Used antiques in Montreal typically sell for C$47 to C$1,150 (about $34 to $810). Antique values swing on maker, period and condition, and the market has shifted so that some categories are worth far less than they were.
Selling locally means the buyer collects from you or meets you nearby, so nothing fragile has to survive a courier and there is no packing to do.
Selling antiques in Montreal
Montreal has the most distinctive moving culture in the country: a very large share of leases end on the same day at the start of July, and for about a week the entire city changes address at once. The second-hand market is built around that single date.
The July moving week produces a concentration of second-hand furniture that has no real equivalent elsewhere in Canada. Prices in the days either side of it are the lowest of the year, and the choice is at its widest.
Measure the outdoor staircase, not just the doorway. The spiral and half-turn stairs on many buildings here defeat sofas and mattresses that would fit anywhere else, and the seller may never have taken it out that way.
Montreal, in Quebec, has around 1.8 million people, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Quebec City, Laval and Gatineau are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Montreal
Canada Post, Purolator and UPS cover the country, but rates change sharply between provinces and remote postcodes carry surcharges.
Sell your Antiques in Montreal
Listing is free and there is no commission and no buyer fee, so the price you agree is the price you keep. Most listings take about a minute to put up.
What antiques are worth
What lifts the price
- Documented makers, marks and provenance
- Original surfaces and untouched patina
What pulls it down
- Over-restoration, which removes original surface
- Damage that requires specialist restoration
Working out what yours is worth
- Note the dimensions, materials and any repairs
- Compare against recent sold results, not old valuations
Getting it ready
- Look for maker’s marks, stamps, labels or signatures, and photograph every one you find.
- Do not polish, strip or repair anything. Original surface and patina are much of what a collector is paying for.
Photograph
- The whole piece from a three-quarter angle in daylight
- All damage, repairs and areas of wear
Put in the description
- Approximate period or date, and what that estimate is based on
- Condition including all damage, repairs, replacements and restoration
Steady with a specialist buyer base. Well-documented pieces with clear marks sell within weeks; unmarked items take longer and sell on appearance.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Quebec)
Common questions
Where can I sell antiques in Montreal?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. The outdoor staircases that front so many buildings here are narrow, steep and often spiral, and they defeat more furniture than anything else. Establish the stairs before the price, and remember that winter makes all of it considerably harder.
Is it a reproduction?
Say what you know. Reproductions are common and sell perfectly well when described as such; misdescribed ones cause disputes.
How much are antiques worth in Montreal?
Most used antiques change hands for C$47 to C$1,150 (about $34 to $810). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling antiques across Canada, what antiques are worth, everything second hand in Montreal, or Art & Collectables in Montreal.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.