LiveAuctioneers: Bid @ Auction

LiveAuctioneers: Bid @ Auction

By LiveAuctioneers

  • Category: Shopping
  • Release Date: 2009-07-19
  • Current Version: 6.3.7
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 33.98 MB
  • Developer: LiveAuctioneers
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 13.0
Score: 4.74462
4.74462
From 7,111 Ratings

Description

LiveAuctioneers is the world's trusted marketplace for unique and one-of-a-kind items. Discover and bid on hundreds of thousands of treasures, from vintage jewelry and Mid-Century Modern furniture to rare, collectible coins and works of fine art. With live auctions added daily from 5,000+ auctioneers, there's something for all treasure-seekers, whether you're a passionate collector, seasoned buyer, or casual shopper. How it works: • Browse and search across hundreds of thousands of antiques, collectibles and luxury goods • Easily contact auction houses with questions • Place bids before auctions begin or watch auctions when they are live and bid in real-time • Check back often and follow searches as new items are added daily LiveAuctioneers is the easiest and most trusted way to find and bid in auctions locally and from afar. • Bid in auctions from 5,000+ auctioneers (it's like having thousands of auction apps in one) • Thousands of items added daily • Find auctioneers near you • Follow searches to be notified when matching items are added • View items matching followed searches • View auctions and items from followed auctioneers • Browse items by category • Search for live and upcoming auctions • View auction descriptions and catalogs • Register to bid in auctions • View item images, descriptions, and auctioneer information • Easily message auctioneers • Leave a bid on any item before auctions start • Watch live auctions and bid live in real-time • Save items, and view a list of all of the items you've saved • View a list of all of the auctions you've registered for • View a list of all of the items you've left bids on before auctions start • Search for sold items and access our entire sales database to research sell prices • Get push notification alerts when items you save or bid on are almost up for auction "My go-to place for the things in my collection!" - Dwight "LiveAuctioneers is a great auction site, with all the best online auctions in one site. Excellent way to keep track of your bids and wins." - Betty "Best variety of auctions; excellent customer service." - Stephen "My only criticism of LiveAuctioneers is that it's addictive! I've found incredible deals on rare and niche pieces of vintage furniture close to me that I wouldn't have found otherwise. A new way to find and shop for antiques, and WAY better selection than eBay, Etsy, or 1stDibs." - Casey

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Reviews

  • Live auction a joke

    1
    By Jmac_attak
    During a live auction it is lagging and only has an option to increase the bid by a set amount so if someone else places a bid right before you click the next bid increment you get stuck paying that amount. Now imagine hundreds of people clicking on the next bid increment and you could be stuck grossly overpaying for an item. Terribly for buyer but great for the seller, almost like a scam when it comes to live bidding. Deleting the app

  • Don't Ever Buy anything From this App

    1
    By 利奥Wong
    Totally Fake & Scam! I brought a shoushan stone from this App under Jasper52 and When I received item, the item is different than the picture that they shown ,so I ask them what is going on, and come back said they are sent me the similar item with the same value, I mean this is totally fake and try to scam people, using a better picture to let the people bid and after someone won the bid then they told you that they can't sent you the item that you won but they are sending you a same value item, COME ON MEN Do Not Buy anything from here totally a set up, then after all this They are offer me 10 Dollar off, HAHA This is So Funny, or they offer me send the item back also telling me the way how they want me to sent back the Item this is ridiculous, and Funny! I don't want my money now I don't care, I just want to tell people this is a scam app and do not shop from here and teribble customer service!!! Thank you for reading!

  • You will pay four times the worth

    1
    By Jeremymcbain
    Want to pay four times the worth of an item? Bid on this site. Folks, they are selling t-shorts for $500, with nothing special about them. Watches generally go for twice what their actual cost is retail. And don’t get me started on the shipping fees… Plus, there are scams abound. Save your money. Buy straight from reputable dealers, or right from the manufacturer.

  • Hate the automatic billing

    1
    By lordroos
    And also the delivery charges added without asking. Live auctioneers already gets a bite out of the apple, why take more and annoy your customers????

