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As Cleveland’s oldest auction house we offer a range of services. Our Gallery offers a selection of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture and decorations through the modernist area. This is by appointment only. The auctions are internationally renowned, featuring fine art, works on paper, books and ephermera and decorative arts held in our gallery or on-site.

For over two decades our experts have worked with banks, attorneys, trust and estate officers, and family members who have been responsible for the dispersal of estates and collections. We will provide a thoroughly researched, comprehensive, written valuation whether it is for tax purposes, estate planning or dispersal, gift or charitable giving, or insurance purposes.

Laster's Fine Art & Antiques specializes in handling estates and collections, particularly estates of a high net worth. Distinctive character pieces and entire personal collections have been privately sold or auctioned to achieve the best results and the most money for our clients. Since 1973, we have handled hundreds of high-end Southern family holdings, including valuable paintings, prints, books, fine antiques and rare coins. We are always interested in acquiring and consigning antiques and collections of art in its many forms, and estate collections are of particular interest.

We have been buying, selling & appraising printed matter and manuscripts since 1970. We offer books & ephemera from the 19th and 20th centuries in many fields, including American Popular Music.

We have 25 years experience in appraisals of estate items & collections of many different specialties such as: Firearms & Accessories Coins Books Buttons Dolls & Toys Silver Jewelry Oriental Rugs Lighting Glassware of many types Banks Canes Pocketknives Oil Paintings Pottery Furniture – Antique & Used Plus much, much more often found in estates. These appraisals can be for different reasons such as: Estate Probate Purposes Insurance Values Liquidation Market Values We have done these appraisals for: Homeowners Bankers Attorneys Estate Planners Probate Courts We offer free appraisals at our

We are always ready and happy to buy any of your unused items such as: gold and silver jewelry (even broken or scrap pieces), sterling silver holloware and flatware, old paintings in any condition, coins and paper money, old books, and many other items of value.