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USEFUL ADVICE FOR E-MAIL BIDDERS:
The essentials of "winning lots" (as the Americans
so fittingly put it) at auction are:
Decide on the maximum price you would pay for the lot and bid
that amount. The estimate is a guide price but occasionally
the estimate is either too low or too high - use your own judgement.
We will try and secure the lot/lots for you at the lowest possible
price, other bids allowing. For instance if you bid €1,000
on a lot and the highest other bid we receive is €700, you
will get it for €750.
Avoid bidding round sums - winning bids are often odd amounts
such as €1,100, €3,200, €42,000 and so on.
If the lot is a really outstanding or rare item that has
not come on the market for some time and you really want it do
not be afraid to bid aggressively (within your means, of course!)
- in these cases the auctioneer's estimate is often well under what
it eventually realises, as prices on such rarities are decided by
the bidders.
Break ties: give us discretion to up your bid to beat an
equal bid to yours. If your bid is €1000 "break ties"
and a floor bidder reaches $1000 before you we will bid €1050
for you to break the tie.
Bids are taken to be in EURO (€) unless clearly stated otherwise
by the bidder e.g. "I AM BIDDING IN US$". Bids will be
converted at rates prevailing at the time of sale and at the discretion
of the auctioneer.
Bid in step: bidding steps in our auctions are: up to €950
- €50 steps; €1,000 to €2,400 -€100 steps; €2,500
to €5,000 - €250 steps; €5,000-€10,000 - €500
steps, €10,000-€20,000 - €1,000 steps; €20,000+
- at auctioneer's discretion.
Interested in several lots but only want to buy one or two?
USE LIMIT BIDDING: Bidders may limit their total purchases to
a set amount by entering their limit on the bidding form. This is
especially useful for bidders wishing to cover as many lots as possible
while setting a maximum amount to spend. For instance you are interested
in ten lots with a total value of €10,000 but you only want
to spend €5,000 - bid on them all and CLEARLY INDICATE your
total spend limit of €5000. Note that we can only bid for
you in the order that the lots come in the catalogue.
"OR" BIDDING: bidders may bid on two or more lots,
but only wish to purchase one, by entering "OR" between
the bids.
"BUY" BIDS: Unless otherwise instructed bids of
"Buy" or "Buy at Best" shall be taken to indicate
bids of up to three times the stated catalogue higher estimate.
Thus a "buy bid" on a lot estimated at €800 to €1000
will be taken as a bid of €3000. We prefer that you state your
actual top limit clearly rather than "buy", as it saves
problems such as two "buy" bids.
TELEPHONE/FAX/E-MAIL BIDS: Telephone bids may be made up
to 01-676 2888 (International Access +353-1 from outside Republic
of Ireland). Fax bids to 01 676 2880 (International Access +353-1
from outside Republic of Ireland). E-mail bids to bids@whytes.ie
. Telephone, fax or e-mail bids made later than one hour before
the sale starts risk not being entered in time. We do not accept
any responsibility for errors made in taking bids, especially by
telephone, but every effort is made to ensure accuracy.
LIVE TELEPHONE BIDDING: we can arrange to telephone you
on lots you are interested in and you can bid live on the line.
You must pre-register for this indicating the lot or lots you wish
to bid on and give a telephone number (preferably a fixed land line)
where we can reach you at the time of sale. This service is subject
to the number of telephone lines available to us at the time of
the sale and is at our discretion.
INVOICING AND PAYMENT: Successful absentee bidders will
be sent a pro forma invoice after the sale with details of payment
methods. All invoices must be paid within 21 days of the date of
the sale or the lot(s) may be resold by the auctioneer.
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