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Professional auctioneers

Timed and live sales, buyer’s premiums and consignor statements. A fee per lot and no commission.

Catalog

Estimates and condition reports on every lot

Import your catalog from a spreadsheet, images and categories included. Bidders see each lot’s estimate and condition report.

One lot in the dashboard. Its pictures, description and current bid.One lot in the dashboard. Its pictures, description and current bid.

Use cases

  • Auction houses

    Art, antiques, collectibles and estates, sold timed or live to the bidders who know your house.

    Organizations like yours
    Fine art and antiques houses, collectibles specialists, general and estate auctioneers
    • A live room the online event continues into, run from a clerk’s console
    • Estimates and condition reports on each lot
    • Banded buyer’s premiums and fixed fees
    • A consignor on each lot, their agreed terms and numbered statements
    • Artist resale royalties charged to the buyer, and the royalty report
    Full list

    Admission

    • One bidder book, added to from a file or another event, and email invitations
    • Each new bidder approved by you, after your registration questions
    • Approved groups who can bid in every event you open to them
    • An item offered first to a chosen group, until a time you set
    • A cap on what one bidder can win in an event
    • A bidder excluded from one event or from all of them
    • Versioned conditions and each bidder’s recorded acceptance
    • Conditions published a set time before an event opens
    • Proof of address and sanctions screening of bidders, on your provider account Coming soon

    Event formats

    • Timed auctions, staggered closes and a soft close
    • A live room the online event continues into, run from a clerk’s console
    • Maximum bids, left before a lot opens
    • Bid increments by price band, for an event or a single lot
    • Reserves, and how much of each bidders see
    • Estimates and condition reports on each lot
    • Documents on each item, for everyone or for approved bidders only
    • Sealed bids, hidden from you until the close
    • Open bidding that seals for the last stretch before the close
    • Lots of identical units, bid for by quantity
    • Buy now on chosen lots
    • Offers on unsold lots after the close
    • An event cloned with its settings, design and unsold items
    • A catalog imported from a spreadsheet, checked before anything is created
    • Low-latency video of your room Coming soon
    • Catalog imports that create categories and take a zip of images
    • Bids on many lots in one sheet, from a form or a file Coming soon
    • Bids made for the seller recorded and marked as vendor bids Coming soon
    • Recurring events created on a schedule, and saved event templates
    • Item facts you define, such as mileage, hours, grade, breed or species
    • A fixed grading scale for condition

    Money and settlement

    • One invoice per buyer per event, and payment recorded by you
    • Banded buyer’s premiums and fixed fees
    • Tax treatment set per lot, and buyers’ exemption certificates
    • A consignor on each lot, their agreed terms and numbered statements
    • Collection slots that buyers book, and a pick list
    • Unsold items recorded as returned, donated or recycled
    • A consignor column in the catalog import
    • Guarantees, advances and overage splits for consignors
    • A report for each consignor, and exports of statements and orders Coming soon
    • Trade accounts with payment terms and a credit limit across your events
    • Storage fees, and a surcharge for online bidders Coming soon
    • Receipts, labels and storage locations for goods you take in
    • Valuation requests, and one record per client Coming soon
    • Delivery quotes from your carrier at checkout
    • More currencies for your events
    • Artist resale royalties charged to the buyer, and the royalty report

    Communications

    • Email to registered bidders, a group, the winners or the unpaid
    • Outbid, closing-soon and results notices
    • Saved searches and alerts for new items
    • Followers emailed when you list a new public event
    • Exports of every bid, result and registration
    • Messages to everyone in your bidder book, a group or your followers Coming soon

    Your brand and pricing

    • Your logo, colors and stylesheet on every page
    • Your event pages embedded in your website
    • Bidder accounts held on your site
    • A fee per item, whatever it fetches
    • Your trading registration shown on your pages and in your conditions Coming soon
    • Your content in more than one language Coming soon
  • Industrial and insolvency auctioneers

    Selling plant, stock and business assets for liquidators and receivers, to buyers you already know.

