It's always best to attend the auction in person to bid on the items you wish, but if for some reason you can't attend, there is no reason that you can't obtain some of the items that you would like to purchase. Amero's absentee bidding is always a convenient, easy and safe means of acquiring things that you want. As you can see, our specialty catalogs illustrate all lots to be sold, and as well give a complete description which includes condition. These descriptions, as per the conditions of our sale in the front of your catalog, are fully guaranteed with a money back refund. So if there are some things here that you think you would like to own but can't attend the auction, why not take a few minutes and fill out an absentee bid form or call in your bids, it's as simple as that. After the auction you will receive a notice in the mail from us advising you of what you purchased and how much they went for. Remember, at Amero's, the way we conduct the absentee bids, it's entirely possible to buy something for less than what your top bid is since your bids are executed competitively by bookkeeping in an attempt to buy the lot as reasonably as possible, just as though you were in attendance.
A. You can bid by mail by simply filling out the form in the back of the catalog and sending along a 20% deposit check or credit card information.
B. Phone Bids. On the more expensive lots, ($500+ and up)
Bid whatever you wish, there are general estimates of what the items might bring at the end of each description. These estimates are in no way an indication of what the items will definitely bring. If you will check our past catalogs, you will find some items bring less than low estimates, some items bring far more than the high estimate. So it's totally dependent upon how badly people want the items. There are generally two categories of absentee bidders.
A. The collector type, who seriously wishes to purchase a given lot or lots. To that buyer we encourage you to bid as high as you feel comfortable bidding. If you seriously want the lot you should not hesitate to consider going above the high estimate to ensure that you get it.
B. The net type of absentee bidder is the person who is a dealer buyer for stock or a collector willing to buy items only if they are at a real bargain. This type of bidder will often bid on a large number of things knowing full well that not everything brings a strong price, there are bound to be some things that will fall well below our estimate and that bidder knows that if they leave a large number of bids that they have a chance of picking up a few things at a very reasonable price. Some bidders will leave 3, 4, 5, or 6 pages of bids with us, based with that theory in mind. And usually they are successful with a few items. and the items they are successful with tend to be very good buys.
Some bidders not wishing to lose a lot for the same price or just slightly above what their top bid was elect to use our "Plus 1" policy. What this does is empower the bookkeeper to go one more bid for you in the event someone in the audience has bid the exact same amount of your top bid or just slightly above it. The bookkeeper will then bid one more bid which sometimes is all it takes to get the lot.
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