If you are the successful bidder, prompt payment is required. All purchases are subject to a buyer’s premium (a percentage of the hammer price) and sales tax (if applicable). The following forms of payment are accepted: cash, check (with prior approval), Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover, Paypal or wire transfer. Contact Christine Messing for more information.

Items are available for pick up once payment has been received. All purchases should be paid for and removed within one week (7 days) post-sale from a Capital Collections auction and three (3) days post-sale from a Metro Online Timed auction. If items are not picked up by the following Monday after a Metro Online Timed auction or do not have firm shipping arrangements in place, then a $5 storage fee per lot, per business day will be charged. If paid items are not picked up within ten (10) days of the sale, Weschler’s has the right to resell as abandoned property.

Shipping is the responsibility of the buyer. If you need to arrange for shipping, please consult our list of recommended shippers or visit the Auction Forms page. Weschler’s assumes no responsibility for error or omission by any third-party/shipper. Please inform our office as to which third-party/shipping company to release your purchase to (if applicable) by emailing [email protected].

Bid increments for our auctions are as follows:

$1-$99                                    $5 increments

$100-$499                            $25 increments

$500-$999                            $50 increments

$1,000-$1,999                      $100 increments

$2,000-$4,999                     $200 increments

$5,000-$9,999                     $500 increments

$10,000-$24,999                 $1,000 increments

$25,000-$49,999                 $2,500 increments

$50,000-$99,999                 $5,000 increments

$100,000-$199,999             $10,000 increments

$200,000-$499,999            $25,000 increments

$500,000 +                            $50,000 increments

You can request a condition report directly from the lot page of the item you are interested in, otherwise contact a department specialist or call our office at 202-628-1281.

Telephone bidding is only offered for our Capital Collections Auctions. During the auction, a member of Weschler’s staff will call you from the auction floor to bid on your behalf for the desired lot. To make arrangements for a telephone bid, complete the absentee bid form, including the telephone number(s) where you can be reached on the day of the auction. As a guide, Weschler’s auctions proceed at a rate of approximately eighty lots per hour. We will attempt to call you several lots in advance of your lot. While we do our best to reach you during the auction, we cannot be held responsible for bad connections or missed or dropped phone calls. Contact Linda Niehaus for more information or to arrange a telephone bid.

At this time, absentee bids are only available for our Capital Collections Auction. An absentee bid is a bid that is executed on behalf of a bidder during a live auction. The bid represents the maximum amount the bidder is willing to pay for a particular lot. There must be a competing bid to authenticate the bid, therefore, the bidding does not automatically start with the top limit of an absentee bid. A bidder can consequently win the lot for less than the top limit of their bid. Absentee Bidders may place bids using the absentee bid form, or by contacting Linda Niehaus at 202-628-1281.