  • Overpriced and threats to sue

    1
    By £_$trut
    If you have an issue with a vendor posh reaches out to threaten legal action and sue you. Way to stand behind your customer. Bid increments are garbage too. Goes from 3 to 5, to 10k. Everything is overpriced from where you can find on the grey market anyway. If they don’t like the amount it was won for they cancel the bids at a whim

  • Some great finds, but forgeries abound

    2
    By Nicksname78
    I’ve been buying art my whole life, including on digital platforms. I’ve had a good experience with Live Auctioneers’ functionality and, most of all, the breadth of art, furniture and other rarities—on any given day, there are dozens of auctions to buy from. The interface of the app is clear and well designed. The watched search feature is excellent. Unfortunately there and some very bad actors they have allowed to remain on their platform, even labeling some of these “auction houses” that sell completely fraudulent work among their recommended sellers. I’m not talking about an old piece from an estate sale missing provenance. These are sellers repeatedly selling supposedly original paintings or drawings by famous artists—name one, really, and they have forged it. Live Auctioneers could easily deplatform these sellers and build trust and credibility but they remain and sadly people fall for it—some of this trash sells.

  • Most Auctioneers on this app are Shills!

    1
    By Davidmaxbaker123
    I’ve been using this app for over 6 years. In the beginning, I bought quite a few good deals and had no complaints. More recently, I’ve discovered a pervasive amount of shilling going on with virtually all the major auctioneers that consign to this app. I’ll search for a specific category and find a unique item I’m interested in. I’ll mark the item in my favorites, and register for that particular auction. Then comes the day of the auction and I watch the same thing happen repeatedly with every single item listed in the auctioneer’s catalog. It matters NOT that there are no bidders registered for an item. Every single item will open at its starting price and immediately skyrocket, by way of increments of what is displayed as “competing bid” until it magically reaches a value of somewhere around 80% of the auctioneer’s “estimated value” and then it rapidly closes 1, 2, 3…if no gullible real bidder jumps in. For all you newbies and would-be suckers out there. That is what is known in the business as shilling. In the old days, when people actually WENT to live auctions, you would occasionally encounter a shady auctioneer who had one or two hired SHILLS strategically placed in the audience. Their job was to run up the real bidders to excessively high bidding. If, by chance, the shill ended up winning the bid, no problem. The corrupt auctioneer would just re-sell the item the following day or week. I reported this unethical behavior to LIVE AUCTIONEERS. Their response was “they’re not doing anything illegal”. It wasn’t so bad when I first began using this app. There were numerous legit auctioneers and some good bargains. Now, it is saturated with fraudulent sellers and unethical oversight. Sellers! If you’re going to have reserves on 99% of the garbage you’re pedaling, say so up front. Don’t go through these lengthy mock-tions which result in the sale of only one or two percent of your items. Just say, “item passed” and quickly move on. You’ll find that many of the bidders on this app would rather not bid against the auctioneers. To be frank, If I’m really interested in something and I’m the only bidder, and I see that the “reserve is not met”, I’ll probably increase my bid a few times possibly reaching the reserve. But as long as this shilling continues to run rampant and there is no change in the corrupt oversight by those in charge, then I’m not bidding. See, ya!

  • One step forward two steps back

    1
    By Citrus Services
    In many ways Live Auction is a trailblazer. The application has traditionally been the standard bearer. Almost everyone I know in the industry uses Live Auction to search for goods and to preview upcoming auctions. The ability to review stored search parameters for items that occurred in PAST auctions is outstanding. If you have an older version of the app, don’t upgrade to the current version just yet. It has a few game stopping flaws. The area that my students found the most flaws is in the search function. If you saved your favorite search parameters in older versions of the app, you will lose the ability to alphabetize them in the new app. So… if you have sixty saved searches, they will be completely out of order. So pause. Live Auction is one of the most attentive companies in this space. They will fix the app.

  • Worst app ever

    1
    By RSB 369
    I have to delete and reload this app daily. If there are improvements to fix all the bugs, it is not apparent to users. Could be so much better. I’ve noticed the decline in performance over the past several months.

  • Needs work

    2
    By jasonsluck13
    Love the app when it works. Has had issues for months now. Listings won’t completely load, missing out on many auctions that i would bid on otherwise.

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