AUCTION INSTRUCTIONS

Panel Gallery Art Auctions are conducted online in real time.

Each item in an auction will be listed with a high quality image, all known details such as artist, title, medium, date, edition, etc., and a starting bid.

Registration is not required to view lots but will be required to bid once an auction is live. We encourage everyone to preregister prior to the auction’s opening time, making bidding possible without delay. Registration requires both contact information and payment information, neither of which will be visible to anyone other than the auction administrators, and neither of which will be shared.

When the auction is live, lots will each have a prescribed end-time. You may view the end time and the countdown, among other item details, by clicking on the item image.

Once registered and while the auction is live, you may make an individual bid on any item before its countdown expires, and/or you may also enter a “proxy bid” for any item, setting your maximum and allowing the software to enter only the next incremental bid, escalating to your maximum bid only if someone outbids you. You will receive a notification each time you make a bid, each time you are outbid, and each time a lot expires while you hold the winning bid.

An “anti-sniping” feature is in force upon all lots, whereby the bidding window for a lot will increase by 5 minutes if a bidder enters a winning bid within the last 1 minute of open bidding. Each participant outbid by the last-minute bid will receive a notification via e-mail with the opportunity to bid again. 

Local pick-up as well as worldwide shipping are available. We will follow up separately regarding the pick-up or shipment of items won at auction. Shipping is highly customized and cost will vary, so we’ll contact you individually to make these arrangements if required.