    Organizations like yours
    Industrial auctioneers, insolvency and asset-realization auctioneers
    • Sealed bids, hidden from you until the close
    • Winning bids you accept one by one
    • A lot withdrawn on instruction, even with bids, and the reason recorded
    • A consignor kept from bidding on the lots they consign
    Full list

    Admission

    • One bidder book, added to from a file or another event, and email invitations
    • Each new bidder approved by you, after your registration questions
    • Approved groups who can bid in every event you open to them
    • An item offered first to a chosen group, until a time you set
    • A cap on what one bidder can win in an event
    • A bidder excluded from one event or from all of them
    • Versioned conditions and each bidder’s recorded acceptance
    • Conditions published a set time before an event opens
    • Proof of address and sanctions screening of bidders, on your provider account Coming soon
    • A consignor kept from bidding on the lots they consign
    • Bidders declaring any connection to the seller when they register Coming soon

    Event formats

    • Timed auctions, staggered closes and a soft close
    • A live room the online event continues into, run from a clerk’s console
    • Maximum bids, left before a lot opens
    • Bid increments by price band, for an event or a single lot
    • Reserves, and how much of each bidders see
    • Estimates and condition reports on each lot
    • Documents on each item, for everyone or for approved bidders only
    • Sealed bids, hidden from you until the close
    • Open bidding that seals for the last stretch before the close
    • Lots of identical units, bid for by quantity
    • Buy now on chosen lots
    • Offers on unsold lots after the close
    • An event cloned with its settings, design and unsold items
    • A catalog imported from a spreadsheet, checked before anything is created
    • Low-latency video of your room Coming soon
    • Catalog imports that create categories and take a zip of images
    • Bids on many lots in one sheet, from a form or a file Coming soon
    • Bids made for the seller recorded and marked as vendor bids Coming soon
    • Recurring events created on a schedule, and saved event templates
    • Item facts you define, such as mileage, hours, grade, breed or species
    • A fixed grading scale for condition
    • Winning bids you accept one by one
    • A lot withdrawn on instruction, even with bids, and the reason recorded
    • A lot offered as one and in its parts, awarded to the better result Coming soon

    Money and settlement

    • One invoice per buyer per event, and payment recorded by you
    • Banded buyer’s premiums and fixed fees
    • Tax treatment set per lot, and buyers’ exemption certificates
    • A consignor on each lot, their agreed terms and numbered statements
    • Collection slots that buyers book, and a pick list
    • Unsold items recorded as returned, donated or recycled
    • A consignor column in the catalog import
    • Guarantees, advances and overage splits for consignors
    • A report for each consignor, and exports of statements and orders Coming soon
    • Trade accounts with payment terms and a credit limit across your events
    • Storage fees, and a surcharge for online bidders Coming soon
    • Receipts, labels and storage locations for goods you take in
    • Valuation requests, and one record per client Coming soon
    • Delivery quotes from your carrier at checkout
    • More currencies for your events

    Communications

    • Email to registered bidders, a group, the winners or the unpaid
    • Outbid, closing-soon and results notices
    • Saved searches and alerts for new items
    • Followers emailed when you list a new public event
    • Exports of every bid, result and registration
    • Messages to everyone in your bidder book, a group or your followers Coming soon

    Your brand and pricing

    • Your logo, colors and stylesheet on every page
    • Your event pages embedded in your website
    • Bidder accounts held on your site
    • A fee per item, whatever it fetches
    • Your trading registration shown on your pages and in your conditions Coming soon
    • Your content in more than one language Coming soon
  • Livestock marts and breed societies

    Livestock sold to registered buyers and members, at the ringside and online.

