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Archive for February, 2012

Register to Participate in Real Time Auctions

With approval, you can plan to attend the auction online or place absentee bids and go about your business.

The Advantages of Absentee Bidding Online

If you’re not free when the auction takes place, you can place your top bid and the house will take care of bidding for you up to your maximum bid. You can rebid and raise your maximum bid without bidding against yourself in this fashion either.

The Cost of Online Bidding

Each house places a buyer’s premium upon items they auction, and the numbers are made clear before you place your bid.

Learn to Bid Online: Auction Houses Use the Internet to Make Things Easier

Antique auction houses aren’t as available or even as appreciated as they once were.

Typically, antique auction houses have a buyer premium that they charge to each seller that comes out of the auction price. Check your local neighborhood for antique auction houses so that you can see what places are near you, and then go out and visit them on auction day.

Antique Auction Houses – Finding the Best Places to Sell and Buy Antiques

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So let’s talk centerpieces.

Benefit auction centerpieces tend to fall into two camps: a “single item” centerpiece versus what I call “the cornucopia” centerpiece. An example of a single item would be a floral centerpiece in a vase.

Assume an auction has a beach theme. The next table has a toy sand bucket filled with toy tools. Sand and seashells might be on all tables, but the larger props create a “tablescape” which will vary from table to table. Each table uses a cornucopia of props!

First, production is usually easier to coordinate for single item centerpieces. If you’re using a professional florist, a single item centerpiece may save you money because it’s easier to execute. If your guests are accustomed to buying or winning the auction centerpieces, offering them a cornucopia option could be a challenge.

A popular item to sell at benefit auctions is the opportunity to dine at the Chef’s Table in a restaurant.

Perhaps not every restaurant has one, but a Chef’s Table is a table situated within the kitchen of the restaurant.

Sometimes a restaurant will book the Chef’s Table when the restaurant is at capacity. The restaurant was packed, and the only table large enough to accommodate our entire group was the Chef’s Table in the kitchen.

Benefit Auction Ideas – A Great Auction Item For Your Dining Category is a Chef’s Table

Do you want to use mini storage auctions as a way to make money? It is said that the more storage unit auctions you attend, the better your chances are for making a profit. If you seriously want to make money with mini storage auctions, arrive early. Are you bidding on sealed storage bins or whole storage bays?Bidding too high on blind bids. If you want to make money with mini storage auctions, it is important to know what you can profit from reselling.