Consignment FAQ's
e Furniture to Sell? Let Acosta’s Make It Easy.
Whether you’re moving, downsizing, redecorating, handling an estate, or simply ready for a change, Acosta’s Consignment makes selling quality furniture and home décor simple.
From one special piece to an entire home, our experienced team handles the details—from evaluation and pricing to photography, merchandising, marketing and selling.
12 Reasons to Consign with Acosta’s
1. A Beautiful Wheaton Showroom
Your pieces are professionally displayed in our established Wheaton showroom, where thousands of shoppers come looking for quality furniture and décor.
2. Local + Nationwide Exposure
Your merchandise isn't limited to shoppers who walk through our doors. Our e-commerce site gives select pieces exposure to customers throughout Chicagoland and across the country.
3. Professional Photography
We photograph and edit merchandise to help your pieces look their best online and attract more buyers.
4. Beautiful Merchandising
Our team creates inviting, designer-inspired vignettes that help customers envision pieces in their own homes.
5. 24/7 Consignor Access
Our professional consignment system allows you to conveniently monitor your account and sold merchandise online.
6. An Experienced Team
Our friendly sales, processing and warehouse teams have decades of combined experience in furniture, décor, resale and consignment.
7. Knowledgeable Pricing
We use our experience and knowledge of the resale market to price merchandise competitively—with the goal of achieving the right balance between value and sell-through.
8. No Marketplace Hassles
Skip the endless messages, strangers coming to your home, no-shows, payment concerns and negotiating that often come with selling furniture yourself.
9. Professional Pickup Available
Need help getting your pieces to us? Professional furniture pickup services are available for qualifying consignments.
10. We Market Your Pieces
Your merchandise benefits from Acosta’s established website, social media, email marketing and loyal customer following.
11. Consignor-Friendly Commissions
Our tiered commission structure rewards higher-value merchandise, allowing consignors to receive a greater percentage on qualifying higher-ticket sales.
12. A More Sustainable Way to Furnish
Consignment gives quality furniture and décor another life—keeping beautiful, usable pieces in homes and out of landfills.
Good Pieces Deserve a New Home.
For nearly 20 years, Chicagoland homeowners have trusted Acosta’s to help sell their furniture and décor. You provide the pieces. We take care of the rest.
Ready to consign? Submit photos of your items today and let our team take a look.
FAQs
Please take a photo of the furniture item(s) and text to 331-222-9422, use the SUBMIT CONSIGNMENT ITEMS form or bring photos to the store including your name, address, phone number as well at the brand name and orig. purchase prices. From the photos, we can determine if the items would be a good fit for the store and set up a time for the items to come in to the store.
Yes! Please click here and we ask that after your items are approved, you bring the completed form in with your items (feel free to use as many copies as you need) CONSIGNOR AGREEMENT
We mark items down 10% after 20 days, 10% at 40 days, 10% at 60 days and an additional 10% off at 80 days.
We do not require photos of home decor, but we do schedule appointments.
*Due to space limitations, we may not be able to consign all decor pieces if the style, condition or season are not a good fit.
Our Lake Zurich location accepts hardcover books, large paperback books, Franklin Mint & Easton Press leather bound books and coffee table style books that are in excellent condition. Hardcover & paperbacks must be current material.
Yes! We consign authentic designer handbags & jewelry at both locations.
We have over 50 years of combined experience valuing previously owned and new items. We price items after we have had an opportunity to inspect them. At that time, we will determine a price with consideration given to the original cost, age, demand, overall condition, brand name and market demand. If you have specific pricing requests, please reach out to us before.
In addition to our beautiful brick & mortar showrooms, most of our pieces are available to purchase online (Shop Online) and our customer base is throughout the entire US! Additionally, we advertise on our Acosta’s Consignment App, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and our email reach is over 20,000 customers!
We are partners with you on a 60/40 (60% to you) basis on items that sell for over $750 and on a 50/50 basis on items sold for under $749. Checks are mailed on the 22nd of each month for the previous months sold items for all amounts over $50 (final balances under $50 can be picked up in the store at any time). Direct deposit available!
Most items will sell within the first 60 days, however, if an item does not sell at the end of the 90 day consignment period you may pick up your item within 3 days of your consignment end date or it becomes property of Acosta’s Home to sell or donate at our discretion (due to the volume of consignors we partner with, we do not notify consignors when items expire). We donate to the Living Well Cancer Resource Center in Geneva & Jubilee in Carol Stream.
If you would like any unsold items back after their consignment period, please mark on your calendar 90 days from the date you consigned and pick them up within 3 days of that date. You can also keep track of your consigned items on our online consignor access.
Furniture items are pre-approved and accepted by appointment only. Please call 630-366-0005 to set up a furniture appointment.
We have 3 options!
- You can drop them off.
- Use our Acosta's Express Pickup Service if you are within 10 miles for a $95 flat fee (up to 3 items, not available for large or oversized items)
- We can refer you to an insured delivery company for white glove pickups & deliveries starting at a discounted rate of only $125 per hour.
Call 630-366-0005 to discuss larger pickups and deliveries throughout the entire Chicagoland area, we would be happy to arrange this service for you. (Delivery time starts when the drivers arrive at your location & ends when the truck is unloaded at our location)
