How a timed online estate auction works
A timed estate catalog lets you preview lots, place a paddle bid on a clock, and pick up at the house after settle — not a live floor shout.
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Other auction houses run their sales here.
Independent houses keep their own name, their own consignors, and their own buyer list. House of Bid runs the clock, the catalog, and the pickup underneath. Bidders register once and bid across every house on the roof. Houses that would rather not share a roof can license the same stack under their own brand.
Independent auction houses with catalogs on House of Bid. Unnamed chips are open seats, not companies.
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For auction businesses
Get the rate card and a call about your setup.
Tell us how your sales actually run — how many a month, what you sell, and whether you have a website. We email the fee structure the same day: flat monthly, a printed ceiling on overages, never a percent of your hammer. Account review takes 24 to 48 hours.
No website? That is fine — we host one, build you one, or license the platform under your own brand.
Now on the clock
Current sales
- House of Bid · House catalogWarehouse electronics surplusSan Diego, CA — warehouse address released to winning bidders
- House of Bid · House catalogNorth Park yard saleNorth Park, San Diego — driveway pickup
- House of Bid · House catalogPacific Gallery — August hung lotsNorth Park, San Diego — address released to winning bidders
What comes through the house
Categories
Art & Antiques
Pictures, period furniture, and the decorative lots a house is known for.
Jewelry, Coins & Watches
Small, sortable, and where condition and marks decide the hammer.
Home & Furnishings
What actually fills the rooms of an estate, from the sideboard down.
Tools, Yard & Machinery
The garage, the shed, and the lots that need a truck.
Tech, Media & Instruments
Cameras, records, horns, and the shelves nobody wants to price alone.
Vehicles & Outdoors
Titled lots and everything that leaves the property under its own power.
Local
Your local marketplace.
Everyday items between neighbors. Timed bids. Pickup at the seller — we do not ship or inspect. Serving San Diego first. Coming to your city soon.
Serving San Diego
Coming to your city soon
Sell on House of Bid
Post → Set time → Describe
Step 1
Post
Pick Event or Yard, answer the sale plan, and launch the catalog on the house clock.
Step 2
Set time
Preview days, close night, and pickup window — or tell us your arrangement.
Step 3
Add description
Photograph in place, name lots, paste comps, and meet listing rules before publish.
How it works
Catalog. Bid. Collect.
1. Catalog
Lots photographed in place.
2. Bid
Register a paddle. Timed lots take proxies.
3. Collect
Dock window or the sale address.
App
Bid on your phone.
Install the bidder app from the house site. Watch lots, pay the invoice, and show the pickup QR at the dock.
House of Bid
Bidder
PWA · pickup QR on this screen
Active sales
Watchlist
Bid status
Invoices
Dock electronics · Aug
Ends in 2h 14m
House of Bid
Open lots
Timed · proxies on
A-14
1U network switch
$452h 14mB-03
Pallet mixed towers
$2202h 14mC-22
Lab power supply
$853h 02m
House of Bid
Pickup pass
Show at the dock
pass-dock-1042
Sat morning · pallet lots · truck required
Before you bid
Featured articles
What Bid now, Raise, and max bid mean
Bid now places the opening amount. Raise takes the next increment. A max bid is a private proxy ceiling the house uses for you.
How to read start bids, standing bids, and estimates
Start bid is the opening ask. Standing bid is the live market. Typical sold ranges on Sell are comps helpers, not appraisals.
How pickup works after you win
Warehouse lots use a dock window. Estate and yard lots stay at the sale address. A pickup pass issues after settle.
Buy what you like — then do the research
Collecting for investment usually disappoints. Collecting for taste, with research behind it, ends up with better objects and fewer regrets.