The Cost of Bidding
The price of actually entering an auction varies between each sale. Some sales are free to enter and you don’t have to buy a catalogue. Others insist that you buy a catalogue to get into the auction, and catalogues can cost anything from £2 to £30.
When an auction is held within another event, like a show or exhibition, you have to pay the event admission fee before you get anywhere near the sale. If you don’t attend in person but use the online or telephone bidding service instead, then that attracts another charge; this can be a flat fee of a fiver to register to bid, or it can be anything up to an additional 10%
