Virtually Bidding - live online auctions

Kya de Longchamps looks at virtual bidding and live online auctions.

Love it or loathe it, the trend towards all auction houses eventually going online as a natural extension of traditional commission bidding is inevitable.

A number or Irish auctioneers I spoke to had not as yet entered into the online bidding arena, one firm stating that it took away from the fundamental theatre and social joy of the auction floor.