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.
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: 15% by credit card
LiveAuctioneers: 20%f 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 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.
