What is an Absentee Bid, Call-In Bid or Bid Order?
Bid in writing from an absent bidder which is executed by auction personnel. Many Auctioneers offer the service of “bid orders”, “call-in bids” or “absentee bids”. That is if you need to leave and your item has not come up for bid yet, you can leave the highest bid that you would go to on the item. There will be an assigned bidder to bid as if you were there, getting the article for the best price, not necessarily the highest bid you left. Naturally, if another bidder bids higher than your “order”, “call-in” or “absentee” bid you will not receive the item.
