Pre-Bidding

Pre-Bidding on items in the Live Auction.

If you are unable to bid live with the auctioneer (in person or online), use our pre-bidding system to place a priority pre-bid. Pre-bidding using your max bid amount is a way to ensure that you don’t miss the item as live auctions do not have a specific start or end time. 

Submit the maximum amount you are willing to bid up to and the system will bid for you up to your maximum bid.  The system will only bid for you if another bid is placed. Our system will notify you if you have been outbid on your maximum bid amount prior to the item going live.

Pre-Bidding is not required to participate in the live auction and does not ensure that you are the winning bidder. Bidding live with the auctioneer (in person or online) is the best way to ensure that you are the winning bidder.    

Pre-Bidding does not determine the auctioneers start / asking price.  The auctioneer can open the bidding higher than the current pre-bid amount if a live bidder is willing to bid.  The auctioneers start / asking price will not be determined until the auctioneer has started the live bidding.  

Items in the live auction do not have a specific start / end time, these items are sold by a live auctioneer and the starting times posted are an approximate time that the item will go live for bidding. 

Bidding on items in the Timed Online Auction

Items selling by timed online auction must have bids placed online prior to the closing time.

Submit your maximum amount you are willing to bid up to and the system will bid for you up to your maximum bid.  The system will only bid for you if another bid is placed. Our system will notify you if you have been outbid on your maximum bid amount.

Closing times will be shown on each item and will be spaced between the next item (ex.1 item sold every 30 seconds)

Extensions are given on each item when bidding happens within the last 20 seconds.  If a bid is placed with only 2 seconds left, the item will reset and go back to a 20 second count down.

 All bids placed must follow the bidding increment schedule

Bid Increment Schedule From To Increment $0.00 $100.00 $5.00 $100.00 $250.00 $10.00 $250.00 $500.00 $25.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $50.00 $1,000.00 $5,000.00 $100.00 $5,000.00 $10,000.00 $250.00 $10,000.00 $50,000.00 $500.00 $50,000.00 $250,000.00 $1,000.00 $250,000.00 + $2,500.00

*All bids are binding and cannot be retracted*