Purchase

Why purchase your items with Karljohan Auktioner?

Purchasing pre-used items at auction might be our time's greatest pastime.
Besides getting objects of an, often, higher quality you also make less of an environmental impact when buying pre-used.
This is also the setting where it is possible to find truly unique and/or quirky items seldom seen. You can also sort of sense the previous life that they've lived.

All of our auctions are completely online, with no real-time physical bidding available.
What you need to participate is, quite simply, only that you register an account.
If you need any further help getting an account set up, feel free to reach out.

The auctions are held through a modern interface that is easily understood and handled.
You can easily follow when your favorite items are ending and put down bids. You can either use the 'Max bid' feature which allows you to put down an absolute max amount you're willing to pay, after which the bidding agent helps you pay up to this level. If you have the time you can also wait for the item to actually end and put down a bid in the last minutes. Be aware that the time extends to offer bidding replies if you do it in the very last minutes.

Fees
Fees for purchasing at our auctions are a commission of 22,5% and a hammer fee of 40 SEK.
If you need the item(s) shipped to your address, additional fees will occur.

Payment
After the current auction has concluded you will be sent an acknowledgement of your purchase(s) together with information on payment alternatives. We accept payment via debit/credit card, bank transfer as well as Swedish money transfer-service 'Swish'.

Shipping
We're more than happy to accomodate shipping purchased items.
We ship globally and use different carriers for different types of goods. If you feel unsure of what the shipping fee will amount to, feel free to reach out prior to purchase.

Used goods

Part of the charm in buying goods at auction is that they are almost always pre-loved goods that have led a previous life. It's hard to tie a word like soul to inanimate objects. But it's really not that far off.

Since most of the objects presented at our auctions have been previously used they can show signs of wear. At Karljohan Auktioner we always try our very best to describe this - both in our descriptions as well as in our photos depicting the object(s). All this being said, it is hard to fully describe the objects through just text and image. For this reason you're more than welcome to get in touch with us in regards to specific objects. Well respond as soon as we get the chance.

Though we understand that this is not always a possibility for our far-away clients - it's even better if you get the chance to visit us to inspect objects of interest prior to auction.

Our showroom opening ours are:

Monday 12 Noon - 7 PM
Tuesday 12 Noon - 6 PM
Wednesday 12 Noon - 6 PM
Thursday Closed
Friday 9 AM - 1 PM
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

Fees and payment

In addition to the winning bid there is also a buyers premium of 22,5% as well as a hammer fee of 40 SEK.

Payment can then be made in a couple of different ways - either via card directly from 'My Pages', via bank transfer, via Swedish digital transfer service 'Swish' or via credit/debit card upon pick-up at our showroom.

Please note that we need to have the funds accounted for when we hand over your objects.
For international bank transfer, account for at least 4 bank days before it's registered.

A short glossary

Buyers premium

In addition to your winning bid there is also a buyers premium of 22,5% as well as a hammer fee of 40 SEK.

Estimate

The estimate is what we, based on our experience, deem the market value of said item being. This is based mainly, though not solely, on realised prices of similar objects at auction. Winning bids can be both higher and lower than our estimates.

Maxbid

You can choose to, even at the earliest of stages, enter a 'maxbid' for an item. This allows for the 'bidding agent' of the system to bid on your behalf.

An example:
If you find an object estimated at 1,500 SEK, but without current bids, and you decide that your max will be 1,600 SEK. You then use the 'maxbid' feature to enter the value of 1,600 SEK. The auction then gets it's first bid of 100 SEK. If another bidder then bids 120 SEK the bidding agent bumps your current bid to 140 SEK. If they raise their bid to 500 SEK you will still be in the lead, at 550 SEK. This continues until the bidding agent reaches your max of 1,600 SEK, at which point it bows out.
This feature is good if you don't have the time to actually check in when the auction ends.

Reserve

In some cases, with more valuable objects, there can be a reserve set for the item. This level is set by Karljohan Auktioner in dialogue with the seller. Set level constitutes a lowest bid where the item can actually be sold.
It's always shows if the level is not met, though the actual level is hidden. Usually the level is set around 70-80% of the estimate.
If you're the only bidder on an object with a reserve, you can easily raise your own bid until the reserve is met.

Droit de Suite

Droit de Suite is an additional fee used for unique objects of artistic sort. This fee goes directly to the artist during their lifetime. After death and the following 70 years it goes to the estate of the artist.
Droit de Suite is only applicable on objects with a sale price of more than 2,625 SEK (2023).

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