Auction Venues

There are four primary auction venues available to our Associate Sellers. Of the four, MONTHLY SALES, SPECIALTY AUCTIONS, and FRESH are open to all Associates. Creating a SINGLE ASSOCIATE AUCTION requires prior approval.

Each of these venues are promoted on the iGavel homepage, and are identified by a four letter or character code. This code serves as an identifying "marker" for the sale, and links a lot to a specific sale. The sale code must be included at the end of the title for each lot (i.e. Cloisonn Tripod Cencer, Ming, FR3SH) whereby FR3SH is the sale code for the sale. A calendar of sales and sale codes are available to all associates on the IG Associate website.

If you are going to participate in a monthly VO sale, please notify us in advance and upload your lot information and photos a few days before the sale begins.

1. Single Associate Auctions - These auctions are hosted by a single associate and should include a sufficient number of lots and have a large enough value to justify the time, promotional costs, and exposure. A 30 lots sale that might gross $10,000 doesn't make sense; while a 200 lots sale that could reasonably gross $100,000 would make sense. Auctions yielding mid to high six figures are not uncommon. Promotion of a Single Associate Sale is important to the sale's success. Getting the right types of consignments and careful and sufficient preplanning is key. IGavel will provide a sale code once your auction is scheduled.

2. FRESH - Fresh is a continuous auction format that features new lots throughout the week. This venue was created to provide faster paced sales. An iGavel Associate can place a single lot - or a large group of lots - into the FRESH sale. The Associate selects the length of the sale (from one hour to one week), and the start and finish dates/times (Monday through Friday 10 AM - 5 PM). The Sale Code for FRESH is FR3SH.

3. Monthly Various Owner Sales - Monthly VO sales are scheduled throughout the year, and are open to all iGavel Associates. These sales are typically three weeks in length, and includes lots in a variety of categories and price ranges.

Lots in the Monthly sale must have a minimum starting bid of $300.

4. Special Theme Auctions - Throughout the year iGavel hosts specialty theme sales that are open to all of our Associates. When these sales are announced, any guidelines or special instructions pertaining to the sale will be posted in the BLOG section of this Associate site (i.e. minimum starting bids, whether the lots in the sale will be vetted, etc.).