Anyone can register and bid in person at our live auctions. Registration opens a few days before the auction. If you want to bid online, you will need to register separately on our website. If you have any questions while you're at the auction, ask one of our representatives in orange. We're here to help!
Registering to bid in our auctions is easy and can be done entirely online before you head to the auction site. You will need to provide photo identification (e.g. ID card, Passport or Driver’s License) and also place a refundable deposit equivalent to 25% of the amount you wish to spend or your maximum bidding limit. You’ll then receive a digital listing catalog that includes your unique bidder number and an auction schedule so you’ll know where and where each item will be sold.
Take the time to test, inspect and compare equipment before you buy.
Most mobile equipment is driven over a ramp in front of the bidders in the main auction theater. Stationary or hard-to-move items are sold where they sit outside in the yard, or using our indoor Virtual Ramp theater screens. Large auctions are split into ‘rings'. Rings may be held at different times (e.g. ring 1 in the morning, ring 2 in the afternoon) or at the same time in different parts of the auction site (e.g. ring 1 in the main auction theater, ring 2 outside in the yard).
Watch and listen to the auction to get a feel for its pace. The auctioneer will introduce each lot and call for bids. If no one places a bid, the auctioneer lowers the ask price. When a bid is placed, the auctioneer raises the ask price. Bidding continues until no more bids are placed.
Electronic signboards are often used to show the current lot number and ask price (not the current high bid). When you place a bid, you are bidding at the ask price.
Items are sold in order by lot number. Similar items are sometimes sold as a choice group. The highest bidder on a choice group chooses one or more lots at the winning bid price. Any remaining lots in the choice group are offered to the runner-up bidder at the same price, and then to the other bidders. If any items remain unsold, the auctioneer will start the bidding again for those remaining units.
Make eye contact with the bid catcher if you want to bid. The bid catcher will relay your bids to the auctioneer.
Don't be shy! You can't bid too early, only too late. The bid catcher will let you know if you've been outbid and need to bid again.
Bidding continues until no more bids are placed. If you are the highest bidder when the auctioneer says "sold!" show your bidder number to the bid catcher.
Return to the registration counter to collect your invoice. When your invoice is paid in full, you can collect your purchases and put them to work!
Place an online PriorityBid before the auction starts and our system will bid for you up to your maximum amount.
Check our website, the auction brochure or your auction day listing catalog to find out if items are being sold by Timed Auction.
Bid in real time from your mobile device from anywhere in any live auction. Our app offers 5 languages – English, French, Italian, German, Spanish.