Buying Art

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When you bid, in writing or at auction, you agree to buy the piece for that price.  Bids are final - you don't get to change your mind and take them back.

Pieces you buy may be picked up during or after the auction.  If you need to pick up your art before this, or cannot pick up your art before 4:00 pm Sunday, see the Art Show staff.

Pieces in the Print Shop are simply sold for the price marked on them.  You can take them with you immediately.

Pieces in the Art Show may have two prices, Minimum Bid and Quick Sale.  Pieces with "NFS" on their bid sheets are Not For Sale. 

Pieces with a quick-sale price may be bought outright for that price if no one has bid on the piece.  If there is no quick-sale price on the bid sheet, you can't buy it via quick-sale.

Quick Sale is pre-emptive.  A piece with a written bid can no longer be sold by quick-sale.  Just as Quick Sale prevents other bids, other bids prevent quick sale.  A quick-sale price is generally more than the minimum bid, but may be less than 

the piece would sell for if it went to auction.  To buy via quick-sale, bring the bid-sheet to the Art Show desk and pay for the piece (but please leave it on display until the auction, so others can see it).

To try to pay less than the quick-sale price, or if you cannot buy the piece via quick-sale (no quick-sale price or someone has already bid on it), bidding follows the rules below:
      1.  Bids must be whole dollar amounts.  Just fill in your badge number, name, and the amount you are offering.
       2.  The first bid on a piece must be at least the minimum bid.  It may be more.  Each bid thereafter must be greater than the previous bid.
       3.  If there are less than 3 written bids on a piece, it goes to the highest bidder at that price.  Three or more written bids send a piece to the voice auction. 
       4.  Pieces at the voice auction go to the high bid there.  If there are no voice bids at the auction, the piece goes to the highest written bid.  If you cannot attend the auction but want to bid on a piece there, see the Art Show staff.