Legal
Fine-Art Bidding Terms
Version 1.0 · effective Tue, 6 Oct 2026
- Who may bid. Bidders need a verified account and phone number. JMG staff may not bid.
- Binding bids. Each bid must beat the leading bid by at least the stated increment, and every bid is a binding offer to buy.
- Winning. The leading bid wins if no higher bid is placed for 7 consecutive days, or another period shown on the lot, subject to any reserve price and the auction end date.
- Payment. The winner must pay in full within 72 hours. If not, JMG may offer the piece to the next highest bidder and suspend the defaulting bidder.
- Privacy. Bidders are shown publicly only as "Bidder 1", "Bidder 2" and so on.