Family of Auctions
Heritage Auction Galleries offer collectors, investors and dealers a wide range of choices for selling their valuable holdings. Heritage regularly offers several different auction options for collectibles. These auctions feature our award-winning Interactive Internet™ eCommerce auction software to maximize bidding interest and prices realized. Consistent interface and passwords are used throughout the Heritage family of auctions so any bidder who has participated in one type of auction may easily participate successfully in all of them.
Your personal Consignment Director will help you determine the best auction for your items. Below is a quick introduction to each auction venue.
Grand Format, Signature® and Platinum Night Auctions
Grand Format, Signature and Platinum Night Auctions may be held in Heritage's main galleries in Dallas, but usually occur in other cities, often in conjunction with major conventions or collector events. Items in the auction include full-color photography and detailed descriptions, all of which are posted online at HA.com along with vast additional information not available in the printed catalog and designed to help bidders make educated purchasing decisions while saving them time. These auctions are offered online as well as through a printed catalog, with bids accepted via telephone, fax, Internet, mail, and live during auction event.
Heritage Live:
After Internet bidding closes, live bidding will take place through
www.HA.com/Live.
Your secret maximum bid placed prior to the live event will compete against the live bids. To maximize your chances of winning, enter realistic secret maximum bids on our site.
Many of our proxy bidders are successful at winning lots in these auctions, and usually below their secret maximum.
You can also place last minute bids directly with us by e-mailing Bid@HA.com or calling 1-866-835-3243.
(Important note: Due to software and Internet latency, live bids may not register in time, so enter realistic proxy bids.)
Slightly different bidding rules apply to the two different session types:
Internet bidding ends at 10:00PM CT the night before the floor session for this lot. During the live auction event, bidding in person is encouraged, and Heritage Live includes streaming audio and often video during the event.
Signature Session - No Floor or Phone Bidding (Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live)
Internet Proxy bidding ends two hours prior to the opening of the live auction for that lot. Check the Time Remaining on individual lots for details.) These auctions are presented only online, although the lots are normally available for viewing with the Floor Session lots.
(Sports) Signature® Internet Phone
These auctions are presented via catalog and online. Bidding is taken by phone or through our website. There are two phases of bidding during this type of auction: 1) Normal bidding: Bids are taken up until 10 PM CT the night the auction closes. 2) 30 Minute Ending: On a lot-by-lot basis, starting at 10:00 PM CT, any person who has bid on the lot previously may continue to bid on that lot until there are no more bids for 30 minutes. For example, if you bid on a lot during Normal Bidding, you could participate during Extended Bidding for that lot, but not on lots you did not bid on previously. If a bid was placed at 10:15, the new end time for that lot would become 10:45. If no other bids were placed before 10:45, the lot would close. If you are the high bidder on a lot, changing your bid will not extend the bidding during the 30 Minute Ending phase (only a bid from another bidder will extend bidding). If you are the only bidder at 10 PM, you will automatically win the lot at 10:30.
Important: After normal bidding ends,
you must be signed-on
to the Heritage site to see the bidding option on lots where you qualify for extended bidding.
Heritage Gallery Auctions
Our Gallery Auction venue is different from the rest. It has no public floor sessions, is presented at no conventions, receives no Internet bids, and contains no photography of the lots. Instead, four-to-six times every year, we hold auctions of bulk material at our Dallas premises - the kinds of lots that make no sense dragging all over the country. Dealers, and some advanced collectors, come to our world headquarters in Dallas, inspect the lots, and leave sealed bids. Unlike all other Heritage sales, there is no proxy bidding, so each winning bidder in our Gallery Auctions pays his full bid. Winners will be announced at the end of the viewing week. If you're a sophisticated buyer of material and are interested in participating in our next Gallery Auction in Dallas, please email bid@HA.com with your address, phone number and business references, and we will notify you the next time we schedule one.
Heritage World Coin Auctions - Signature® Auctions
While we have decades of experience in world coins, HWCA is now a separate entity -- an important sign that we intend to participate in this important market much more vigorously in the future under our new name. Principals Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, two of the top world coin experts in the world, are now a part of the Heritage team, and form the backbone of our experience in this arena.
These auctions may be held in Heritage's main galleries in Dallas, but usually occur in other cities, often in conjunction with major conventions or collector events. Items in the auction include full-color photography and detailed descriptions, all of which are posted online at HA.com along with vast additional information not available in the printed catalog and designed to help bidders make educated purchasing decisions while saving them time. These auctions are offered online as well as through a printed catalog, with bids accepted via telephone, fax, Internet, mail, and live during auction event.
Heritage Live:
After Internet bidding closes, live bidding will take place through
www.HA.com/Live.
Your secret maximum bid placed prior to the live event will compete against the live bids. To maximize your chances of winning, enter realistic secret maximum bids on our site.
Many of our proxy bidders are successful at winning lots in these auctions, and usually below their secret maximum.
You can also place last minute bids directly with us by e-mailing Bid@HA.com or calling 1-866-835-3243.
(Important note: Due to software and Internet latency, live bids may not register in time, so enter realistic proxy bids.)
Slightly different bidding rules apply to the two different session types:
Internet bidding ends at 10:00PM CT the night before the floor session for this lot. During the live auction event, bidding in person is encouraged, and Heritage Live includes streaming audio and often video during the event.
Signature Session - No Floor or Phone Bidding (Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live)
Internet Proxy bidding ends two hours prior to the opening of the live auction for that lot. Check the Time Remaining on individual lots for details.) These auctions are presented only online, although the lots are normally available for viewing with the Floor Session lots.
