Register To Bid

Attendee

You may register to bid as an attendee bidder.  Upon arriving at the gallery, visit the registration desk where you will receive your bid paddle with your bid number.  You may place a bid any time during a lot of interest by simply raising your bid paddle.  The Auctioneer will verbally recognize your bid.  You may also get the attention of one of the ringmen assisting the Auctioneer.  If you are the winning bidder, the Auctioneer will acknowledge your bid amount and your bid number (‘Sold for $1,000 to Paddle Number 153’).

The Larsen  Art  Auction does not process payment nor allow lots to leave the gallery on the day of the auction.  Winning bidders will receive an invoice sent to the email listed on their bidder registration form the day after the auction.  You may then arrange for payment online at LarsenArtAuction.com or by calling or visiting the gallery.  Once payment has been successfully received in full, you may arrange for pickup or shipment of your winning bid(s).

Absentee

You may register to bid as an absentee bidder.  Simply list your lot(s) of interest as well as your top bid limit (not including buyer’s premium) for each lot when registering to bid.  An Auction Representative will then bid on your behalf live during the sale.  The bidding Agent will begin at the starting bid for the lot and continue to bid on your behalf up to and including but not exceeding your top bid limit.  If bidding stops below your top bid limit, then you would be the winning bidder at that hammer price.  If the bidding surpasses your top bid amount, the bidding Agent will suspend bidding on your behalf.  Please note that there are multiple bidders on most lots and sometimes the auctioneer will recognize another bidder at your top bid limit.

Please note that your top bid limit(s) are not inclusive of the Buyer’s Premium.  If you are the winning bidder, you will receive an invoice sent to the email listed on your bidder registration form the day after the auction.  Please do not attempt to call the gallery during the auction to inquire if you were the winning bidder.  Please contact us the Tuesday following the auction if you believe you are a winning bidder and have not yet received an invoice.

Telephone

You may register as a telephone bidder and participate live during the auction through an  Auction Representative.  In this manner, you may make decisions in real time pertaining to your lot(s) of interest.  When registering as a telephone bidder, simply list your lot(s) of interest and phone number.  A representative will send a confirmation of your telephone bid(s) with approximate bidding time to the email listed on your bidder registration form.  On the day of the auction, an auction representative will call you approximately 2 lots ahead of the lot in which you are interested.  They will inform you of the starting bid and then call out the bidding to you over the phone.  Please inform them if you would like to jump-start the bidding with an initial bid above the starting bid.  Otherwise, wait until the bidding slows and inform the representative when you would like to place a bid.  The lot will not sell until you have a chance to accept the current asking bid.  There will be a final notice when a lot is ready to be sold (‘Going once… Going twice…’ or ‘Fair warning…’).  The representative will then inform you if you are the winning bidder.

If you have interest in other lots that are close together, it is likely the representative will stay on the line with you or place you on hold until your next lot of interest is ready to begin.  If you have interest in other lots that are later in the auction, the representative will disconnect and contact you prior to your next lot of interest.  The telephone bidding representatives are experienced and have been with the Larsen Art Auction for several years.

In the event that you miss a call or are disconnected from the telephone bidding representative, please do not attempt to redial the representative.  The representative will call you multiple times prior to the lot and, in the event you are disconnected, will attempt to call you back at the same telephone number as quickly as possible in order to continue the telephone bidding process.  Attempting to redial the representative will likely result in the representative receiving a busy tone in an attempt to redial you.

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