| Rule | How it works here |
|---|---|
| Proxy bidding | The amount you enter is your sealed maximum. Olive Auction bids the minimum needed to lead on your behalf, one increment at a time, and stops at your ceiling. Earliest maximum wins ties. |
| Increments | €2 below €50 · €5 to €100 · €10 to €250 · €25 to €500 · €50 to €1,000 · €100 to €2,500 · €250 above. |
| Soft close | Any bid landing in the final 2 minutes extends the lot by 2 minutes. A lot ends only after the bidding has gone quiet. |
| Reserve | Lots may carry a confidential reserve; the card shows only whether it has been met. A lot that closes under reserve is passed, not sold. |
| Salvage window | If the closing bid reaches at least half the reserve, consignor and leading bidder get a 24-hour window: the consignor may accept the standing bid, or the bidder may raise to the reserve and take the lot. If neither moves, the lot passes. |
| Settlement | The winner pays the mill the hammer plus the mill's carriage. Every lot shows the carriage to your own country before you bid. The mill ships direct in certified packaging; we settle our commission with the mill separately. |
| Breakage | Consigned lots ship in tins, wood cases or moulded-pulp shippers. Damage claims: within 48 hours of delivery, with photographs of bottle, packaging and label. The mill reships or refunds the buyer. Transit is the consignor's and the courier's risk, never the buyer's. |
| Privacy | Bidders appear as paddle numbers only. Prices are hidden from the open web — we know who is in it. |
Lots go to this list first, and prices are never shown on the open web. When the sale closes you get every hammer price from it — including the ones that disappointed. Two emails, then quiet until Sale No. 2.
