How to bid

Bidding Information


Bid in Person

28% Buyer's Premium with cash, check or wire transfer
+3.95% with Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Discover

Join us at New England Auctions located at 14 Business Park Road, Suite 5, Branford CT, 06405.
When you arrive at our gallery, go to the registration desk to register for a bidder number.

On a case-by-case basis, smaller items may be paid in full and taken with the winning bidder on auction day.

Bid by Phone or Absentee

28% Buyer's Premium with cash, check or wire transfer
+3.95%with Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Discover

To register for phone or absentee bidding, you must create a user account if you do not already have an existing account with New England Auctions. You can do this by clicking sign in at the top of the page. Once an account is created, you can register for an auction, leave absentee bids on individual items or request to bid by phone.

Our staff will call and confirm your phone bids the day before the auction. During the auction, a member of staff will call you approximately 3 minutes before your item comes up, and act as your in-house proxy. We sell about 50 to 60 lots an hour, so you must be prepared to bid quickly.

Phone bids: request phone bids via online form, phone at 475-234-5120 or email at info@newenglandauctions.com.

Absentee bids:request absentee bids viaonline form, phone at 475-234-5120 or email at info@newenglandauctions.com.

Bid Online

Sign in to an existing account or register a new account to place bids through our New England Auctions website.

We are proud to offer real-time online bidding through our bidding platform at www.newenglandauctions.com and our partner platforms: LiveAuctioneers and Invaluable.

  • New England Auctions: 28% Buyer's Premium with 3.95% credit card fee added to hammer plus premium, if applicable.

  • Live Auctioneers: 31% Buyer's Premium with 3.95% credit card fee added to hammer plus premium, if applicable.

  • Invaluable: 32% Buyer's Premium with 3.95% credit card fee added to hammer plus premium, if applicable.

If you are having difficulty accessing our account registration or login page, please call for additional assistance.