Upcoming Auctions

About Premiere Auctions

Premiere Auctions holds several auctions monthly in various formats which include Live Floor Auctions at our gallery, Online Only Auctions and Online Only timed auctions. Every auction held by Premiere Auctions is listed in an online catalog on Proxibid. Auctions are posted online in advance of the sale so that bidders are able to preview what is coming up for auction and have the opportunity to place pre-bids on lots they are interested in. Links to the Online Proxibid Catalog are provided.

 If you can’t make it to our auction center to bid in person, feel free to follow our auctions and bid online with Proxibid. Live online bidding via Proxibid is available for ALL Premiere Auctions.

Every auction is also listed in an online Proxibid Catalog. Links to the online catalog are provided on our website and in email auction notices we send for each sale. Catalogs are posted online in advance so bidders can see what’s coming up for auction, and have the opportunity to place pre-bids.

Auction Notification Registration

When you go to the auction catalog, simply click on the “Register” button at the top of the page. It may take a few minutes to register, so allow yourself some time before the auction begins to complete the process.

Online Bidding Registration

You will need to place a credit card on file for verification,  and in case you choose to use the card to pay for your purchases. Proxibid does not charge a fee to register. You only need to register once with Proxibid to be able to bid in all future auctions.

Online Bidding FAQ

Absentee and Phone Bidding requests are only available for our live floor auctions held at our gallery. Absentee and Phone Bids are not available for Online Only Auctions.

Premiere Auction Options

Live Floor Auctions

Live Floor Auctions are sales in which we have a live floor crowd at our location bidding in person. During these sales, we will generally also accept absentee bids and phone bids. On Proxibid, you can place pre-bids in advance of the auction going “live” on auction day, but you can also log into Proxibid on the day of the sale and place “live” bids online as each lot comes up for sale.

We generally sell around 85 lots per hour and we usually offer between 450-500 lots.

Online Only Virtual Auctions

Virtual Auctions are sales in which we have no live floor crowd bidding.  In this type of sale, all bids are placed by bidders through Proxibid online. These auctions are open for pre-bidding, and then on the day of the sale, bidders can bid live against each other until the lots have all sold.  This is the most popular format we use for the sale of Jewelry and artifacts from the Western U.S. In these sales, we generally offer between 300-450 lots and sell around 95 lots per hour.

Online Only Timed Auctions

This auction format is very similar to bidding on eBay as this is the only format we use that actually has a clock that counts down. Once the clock hits zero, the lot sells to the highest bidder.  On these sales, we space the lots a minute apart, and generally sell no more than 300 lots per sale, and usually in the evenings.

One nice feature about the Timed Auctions is that it has a feature in which any bid that is placed within the last two minutes will extend the clock’s end time for two additional minutes to allow for re-bids to be placed so that you cannot be “sniped” at the last minute.