the auction announcement once the items and information have been set up for that auction.