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 auction specific emails and/or texts.
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 bid.woodyauction.com
- Go to bid.woodyauction.com
- Click "Register" in the top-right corner of the homepage.
- Follow the steps to complete your registration - you must enter a credit card.
- For more detailed instructions on registering for an account, please click here.
- Once you've created an account, you will be asked to agree to User Terms when you place your first bid. After you have successfully placed a bid you will not be asked this again.
Online via LiveAuctioneers
- Please note that you will save money bidding at bid.woodyauction.com over 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 us (316-775-1480) or email us (info@woodyauction.com) 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.
Phone Bidding via Woody Auction
- Phone bids may be available for select lots in an in-person 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 you) 5% if bidder is having us ship their won lots
Phone Bidder: 15% by credit card
bid.woodyauction.com 15% by credit card or check
(We are required by law to collect sales tax in the following states: IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NC, OH, PA, and TN.)
LiveAuctioneers: 20% by credit card
(Invoice Paid by clicking PAY NOW and includes sales tax and payment processing fees)
After the Auction
Arranging for Payment
In-person
- Invoices including hammer prices (and buyer's premium if applicable) are available at the end of the auction.
- Boxes and wrapping material are available for you to package your won items for your trip home.
- Invoices must be paid in full before items are taken off our premises.
Online via bid.woodyauction.com
- Invoices (including the hammer price and buyer’s premium) are emailed (from info@woodyauction.com) shortly after the final lot sells at the auction. We appreciate immediate payment for your item(s).
- Please click the payment link and pay by credit card for this auction. Once paid, your shipping invoice will be sent later the next week.
- In-person auctions offer payment options. We invite you to read your invoice for full details.
Online via LiveAuctioneers
- Invoices (including the hammer price and buyer’s premium) are emailed (from noreply@liveauctioneers.com) after the bid.woodyauction.com emails are sent.
- Online only auctions require payments by clicking the PAY NOW button on your invoice.
- We invite you to read your invoice for full details.
Phone Bidders
- Invoices (including the hammer price and buyer’s premium) are emailed (from info@woodyauction.com) shortly after the final lot sells at the auction. We appreciate immediate payment for your item(s).
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 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 no 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.
