Art Pottery Auction Rules

  1: All items on the biweekly page will be up for bid for a period of two weeks from the start date.

  All items on the weekly auction page will be up for bid for a period of one week from the start date.

  All items on the 3 day auction page will be up for bid for a period of three days from the start date.

  2:All bidders, along with a valid Email address must also send their name, U.S.Postal address and telephone number.   

Bid amounts are posted exactly as you send them unless it is stated that you would like me to bid proxy to the amount specified by you in your email bid. If you state that you want me to bid proxy for you I will bid in the increments listed below in rule #11, and only to the amount 1 increment above the previous bid. When I use a bid I will notify you what the bid that bumped you was and by whom and the amount that your current bid is. If a bid is retreacted or reduced on an item during an auction, you will not be allowed to bid on the same item again. If you reduce or retract your bid after an auction has closed the item will go to the previous high bidder no exceptions!!

  3:All items will be guarenteed as represented, if you find that something is wrong with an item you purchased: you have a five day return priveledge to notify me and then return it.(minus shipping and insurance)

  4:All payments made by cashier's check or money order will recieve shipment within 24 hours, payments with personal check will have a 7 to 10 day waiting period before shipment, to allow the check to clear.

  5:All items will sell unless there is a minium bid that has not been met. That item will return to the preview page for a later posting.

  6:Shipping and insurance charges will be as follows: inside the continental U.S.
Outside the U.S., shipping rates are considerable higher.

  Items to $500 (not to exceed $15),
  Items $501-$1500 (not to exceed $30)
  and anything over $1500 shipping and ins. will not exceed 3%.

  7:The winning bidder will be notified and arrangements made for shipment the day following the close of the auction. Any items to be shipped outside the U.S. will be shipped, U.S. Postal and arrangements will be made on the Thursday following the auction, so I can get price quotes on the shipping charges.

  8:Bids on items will be updated as soon as possible, normally within a few hours or by 10 P.M. , on the close day I will try to update bids as recieved from 4P.M. until 7P.M. If your bid is leading on an item and someone else surpasses your bid, you will be notified, immediately, by Email to give you a chance to continue the bidding. I will post the high bidders first name and last initial only!!! No personal information will be given out!!!

  9:The auctions will always close on Wednesdays, unless otherwise posted due to an emergency.

  WEEKLY AUCTION AT 6 P.M. (central daylight savings time)

  3 DAY AUCTION AT 6:30 P.M. (central daylight savings time)

  BIWEEKLY AUCTION AT 7 P.M.  (central daylight savings time)

  10:If you do not see what you collect on the bid pages, you can Email me with what you collect on the preview pages and I will try to get it up for auction as soon as possible.
  Be sure and give me a short description along with the item name (Hull, Weller, Roseville, Rookwood, Teco, or whatever the link name and number.)

  11:Bidding increments:

  13:Bids sent after the close time of the respective auction will not be accepted!!!!!

  14:The time zone is "Central Zone, U.S.A." DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WHEN APPLICABLE.

  15:This is not a common situation, but if when I check my mail at the close of each auction and there are two bids on the same item at the same amount, both bidders will recieve an email notifying them. They in return will be able to post one last bid, with the high bid recieving the item. These bids need to be recieved within 20 minutes so all items can be closed out.

  16:If payment is not recieved within 10 days you will be notified and then if payment is not recieved within 7 days you will be put in a bad bidder file and no bids will be accepted from you again.

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  I use several different price guides and auction results,
along with being a dealer at several large shows to arrive
  at estimates of the items and then set the reserve amount.
  I will post the reserve, generally it will be at 50 to 60% of the estimate.
  If you are requesting an item please keep in mind that with all the
price guides on the market that very few items worth are not known.