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Bidding & Buying

 

1. Catalog

All lots are presented online on our auction platform with photos and a description. Furthermore, you have the possibility to order our print catalog, exclusively for the Classic Auction, by giving your address via auktion@springer-vienna.com . With the descriptions you will always find the call price (excluding fees), i.e. the minimum price that must be bid. There is no hidden reserve for the knockdown, this can already be achieved from the minimum price.

 

2. Exhibition

Visit us at Kagraner Platz 9 and take a look at the objects you are interested in during the exhibition. In the run-up to an auction you can get an exact picture of the condition, quality, function and details of the respective lots. If you do not have the possibility of a personal inspection, call us and talk to the experts about the object, you will be advised fairly and correctly.

 

Location:

Joh. Springer's Erben Auktionshalle
Kagraner Platz 9, 1220 Wien
Tel.: +43 (0)1 890 90 03
auktion@springer-vienna.com


Free Parking: backyard of the aution hall, Am Langen Felde 14, 1220 Wien

U-Bahn-Station: U1 Kagraner Platz

Bidding at the Classic Auction:

General Information

At the Classic Auction only bids according to our bidding steps will be accepted.

 

A bid received earlier (bid-form) has priority in case of a possible tie.

In the Live Auction, the respective final price is awarded by the auctioneer after the exclamation "to the third".

 

Bidding live on site

It is of course possible to participate in the auction in person. When bidding on site, you place your bid by a show of hands after registration.

 

Bidding live online

You can bid live online via our auction platform. Your bids will be treated like those on site. If there is a tie due to an overlap with a hall bid, the hall will take precedence over online.

 

Bidding in writing in advance

You can already submit a written bid before the auction starts (from the call price up to your highest bid). This can be submitted by letter, fax or e-mail (using a bid-form) or our online plattform. Pre-bidding is possible until 2 hours before beginning of the auction. It will be auctioned according to the bidding steps for you up to your highest bid. Your bid must be made in figures. Information such as "absolutely buy" cannot be considered. In the event of a tie, the written bid received earlier will win.

 

Bidding live by phone

We also offer the service to call you live during the auction. After timely registration by a written bid in advance with our bid-form, we will call you directly from the auction room before your desired lot. Your telephone bid will be handled like a bid from the auction room.

 

Bidding at the online auction:

In the online auction, you place your bids exclusively in our auction platform. The bidding steps are the same as in the classic auction. If you are the highest bidder, your bid will be accepted at the end of the auction.

You can place a bid online for each lot until the specified expiration time. You will see the current bid status and as the highest bidder you will be notified in case of a new highest bid by other participants.

The lots finish according to a previously announced order and expiration time. However, if there is a new highest bid within the last minute, the expiration time for this lot will be extended again by 1 minute per bid.

 

Bidding in the silent auction:

You can place a bid online or in writing using a bid-form until the finish time specified for the respective silent auction. You cannot see how high the bids of the other bidders are. There are no predefined bidding steps, every full Euro is a possible step. The bidder with the highest named number as a bid will be awarded for the bid he has placed, regardless of the amount and number of other bids.

 

The auction of all lots ends together at a fixed time. In case of several bids of the same amount, the bid received earlier will be accepted.

 

In the following short video we show you the methods 'how to bid' for an Classic or Online Auction  (Example of the 39th Classic Auction).

 

4. Buyer's commission

Our commission (the buyer's premium) of 20% excl. VAT will be added to the successful highest bid (the hammer price).

- In the case of lots subject to differential taxation, 20% VAT will be added to the buyer's premium, resulting in a total surcharge of 24% on the highest bid.

- For fully taxed lots (marked with €€) 20% VAT will be added to the premium and the highest bid, resulting in a total surcharge of 44% on the highest bid.

Austrian VAT is only due for private customers within the EU and for Austrian dealers! EU dealers, as well as customers outside the European Union (third countries) are exempt from Austrian VAT.

 

5. Post-Auction Sale

Following our auctions, a post-sale takes place. This means until a fixed deadline lots, not sold in the auction, can be purchased immediately at the stated call price plus the usual buyer's premium. Take advantage of this opportunity before the lot is finally gone.

If there are several bids on the same lot, the lot will be sold to the first bid received. In the post-sale registration of those bids must be made manually in our system, therefore lots that have already been bid on may still appear in the online catalog as unsold, especially during the weekend. Therefore, please note that even in the post-sale, the confirmation of your bid will not be an indication of winning. No Post-Auction Sale for Online Auctions - place your bid before end!

 

6. Condition

In the description,our experts record the essential characteristics and any defects of the lots, described according to the criteria below.

If you have any further inquiries about the lots, please contact us. We will be happy to provide you with information and further references or photos of the offered lots.

The evaluation and description of the weapons by JSE are carried out without the aid of technical aids and under the value of the auction object appropriate and reasonable effort. The technical function of the weapon (especially lock, trigger, safety) will be checked by hand and its external condition will be evaluated by visual inspection. The shooting ability and shooting precision is not checked by JSE within the scope of the description and can also not be requested by a prospective buyer.

In the event that detailed descriptions are not included in the text of the catalog about the items to be auctioned, the following unified condition descriptions apply, this regardless of whether the item is an antique or modern firearm.

Classification of condition:

1 - brand-new/mint condition
2 - near mint/very little used
3 - normally used
4 - heavily used
5 - worn/defective

If you have any further questions about the lots, please contact us. We will be happy to provide you with information and further references or photos to the offered lots.

 

Bidding Steps (Increments)  (not valid for „Silent Auction“)
 

Bid EURO

Level EURO

Bid EURO

Live EURO

+20

                              20

+100

                    1 000

+20

                              40

+100

                    1 100

+20

                              60

+100

                    1 200

+20

                              80

+100

                    1 300

+20

                           100

+100

                    1 400

+20

                           120

+100

                    1 500

+20

                           140

+100

                    1 600

+20

                           160

+100

                    1 700

+20

                           180

+100

                    1 800

+20

                           200

+100

                    1 900

+20

                           220

+200

                    2 000

+20

                           240

+200

                    2 200

+20

                           260

+200

                    2 400

+20

                           280

+200

                    2 600

+20

                           300

+200

                    2 800

+20

                           320

+200

                    3 000

+20

                           340

+200

                    3 200

+20

                           360

+200

                    3 400

+20

                           380

+200

                    3 600

+50

                           400

+200

                    3 800

+50

                           450

+500

                    4 000

+50

                           500

+500

                    4 500

+50

                           550

+500

                    5 000

+50

                           600

+500

                    5 500

+50

                           650

+500

                    6 000

+50

                           700

+500

                    6 500

+50

                           750

+500

                    7 000

+50

                           800

+500

                    7 500

+50

                           850

+500

                    8 000

+50

                           900

+500

                    8 500

+50

                           950

+500

                    9 000

 

 

+500

                    9 500

 

 

             +1 000

                 10 000

 

 

             +1 000

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