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
- 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 the 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.
- Email info@woodyauction.com. Please include:
- Your full name
- Your shipping address
- Your best email address
- Your primary phone number
- Your secondary phone number
- Your lot list
- We will reply within one business day to your email.
- On Thursday or Friday prior to the auction, someone will call to verify 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
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.
Online via LiveAuctioneers
- Invoices including the hammer price and buyer’s premium are sent via LiveAuctioneer after the auction.
- Online only auctions require payments by the CHECK OUT button on your invoice.
- In-person auctions offer payment options. We invite you to read your invoice.
Absentee/Phone Bidders
- Invoices including the hammer price and buyer’s premium are mailed via email or USPS 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.
- Please read your invoice to determine the payment options for the auction.
Outside Shipper
Woody Auction is able to pack and ship most auction items, but there may be a few large of heavy items when a professional pack and ship company will be required.
- 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.
