Questions I hear often

Create an account with your name, email and mobile number, then save a card before you bid. It is only charged if you win. Browsing never requires an account.

Each lot shows the next bid. Tap Bid, check the estimated total, and confirm.

A private ceiling. I bid for you one increment at a time, only as much as needed to keep you in the lead, never above your max. Nobody else can see it. If two maximums are the same, the earlier one wins.

Another bidder already had a higher or equal maximum. You will see the next bid amount.

A bid in the final 2 minutes extends only that lot by the same window from the moment of the bid.

Yes. Ask from the lot page. Viewing is by appointment.

15% buyer's premium and 10.55% sales tax. Washington sales tax applies to hammer plus premium.

Every bidder saves a card before bidding. It is only charged if you win, and it is charged automatically after the auction closes.

Shortly after the auction closes. Your saved card is charged automatically for the total of the lots you win: the hammer price, the buyer's premium and sales tax. If the charge does not go through, you pay the invoice online before pickup. If you win nothing, nothing is charged.

Not at this time. Washington sales tax applies to every purchase, including pieces bought for resale.

Pickup is at the gallery, Galerie Bach, 309A 3rd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, the morning after closing. Bring your invoice QR code or a photo ID.

Request another time on your invoice. Items not collected within 30 days of scheduled pickup are abandoned and relisted with no refund.

Yes. Add their name on your invoice. They will need that name and your invoice number.

No. Every sale is local pickup at the gallery.