Before the Auction
Finding your treasure
We invite you to browse through our auction catalogs and listings. You can also:
- Subscribe to receive a direct mailer for our in-person auctions.
- Subscribe to receive a once-per-auction email or text.
Register & Bid
In-person
- Preview is free and all are welcome.
- Preview is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. the day before an in-person auction.
Online via LiveAuctioneers
- Go to www.LiveAuctioneers.com/woody-auction-llc.
- Click the FOLLOW button.
- Scroll down the list of our auctions until you find the one in which you want to bid.
- Click the blue ‘EXPLORE’ button.
- Then, click the blue ‘REGISTER FOR AUCTION’ button.
- You will be prompted to log in or create an account. Once you’ve created an account, we’ll receive a notification of your interest in bidding.
- Please call or email us to have your registration approved if you have not previously bid with us through LiveAuctioneers.
- Registrations should be completed and phone calls or emails received by Woody Auction at least 48 hours in advance of the auction.
Absentee via Woody Auction
As a convenience to our bidders who cannot attend a sale in person, or online through LiveAuctioneers, Woody Auction will execute written bids on your behalf for our in-person auction.
- Absentee bidders should complete the Absentee Bid Form (found on our sidebar) using bids with our increments (see below).
- Email the written bid at least 24 hours in advance of the auction to info@woodyauction.com. Alternatively, you can fax it to (316) 746-2145.
- If two bids are identical on the same lot, and at the auction these are the highest bids on that lot, it will be sold to the person whose written bid was received first.
- Lots are bought for absentee bidders at the lowest possible price, which may be below the written bid price, subject to other bids. Absentee bids are executed competitively.
Phone Bidding via Woody Auction
- Phone bids may be available for select lots in an auction.
- Phone bidders should complete the Phone Bid Form (found on our sidebar).
- Alternatively, you can email info@woodyauction.com. Please include:
- Your full name
- Your shipping address
- Your best email address
- Your primary phone number
- Your secondary phone number (or n/a if you only have one phone number)
- Your list of lots that meet the phone bid requirements for that auction
- We will reply within one business day to your email.
- On Thursday or Friday prior to the auction, someone will call to confirm everything and explain our process.
Bid Increments
Bid Increment
$0 - $30 $5
$30 - $100 $10
$100 - $300 $25
$300 - $1,000 $50
$1,000 - $2,000 $100
$2,000 - $5,000 $250
$5,000 - $10,000 $500
$10,000 - $50,000 $1,000
$50,000 and more $2,500
Buyer's Premium
TYPE OF BID BUYER'S PREMIUM
In-Person Bidder: 0% by cash or check
5% by credit card
Proxy Bidder: 0% if bidder takes items and pays cash/check
(Bidder at auction bidding for someone else) 5% if bidder is not doing both of the above
Phone Bidder: 10% by cash or check
15% by credit card
Absentee Bidder: 10% by cash or check
15% by credit card
LiveAuctioneers: 15% by cash or check
20%f by credit card
After the Auction
Arranging for Payment
In-person
- Invoices including hammer prices are available at the end of the auction.
- Boxes and wrapping material are available for you to package your property for your trip home.
- Invoices must be paid in full before items are taken off our premises.
Online via LiveAuctioneers
- Invoices (including the hammer price and buyer’s premium) are sent via LiveAuctioneers within an hour after the final lot sells at the auction.
- Online only auctions require payments by clicking the CHECK OUT button on your invoice.
- In-person auctions offer payment options. We invite you to read your invoice for full details.
Absentee/Phone Bidders
- Invoices (including the hammer price and buyer’s premium) are emailed or the bidder is called if no email address was provided.
Shipping Your New Treasures
- We proudly provide unparalleled in-house shipping services.
- We set the industry standard in the care we take to carefully wrap, pack, and ship your items for safe arrival.
- We package invoices in the order they are paid.
- Once your purchase has been packaged and shipping is determined, we will send a second invoice via LiveAuctioneers for the materials and shipping charges. This invoice includes your tracking number(s).
- Please read your invoice to determine the payment options for the auction.
- Our shipping is a combination of what we paid for the materials plus exactly what UPS charges us (we pass our 24% discount to the bidder), and then we round the total up to the next dollar to cover for unknown increases in material costs. We do not charge a handling fee or personnel hours - there is not profit in our shipping service.
Outside Shipper
Woody Auction is able to pack and ship most auction items, but there may be a few large or heavy items which require the bidder's use of a professional pack and ship company.
- When you need a professional pack and shipper, this limited Shipper List is provided for your research.
- We are not in a position to recommend anyone; therefore we leave the decision up to you.
- An internet search may be helpful for finding pack and ship (or "less than load") companies in your area.
- We require a written authorization from the purchaser to release property to any third party.
- You may fax our Shipping Release Form to (316) 746-2145 or email your authorization to info@woodyauction.com.
