Questions before you bid

Create a free account on My account and confirm your email address. Our team approves every new bidder before the first bid. One account covers every LBA sale, for your bids and your invoices.

Yes. You bid on this website, but the Hong Kong sale is shown live in our live room, which needs its own free account.

Hong Kong dollars (HKD) are our base currency. Online, you bid in the currency of your region, set from the country on your account: HKD for Hong Kong and Macau, CNY for mainland China, JPY for Japan, GBP for the United Kingdom, EUR for the euro area, AUD for Australia and USD for every other country. You cannot change it yourself; if your country is wrong, contact us before you bid.

Yes. Every lot has a confidential reserve price and you may bid below, at or above it. Some lots sell below their reserve, depending on the consignor, but a low bid has a higher chance of being outbid.

At 09:00 Hong Kong time on the 4th, 24 hours before the sale. Every lot is offered in the live sale, where your highest pre-bid competes with bids in the room.

Your highest pre-bid is carried into the live sale and competes with bids in the room. In the room, a pre-bid can only be outbid by a bid at least 10% higher than the pre-bid (one increment more is not enough).

Yes. Send us your maximum bid per lot and our staff bid for you (proxy bidding). Lots won this way carry an extra 2% of the hammer price. We do our best but cannot guarantee that a proxy bid is executed.

It is our permanent online sale, with new lots every week. A lot is awarded 24 hours after its last bid, and every new bid restarts the 24-hour clock. The winner is notified by email and each lot won is invoiced separately.

Yes. We may refuse or remove a bid if we consider it not trustworthy, or if shipping to the bidder would be impractical or impossible. The next highest valid bid then leads.

Everyone pays the hammer price plus a 5% participation fee (buyer's premium).

If you bid in HKD, shipping is added, and taxes, import duties and insurance may apply. If you bid in another currency, shipping and import duties to your country are already included in the price.

The price you see, in your currency, with shipping from Japan included. Import duties are paid by the buyer.

Online participation is free. In the Hong Kong saleroom: HKD 200 attendance (paddle and lunch included), HKD 500 annual membership, and HKD 500 registration after your first three auctions. Proxy bidding adds 2% of the hammer price on lots won.

We send the invoice by email, and payment is due within 3 business days of the invoice. Late payment may accrue interest of 1.5% per month. We invoice only the lots you win.

If you bid in a currency other than HKD, shipping is included. If you bid in HKD, we ship with UPS or another approved provider, you can arrange your own carrier, or you can collect free of charge at our saleroom in Tsuen Wan.

From Japan with FedEx, and shipping is included in the price.

Hong Kong lots bought in a currency other than HKD: duties are included. Hong Kong lots bought in HKD and LBA Japan lots: duties are paid by the buyer. They depend on the item, its materials, origin, value and your country, so we cannot estimate them; please check with your customs office.

Yes, collection at our saleroom (701B Block B, Po Yip Building, Tsuen Wan) is free. Please collect within the period we tell you; storage fees may apply after that.

Every item is inspected and authenticated in-house before the sale. We work only with carefully selected, trusted suppliers and auctions. Our authenticity guarantee has no time limit: see Authenticity and claims and section 5 of our Terms.

Every lot has a grade from N (new) to BC (needs repair), with photos and a description. Grades describe condition, not authenticity. See the grading guide, with real examples and prices.

Returns are accepted if the item does not match its description (contact us within 10 days of receiving it) or if it is confirmed as not authentic under our guarantee (no time limit). You can make a claim on our Authenticity and claims page. See section 11 of our Terms for the details.

Every result is public: see past results by sale and the price guides by brand and model.

Write to support@livebrandauction.com or use the form on our contact page. A member of the team replies, usually within 24 to 48 hours.