- How do I place a bid?
- Viewings and auctions
- Do I need to register?
- How to place a bid online
- What does ‘Next bid must be at least’ mean?
- How high should I bid?
- How an online auction works
- What are the bid increments?
- Is it free to bid in an auction?
- How much extra will I have to pay in fees and premiums?
- What are the rules for payment and collection?
- Payment
- Can I retract a bid?
- What do I do if the item is damaged, yet this wasn’t clear from the text or photograph?
- Shipment
- Purchase Terms & Conditions
A buyer’s premium of 25% will be added to the hammer price, along with a standard auction fee of SEK 100. These extras include VAT. If you fail to collect your purchases within the prescribed time, you will be charged a late payment fee of SEK 80 per lot per started day past the deadline. Some auction lots have to include an artists’ fee by law. This is called a droit de suite and is 5% for amounts exceeding SEK 2,000 (correct for 2025). Lots subject to this fee are marked with (F) – from the Swedish term följerätt.
The droit de suite guarantees that the artist or their heirs receive a fee on the resale of their works of art, as well as certain works of industrial art. The entitlement runs for the life time of the artist plus 70 years. Read more about this entitlement at bus.se (the website of the Swedish Visual Arts Copyright Society). However, please be aware only limited information is available in English.
The droit de suite guarantees that the artist or their heirs receive a fee on the resale of their works of art, as well as certain works of industrial art. The entitlement runs for the life time of the artist plus 70 years. Read more about this entitlement at bus.se (the website of the Swedish Visual Arts Copyright Society). However, please be aware only limited information is available in English.
