Consignment stores in NYC: what each one pays you

Five New York shops on our list take designer clothing on consignment and publish what they pay for it. The splits run from forty to seventy percent, and four of the five discount your piece by twenty percent after thirty days and fifty percent after sixty.

That last number is the one nobody puts on a listicle. It means a bag priced at three thousand dollars in March is priced at fifteen hundred in May, and your cut is a share of the second number.

Addresses below were checked against the shops themselves between 27 August and 2 September 2026, and every one is on the New York directory.

What each shop pays the consignor

Michael's, The Consignment Shop for Women, 1125 Madison Avenue at 84th. Fifty percent on items under $4,999, sixty percent over $5,000, seventy percent over $7,500, or your figure plus ten percent if you take store credit. Trading since 1954 under three generations of the same family, now Tammy Fluhr-Gates. Consigning is eleven to five Tuesday to Saturday and needs no appointment.

INA, 21 Prince Street in Nolita, with rooms at 279 Mott Street and 207 West 18th Street. Forty percent under $500, fifty percent to $1,249, sixty percent to $4,999, seventy percent above $5,000. Ina Bernstein founded it in 1993. Shopping is noon to seven, seven days, at all three; consigning is by appointment only.

Designer Revival, 324 East 81st Street. Twenty to seventy percent depending on the piece, with drop off daily eleven to half five, a prepaid label for posting in, and pick up across the metro area. Tiffany Keriakos bought the old Designer Resale in 2015 and renamed it. Cheques go out on the fifteenth of the month after the sale.

La Boutique Resale, 1132 Madison Avenue, second and third floors. A flat fifty percent, by appointment for the review, open since 1994 and seven days a week for shopping. Payment lands thirty to fifty days after your piece sells.

Tokio 7, 83 East 7th Street in the East Village. A flat fifty percent, established in 1996 by Makoto Watanabe, and the site calls it one of the largest consignment stores in the city. It publishes no hours at all, which for a drop off is worth a phone call first.

Four of these five halve the price of your piece after sixty days, and your cut is a share of the halved number.

The one that is not consignment

Pilgrim New York, 70 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. Our own list had it filed as consignment and its own site does not say that. Pilgrim describes buying one off vintage designer pieces from private dealers and auctions, and it publishes no consignment terms at all.

Worth the walk anyway if you are buying rather than selling: Margiela, Yohji, Comme des Garçons, Helmut Lang, Alaïa era Hermès. Closed Mondays, noon to five the rest of the week, which is a five hour day.

What the shops will and will not take

Michael's is the strictest and says so: designer labels only, sizes 0 to 14, pristine condition, and nothing more than two years old, with Chanel, Hermès and Pucci exempted from the age rule. It names the labels it turns away.

INA takes in season designer and contemporary from the last five years, clean and in excellent condition, and it does not take lingerie or swimwear. Designer Revival wants new or like new, and it accepts gentle wear on vintage but no stains or tears. La Boutique Resale asks for designer, new or gently worn, and reserves the right to refuse.

What happens if it does not sell

INA runs a ninety day clock and then keeps going: full price for thirty days, twenty percent off after thirty, fifty percent after sixty, seventy percent after ninety, and donation to Housing Works after six months. Tokio 7 and Designer Revival both run ninety days with the same thirty and sixty day cuts.

La Boutique Resale runs about ninety days with a fifteen day grace period, after which unclaimed pieces become the shop's property, and it charges ten percent storage every thirty days past expiry. Designer Revival charges fifteen dollars an item plus postage if you pull a piece out early.

Where to go first

If your piece is worth more than five thousand dollars, Michael's and INA both pay seventy percent and Michael's pays it from $7,500 rather than $5,000. If it is worth a few hundred, INA pays forty percent at that level and the flat fifty percent shops pay more.

Three of the five are within a few blocks of each other on the Upper East Side, which makes one trip do the work of three. Upper East Side shopping walks that stretch of Madison Avenue, and the New York directory has all 82 shops by neighbourhood.

What are the best consignment stores in NYC?

Michael's on Madison Avenue pays the most on expensive pieces, at seventy percent above $7,500, and has traded since 1954. INA pays seventy percent above $5,000 across three shops and is the easiest to reach from downtown.

How does consignment work in New York?

You bring or send the piece, the shop prices it, and you take a share of the selling price when it sells. On this list that share runs from forty to seventy percent, the shop discounts the piece by twenty percent after thirty days and fifty percent after sixty, and you are paid in the month after the sale.

Where can I sell designer clothes in NYC?

Michael's at 1125 Madison Avenue takes consignment drop offs eleven to five Tuesday to Saturday with no appointment. INA is appointment only and pays up to seventy percent. Designer Revival will send you a prepaid label or collect from anywhere in the metro area.

Which NYC consignment stores take walk ins?

Michael's takes consignment drop offs without an appointment, and Designer Revival takes them daily until half five. INA and La Boutique Resale both require an appointment to consign, although every shop here takes walk in shoppers.

Five shops, five payout schedules, and every address was standing on 2 September 2026.

Every business above is independent, was verified open as of August 2026, and nobody paid to be here. If one has closed or moved, tell us at hello@shopwithin.co and we will fix it.

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