Timed Auctions

 

Timed auctions are a relatively new concept, taking the lead from online platforms such as eBay. In a timed online auction, there is no auctioneer taking bids from a live audience in a room. Instead, each lot can be bid on for a defined period of time. Bids are placed online at any time whilst the sale is running and all visitors to the auction site can view the current highest bid. At the end of the allotted sale period, the bidder who has submitted the highest bid wins the lot, providing the bid exceeds the reserve price. Unlike eBay which is plagued by ‘sniping’ (winning bids being place in the last seconds or milliseconds of a sale), our timed auctions include a feature which will extend the time on any lot where a bid is placed in the last ten minutes, and will keep extending the time whilst bids are still being placed. 

Timed auctions are typically online for up to a week or two and our sales close on Sunday evenings from 9pm. We hold a sale of Fine and Affordable Art several times a year, we also hold periodic timed sales of jewellery, silver, wine and spirits and Christmas presents and often utilise this sale format to offer one-off single owner collections sales. 

 

 

Types of Timed Auction


 

Fine & Affordable Art

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Gold Jewellery & Watches

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Vintage Toys

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Wines & Spirits

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News & Articles


 

The Remarkable General Charleton

Featuring in our July Fine Art sale is a fascinating collection of 38 lots on paper, removed from a substantial 19th century album which has been in the possession of the same family since it was compiled.

17/06/2025

Titanic discovery!

Lot 970 in our Fine Art sale on July the 1st and 2nd is this unassuming Edwardian watercolour interior scene, guided at £300-500.

16/06/2025

Jacobite Rebellion at Reeman Dansie…

An historic letter from Bonnie Prince Charlie stars in our February fine art sale, together with a miniature portrait of the Prince and a lock of his hair. 

04/02/2025