    Organizations like yours
    Livestock marts, stock agents, breed societies, cooperatives
    • A live room the online event continues into, run from a clerk’s console
    • Lots of several units won by best unit price, largest total or largest quantity, filled in part or only in full
    • Quantities in a unit you choose, fractions included
    • Documents on each item, for everyone or for approved bidders only
    Full list

    Admission

    • One bidder book, added to from a file or another event, and email invitations
    • Each new bidder approved by you, after your registration questions
    • Approved groups who can bid in every event you open to them
    • An item offered first to a chosen group, until a time you set
    • A cap on what one bidder can win in an event
    • A bidder excluded from one event or from all of them
    • Versioned conditions and each bidder’s recorded acceptance
    • Conditions published a set time before an event opens
    • Proof of address and sanctions screening of bidders, on your provider account Coming soon

    Event formats

    • Timed auctions, staggered closes and a soft close
    • A live room the online event continues into, run from a clerk’s console
    • Maximum bids, left before a lot opens
    • Bid increments by price band, for an event or a single lot
    • Reserves, and how much of each bidders see
    • Estimates and condition reports on each lot
    • Documents on each item, for everyone or for approved bidders only
    • Sealed bids, hidden from you until the close
    • Open bidding that seals for the last stretch before the close
    • Lots of identical units, bid for by quantity
    • Buy now on chosen lots
    • Offers on unsold lots after the close
    • An event cloned with its settings, design and unsold items
    • A catalog imported from a spreadsheet, checked before anything is created
    • Low-latency video of your room Coming soon
    • Catalog imports that create categories and take a zip of images
    • Bids on many lots in one sheet, from a form or a file Coming soon
    • Bids made for the seller recorded and marked as vendor bids Coming soon
    • Recurring events created on a schedule, and saved event templates
    • Item facts you define, such as mileage, hours, grade, breed or species
    • A fixed grading scale for condition
    • Bids per unit of weight or volume, settled on the measured quantity Coming soon
    • Quantities in a unit you choose, fractions included
    • Lots of several units won by best unit price, largest total or largest quantity, filled in part or only in full

    Money and settlement

    • One invoice per buyer per event, and payment recorded by you
    • Banded buyer’s premiums and fixed fees
    • Tax treatment set per lot, and buyers’ exemption certificates
    • A consignor on each lot, their agreed terms and numbered statements
    • Collection slots that buyers book, and a pick list
    • Unsold items recorded as returned, donated or recycled
    • A consignor column in the catalog import
    • Guarantees, advances and overage splits for consignors
    • A report for each consignor, and exports of statements and orders Coming soon
    • Trade accounts with payment terms and a credit limit across your events
    • Storage fees, and a surcharge for online bidders Coming soon
    • Receipts, labels and storage locations for goods you take in
    • Valuation requests, and one record per client Coming soon
    • Delivery quotes from your carrier at checkout
    • More currencies for your events

    Communications

    • Email to registered bidders, a group, the winners or the unpaid
    • Outbid, closing-soon and results notices
    • Saved searches and alerts for new items
    • Followers emailed when you list a new public event
    • Exports of every bid, result and registration
    • Messages to everyone in your bidder book, a group or your followers Coming soon

    Your brand and pricing

    • Your logo, colors and stylesheet on every page
    • Your event pages embedded in your website
    • Bidder accounts held on your site
    • A fee per item, whatever it fetches
    • Your trading registration shown on your pages and in your conditions Coming soon
    • Your content in more than one language Coming soon
Timed and live

From online bidding into your saleroom

Open each sale online and continue it in your room from a clerk’s console. Bidders leave maximum bids before a lot opens.

The bids page of the dashboard, listing each bid by lot, sale, amount, bidder and outcome.The bids page of the dashboard, listing each bid by lot, sale, amount, bidder and outcome.
Your storefront

Your house style on every page

Your logo, colors and stylesheet throughout. Bidder accounts are held on your site.

Key features

  • Consignor statements

    A consignor on each lot, their agreed terms and a numbered statement for each.

  • Bidder approval

    Approve each new bidder after your questions, and cap what one bidder can win.

  • Premiums and royalties

    Banded buyer’s premiums, tax set per lot, and artist resale royalties.

Ask for an invitation

Organizations join Public Preview by invitation. Invitations are sent country by country, as AuctionSpace opens in each.

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Your events are subject to the rules of the country where your organization is established.

What you plan to sell, and how you run your sales today.