Buying at Arthouse Online Art Auction

How a Timed Auction Works

A timed online-only auction is automated and takes place solely online throughout the Outhouse Auctions website auction.outhouse.ie

The bidding for each lot is opened at a predetermined level set by Outhouse Auctions website, for a set period of time. When the timed auction finishes, winning bidders will be notified by email. The timed lots will close at the specified date and time and will close in chronological order with 1 minute between each lot before it closes. Although the timed auction starts to close at a specific time, it will take 1 minute per lot to close from the first lot onwards. You can bid right up until the final lot closes.

Arthouse Day 1 : Saturday 19th November – Lot 1 will close at 3pm and each lot thereafter will sequentially close 1 minute apart.

Arthouse Day 2 : Sunday 20th November – Lot 141 will close at 3pm and each lot thereafter will sequentially close 1 minute apart.

During this period of open bidding you will be able to see the current highest bid on each lot. You may place a higher bid at the defined bidding increment you choose. Bidders are automatically informed by email if they are the winning bidder, or if they have been outbid by another competing bidder.

At the end of the defined bidding period the highest bid offered is the winning bid.

Some lots but not all may have a reserve. In this case, at the end of the defined bidding period the highest bid that meets the minimum price designated by the Auctioneer. (i.e the seller’s reserve price), the lot is sold.

Registration for Arthouse – New Auction platform

If you have never registered or bought at an online auction before, we suggest you carefully read the following guide to buying at Arthouse Online Art Auction.

We highly recommend that you create an account and register to bid at auction.outhouse.ie  prior to the auction end date(s). Please register on auction.outhouse.ie. As this auction is an automated timed auction, please give yourself plenty of time to register and do not leave it until the final minutes of auction closing. It can take up to 15 minutes to register. Once you have created an account, you must register to bid for each auction.
Arthouse 2022 is broken into a 2 day sale (Day 1 and Day 2) so you must REGISTER TO BID for both Days. Once you have created an account and logged in, registering for new auctions is fairly simple. When logged in, just click the ‘Register To Bid’ button.

Any queries you may have can be addressed to our Arthouse Team who are happy to discuss registration. Please be aware we might not be in a position to resolve any registration issues you may incur on the final days of the auction, 19th and 20th November. Please register early!

Steps to Participate

• Create an account at https://auction.outhouse.ie/register
• A valid credit/debit card is required. A €1 charge will be used to verify your credit card
• Once you have an account created, you must ‘REGISTER TO BID’ for each auction – Day 1 & Day 2
• Browse the lots and Find the lot number you are interested in.
• Place your bid
  • You can place a maximum bid (i.e. what you are willing to pay for the item) and the system will bid the next incremental amount for that lot. If you are outbid, the system will bid again with the next incremental amount, until you have reached the maximum bid you placed.
    NOTE: The 2021 auction did not have the maximum bid option but it is a feature that most online auction bidding platforms have and works in the same way as absentee bidding.
• The minimum bid required will also be outlined.

• If you have reached your maximum bid and are outbid, you will be notified immediately by email.
• To increase your bid, simply log back in and up your bid.
• When the timed auction finishes, winning bidders will be notified by email. The timed lots will close at the specified date and time and will close in chronological order with 1 minute between each lot before it closes. Although the timed auction starts to close at a specific time, it will take 1 minute per lot to close from the first lot onwards. You can bid right up until the final lot closes.
• In the last 10 minutes the lot is open for bidding, any bid activity will activate a 10 minute extension timer. Each new bid will reset the timer.
• Please be aware that other lots will continue to close as is so best to have another tab or window open (on desktop) to watch lots you are interested in.
• Buyer’s Premium at the rate of 12% will be added to your winning bid amount.
• An invoice will be issued by email and you can securely pay online through Stripe.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

 A quantity of artworks are with their respective artists.

Post Auction, we will endeavour to arrange delivery or collection of your purchased artwork. We ask for your understanding and patience.

If you are based in Co. Dublin, we will liaise directly with you to arrange delivery or collection, should we be in possession of the artwork.

Artists may choose to send the work directly to you.

If you are not based in Co. Dublin, we will do our best to arrange delivery to you within reason.

For all overseas buyers, we are happy to parcel any artworks purchased, but all postage costs must be covered by the buyer.

Buyers’ Premium

Please note a Buyer’s Premium of 12% of the Hammer Price per lot purchased will be added to your final invoice. This covers our administration and postage costs. If you have any questions regarding Buyer’s Premium, please contact artauction@outhouse.ie

Payment

All purchases must be paid for within 24 hours of the auction or you risk losing the lot. If you have any questions regarding payment, please contact artauction@outhouse.ie