Tuesday & Sunday Internet Coin Auctions
Weekly Certified Coin auctions are presented only online and bidding is only taken through our website HA.com. Sessions will open and close at 10 PM Central Time on Sunday and Tuesday, with early checkout available for the Sunday session (although all winnings will ship after the close of the Tuesday session). They have full-color photographs, and offer only coins certified by NGC, PCGS, ICG and ANACS.
Monthly World Coin Auctions
Monthly world coin auctions are presented only online. They close the second Sunday of each month at 10:00 PM Central Time, and a new one begins shortly thereafter. They have full-color photographs, and every lot starts at $1 with no reserves. Descriptions include KM #'s and estimates only.
Heritage Signature® Auctions
Heritage, the dominant name in American currency auctions, became a part of Heritage Numismatic Auctions during 2001. Principals Len Glazer and Allen Mincho, two of the top currency experts in the world, are now a part of the Heritage team, and our combined strengths as the world's largest rare coin and currency dealership and auctioneer are formidable.
That combination has already created additional opportunities for both buyers and sellers of paper money, with more frequent (and larger) Heritage Signature auctions taking place at conventions around the country. Currency sellers now have greater access to potential bidders because of Heritage's huge customer base added to Heritage's traditional buyers, plus our marketing expertise, financial strength, and advanced Internet technologies.
These auctions may be held in Heritage's main galleries in Dallas, but usually occur in other cities, often in conjunction with major conventions or collector events. Items in the auction include full-color photography and detailed descriptions, all of which are posted online at HA.com along with vast additional information not available in the printed catalog and designed to help bidders make educated purchasing decisions while saving them time. These auctions are offered online as well as through a printed catalog, with bids accepted via telephone, fax, Internet, mail, and live during auction event.
Heritage Live:
After Internet bidding closes, live bidding will take place through
www.HA.com/Live.
Your secret maximum bid placed prior to the live event will compete against the live bids. To maximize your chances of winning, enter realistic secret maximum bids on our site.
Many of our proxy bidders are successful at winning lots in these auctions, and usually below their secret maximum.
You can also place last minute bids directly with us by e-mailing Bid@HA.com or calling 1-866-835-3243.
(Important note: Due to software and Internet latency, live bids may not register in time, so enter realistic proxy bids.)
Slightly different bidding rules apply to the two different session types:
Internet bidding ends at 10:00PM CT the night before the floor session for this lot. During the live auction event, bidding in person is encouraged, and Heritage Live includes streaming audio and often video during the event.
Signature Session - No Floor or Phone Bidding (Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live)
Internet Proxy bidding ends two hours prior to the opening of the live auction for that lot. Check the Time Remaining on individual lots for details.) These auctions are presented only online, although the lots are normally available for viewing with the Floor Session lots.
Tuesday Internet Currency Auctions
Weekly auctions are presented only on-line and bidding is only taken through our website. They close every Tuesday at 10:00 PM Central Time and a new one begins shortly thereafter. They have full-color photographs, and offer web all kinds of currency including Large Sized notes, Small Sized notes, Obsoletes, Colonial notes, Fractional Currency, Military Payment Certificates, and other items demanded by the currency collector.
Sunday Internet Sports Auctions
These auctions are presented only online and bidding is only taken through our website.
There are two phases of bidding during this type of auction: 1) Normal bidding: Bids are taken up until 10 PM CT the night
the auction closes. 2) 30 Minute Ending: On a lot-by-lot basis, starting at 10:00 PM CT, any person who has bid on the lot
previously may continue to bid on that lot until there are no more bids for 30 minutes. For example, if you bid on a lot during Normal Bidding,
you could participate during Extended Bidding for that lot, but not on lots you did not bid on previously.
If a bid was placed at 10:15, the new end time for that lot would become 10:45. If no other bids were placed before 10:45,
the lot would close. If you are the high bidder on a lot, changing your bid will not extend the bidding during the 30 Minute Ending
phase (only a bid from another bidder will extend bidding). If you are the only bidder at 10 PM, you will automatically win the lot at 10:30.
Important: After normal bidding ends,
you must be signed-on to the Heritage site to see
the bidding option on lots where you qualify for extended bidding.
Sunday Internet Comics Auction
Weekly Comic Book, Comics Memorabilia and Comic Book Art auctions are presented only online, and bidding is taken only through our website HA.com. They close every Sunday at 10:00 PM Central Time, and a new one begins shortly thereafter. Many of the comic books are certified and encapsulated by CGC. All lots include full-color photographs.
Sunday Internet Movie Poster Auctions
Weekly auctions of Movie Posters and other film-related items are presented only online and bidding is only taken through our website HA.com. The auctions close every Sunday at 10:00 PM Central Time, and a new one begins shortly thereafter. They have full-color photographs, and offer all kinds of posters including classics, horror, romance, action, western, and all movie genres, as well as other items demanded by the poster collector.
Tuesday Internet Wholesale Watch Auctions
These auctions are presented only online and bidding is only taken through our website. They close every Tuesday at 10:00 PM Central Time and a new one begins shortly thereafter. They have full-color photographs, condition reports and descriptions of the cases, dials and movements. Individual pocket watches and wristwatches are offered as well as wholesale multi-watch lots.
We hope this handy guide answers many of your questions. Remember, it is best to speak with one of our Consignment Directors for more information about consigning to any Heritage auction. To make an informed decision, you will need to have a frank discussion about which auction (or auctions) would be most suitable for your material. When you are ready to sell, we invite you to contact one of our Consignment Directors at 1-800-872-6467.
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Also, Heritage Auction Galleries provides still another option for selling your collectible: outright purchase! We are the largest collectible auctioneer in the world, to the tune of hundreds of millions per year. Contact us Now!
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