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January 28, 2025. 3:16pm. Thank you for your interest in our current auction of the Carole Wahler Collection, 302 lots of American ceramics presented without reserve. As we enter the final days of bidding, here are a few reminders / quick notes:
--First, to answer a common question we receive from new bidders, we do handle our own professional packing and shipping (via UPS) in-house, keeping the process as simple as possible. Final invoices automatically include your shipping / insurance cost, but you can of course still pick your items up, as many bidders do. (A few lots in the catalog have a note beneath their description indicating that they are too large for us to handle ourselves; these can be picked up, shipped by a third party fine art handler or via some other method of your choice.)
-- Bidders have until 9pm eastern on Friday, January 31, to participate in this auction. There will be a "soft" close on Friday evening, meaning that ten minutes are added to any given lot's countdown clock if it receives a bid at 8:50pm or later. A phone bidding session will begin at 10am on Saturday, February 1 (starting with Lot #1) for the top four bidders on items that have reached a bid level of $10,000 or more by Friday night's online auction close. All other lots sell on Friday night.
-- Just like our other recent auctions, beginning Friday morning at 10am, the website will begin notifying bidders if they are, in fact, in the top four for each lot. Remember that you must be one of the top four bidders to participate in Saturday's final phone bidding session on $10,000+ lots, and that your final bid must also be within 50% of the current high bid. (In other words, if a lot reaches a final bid on Friday night of $10,000, to qualify for Saturday's phone bidding, you must be one of the top four bidders, and have bid at least $5,000.)
-- We will be sending out a more detailed email about phone bidding and other end-of-auction notes as the week progresses. For those new to us, at the completion of bidding on Friday night, each bidder receives a detailed end-of-auction report via email, listing all of the items they've won, and any $10,000+ lots for which they will be called on Saturday.
Online Catalog: www.crockerfarm.com/stoneware-auction/wahler-collection/
How to Bid: www.crockerfarm.com/bid/
Thanks very much for your interest!
All Our Best,
Anthony, Barbara, Brandt, Luke & Mark Zipp || More Website News Briefs
--First, to answer a common question we receive from new bidders, we do handle our own professional packing and shipping (via UPS) in-house, keeping the process as simple as possible. Final invoices automatically include your shipping / insurance cost, but you can of course still pick your items up, as many bidders do. (A few lots in the catalog have a note beneath their description indicating that they are too large for us to handle ourselves; these can be picked up, shipped by a third party fine art handler or via some other method of your choice.)
-- Bidders have until 9pm eastern on Friday, January 31, to participate in this auction. There will be a "soft" close on Friday evening, meaning that ten minutes are added to any given lot's countdown clock if it receives a bid at 8:50pm or later. A phone bidding session will begin at 10am on Saturday, February 1 (starting with Lot #1) for the top four bidders on items that have reached a bid level of $10,000 or more by Friday night's online auction close. All other lots sell on Friday night.
-- Just like our other recent auctions, beginning Friday morning at 10am, the website will begin notifying bidders if they are, in fact, in the top four for each lot. Remember that you must be one of the top four bidders to participate in Saturday's final phone bidding session on $10,000+ lots, and that your final bid must also be within 50% of the current high bid. (In other words, if a lot reaches a final bid on Friday night of $10,000, to qualify for Saturday's phone bidding, you must be one of the top four bidders, and have bid at least $5,000.)
-- We will be sending out a more detailed email about phone bidding and other end-of-auction notes as the week progresses. For those new to us, at the completion of bidding on Friday night, each bidder receives a detailed end-of-auction report via email, listing all of the items they've won, and any $10,000+ lots for which they will be called on Saturday.
Online Catalog: www.crockerfarm.com/stoneware-auction/wahler-collection/
How to Bid: www.crockerfarm.com/bid/
Thanks very much for your interest!
All Our Best,
Anthony, Barbara, Brandt, Luke & Mark Zipp || More Website News Briefs
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