How the Auction works 05/20/2013
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Paulus Swaen Internet map auction (since 1978) Bidding at auction In order to place bids you must register with us. It is free, and we automatically update you about future auctions. Bids are placed in the bidding table on a item page or from Your Personal bid page. The bidding table shows the minimum bid, high and low estimate and the time left before the auction closes. The highest bid received after closing wins!. You may place a bid by entering any amount equal or higher than the starting bid or the minimum bid indicated on the bid page. You may place a new bid at the suggested minimum bid increment, or any higher amount in which case the Proxy Bid function will raise your bids with the minimum increase necessary to win the bidding (up to your maximum bid). If there has been a bid in the last 5 minutes before the closing, that individual item will remain open, until there have been no bids received for 5 minutes. more Your invoice will be available 12 hours after the closing. We charge a 15% buyers commission. NEXT AUCTION Closing is May 21st. 6.00 PM EST New York - 6.00 PM, Tuesday. Los Angeles - 3.00 PM, Tuesday. London - 23.00 Tuesday. Paris - 24.00 Tuesday. Moscow - 2.00 AM, Wednesday, May 22nd. Tokyo - 7.00 AM, Wednesday. Sydney - 8.00 AM, Wednesday. more time zones" Paulus Swaen specializes in old maps, atlases and globes from the 16th - 19th century. The firm was founded in 1978 and in 1996 a internet auction division was added. more In 2013 more auctions are planned for : - May 14 - 21 - September 10 - 17 - November 20 - 27 (consignments accepted until 2 weeks before auction start) In order to place bids you must register with us. It is free, and we automatically update you about future auctions. When no auction is active we offer items in our catalog available for immediate sale. (more) During auction period you can bid on 800 - 1200 antique maps, town views, prints, atlases, Medieval manuscripts. Your bids are accepted online, and pages are always up-to-date. We provide professional descriptions (based on 30 years experience in the map business). We provide high resolution images, show the (nickname) of the current bidholder. You can follow the auction in the convenience of Your Auction Watch. All our pages are auto refresh, so no need to manually refresh your bid page !  Guarantee We fully guarantee the authenticity of items we sell. We provide certificates of authenticity for each purchased item. Any lot differing from the catalog description in such way that it affects the value of the item, may be returned within one week of receipt, for a full refund of the purchase price. More... Condition rating  Each item we offer for sale is in good condition, although some have the usual minor imperfections of early material. Individual flaws are noted. If we do not mention tears, folds, discolouration,; this means there are NONE. We use the following key to condition. Colouring If not otherwise stated: Colours have been applied by hand. We determinate for each item the time when the colours are applied. We use the following key to colouring. Starting bid The "starting bid" is the amount at which we are starting to accept bids, typically this is under the reserve price. Reserve price This is the price for which the seller is willing, and obligated to sell the item. As a general rule a reserve price is set at 20% under the low estimate. If your bid happens to be lower than the "reserve price", the text message (*Reserve not yet met) will be shown. You have to raise your bid until the "reserve price" is met. Please note that only bidders are able to see if their bid happens to be "under reserve". Items are typically not sold under the "reserve price". However : A seller can adjust until 24 hours before the auction close his reserve. Please note consignors are under no obligation to accept bids below the reserve. On the other hand you have no obligation to buy if your under-reserve bid is accepted by the seller. If a seller reduces his reserve you are notified by email. When you do not want to accept your initial under reserve bid, you have to notify us immediately and before the auction close. If during the last 24 hours before the closing of the auction you still have under-reserve bids you have to raise your bid to win this item or the item remains unsold. Unsold lots are no longer available after the auction is closed. Raise your bid now the auction is closing sooner than you think ! Look here to see your local closing time. IMPORTANT : Sometimes a seller lowers his reserve to narrow the gap between his reserve and an initial under reserve bid. A seller can only reduce his reserve until 24 hours before the closing. Those items who did not met the reserve at the closing are therefor unsold and are no longer available after the close. The invoice will be available one hours after the auction close. Your Invoices. Items sold without reserve ! Some consignors are selling their items without reserve ! In this case a message "This item is sold without reserve" is shown. We usually start with one dollar, and the item sells for any amount at the close of the auction. Buyers commission The buyer pays, on top of the hammer price, a premium of 15% on the first $30,000 and 10% on the excess. Florida Sales Tax Buyers from within the State of Florida pay a 7% sales tax on the hammer price plus buyer's premium and shipping cost. My Control Panel  In My Control Panel you find all you need when you are serious in buying in our auction. -Here you may check out and update your personal details or shipping address. - You are able to see your placed bids on one convenient page!  Items on which you have placed a bid are automatically added to your Auction Watch. By default you are notified by email when you are outbid or someone else places a bid on this item. You can des-activate this email service here! - (Des -) Activate News letter our outbid email notifications. Auction Watch  Try it ! Auction Watch keeps an eye on items offered in the auction pertaining to your keywords. Auction Closing Beginning at 5:55 PM U.S.A. EST the computer will check each item at 5 minutes intervals. If there has been no bidding activity for the last 5 minutes the computer will close the bidding on that item exactly at 6PM. If there has been a bid in the past 5 minutes, that individual item will remain open, until there have been no bids received for 5 minutes. A countdown clock is displayed at each item page and shows the remaining bid time left for that item.  Invoices Are send by email and your online invoice is available 12 hours after auction close. Payments We accept payments by Visa / Mastercard, GoogleCheckout, Check, Wire and Paypal. For amount larger than $ 5,000 we only accept bank wire or US$ checks. Zoomable images Paulus Swaen was one of the first auction houses using high resolution zoomable images. Our images are still one of highest used in the auction industry. Click on the  icon and you are able to zoom into the image. The zoomfeature needs installation of Flash Player 7. Click to see if you have the latest version installed. Free download of Flash version 7.  Yahoo! WidgetsWith Swaen.com you stay always up-to-date! After being the first introducing zoom-able high resolution scans of our maps, we are still one of the few auction sites who have auto refresh of the bidpages, so no need to push your reload button constantly ! Now we are again one step ahead with the use of "Yahoo widgets"; Stay up-to-date with live updates of the latest bids received delivered right at your desktop. Get Yahoo ! 4 Widgets for windows and after this download the Swaen.com Last bids widget. (more). When will my items ship? Once you have have paid, your items will be shipped within a 3-7 business days. At the time of shipment you will receive an email with the ship date, method of shipping. Step 1 : Click here to view your Bidding Status Step 2 : Verify your shipping details and preferences. Step 3 : Check your Invoice page. You may pay by Visa/Mastercard, PayPal, wire, check. The links are provided in the invoice> ! Step 4 : Once you have have paid, your items will be shipped within a 3-7 business days. At the time of shipment you will receive an email with the ship date and method of shipping. Consignments |