DECCAN RESERVE
Hyderabad · By membership only

The quiet room where the city’s rarest things change hands.

Villas in Jubilee Hills, a Pagoda SL, a satlada of Basra pearls. Hyderabad owners list them here in private, and vetted members bid for them.

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Lots live
0
On the book
₹0
Members
2
House rules

Discretion is the product.

Every lot is vetted

Title, provenance and condition are checked by the House before a lot goes live. Most consignments don’t make it.

Every bidder is known

Membership is by application and a conversation. Only members can bid, so every number on the book is real.

Every paddle is private

Members bid under a paddle number. Only the seller and the House learn who is behind it.

Departments

What the House accepts

If it’s scarce, can be verified and would be worth insuring, it probably belongs here.

  1. Residences Villas, penthouses and heritage homes 01
  2. Land & Estates Farmland, plots, orchards and estates 01
  3. Fine Art Paintings, sculpture and miniatures 01
  4. Motorcars Classic, rare and hand-built cars 01
  5. Horology Watches of consequence 01
  6. Jewels Pearls, diamonds and heirloom pieces 01
  7. Collectibles Coins, manuscripts, memorabilia 00
  8. Enterprises Businesses with a story and a ledger 01
  9. Rights & Memberships Club seats, royalties, catalogues 01
  10. Yachts & Aircraft Vessels and aircraft 00
  11. The Cellar Rare wine, whisky and casks 01
How a sale runs

From consignment to keys in hand

  1. I

    Apply

    Tell us who you are and who introduced you. The House reads every application and usually calls before admitting a new member.

  2. II

    Consign

    Describe the object, set an opening bid, a step and a hidden reserve. We verify it before it goes live.

  3. III

    Bid

    Members bid under their paddle. A bid in the last 5 minutes keeps bidding open for 5 more, so no one wins by a last-second bid.

  4. IV

    Settle

    If the reserve is met, the lot sells. The House introduces buyer and seller and oversees the handover.

Each sale ends with an evening in Hyderabad, held quarterly: a private view of every lot, then the final hour of bidding live in the room with an auctioneer. Members bid online for the week before, from wherever they are.

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Founding membership

The first 50 members of the House

Membership is ₹2 L a year. For the House’s first 50 members it is waived for two years, with first invitation to every viewing and evening, a founding paddle number kept for life, and 3 personal invitations to extend to friends.

Annual membership
₹2 L
Waived for two years
Founding places
48
of 50 still open
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DECCAN RESERVE HYDERABAD

“We don’t list everything that’s offered to us. We list what Hyderabad will talk about.”

The House Registrar