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Mainichi Auction, group company of Mynavi is a leading art auction house holding the largest share of the Japanese auction market.
We host over 30 auctions across diverse categories each year.
We are delighted to welcome bidders to join our auctions all domestic and international.
Auction
Mainichi Auction’s live auctions are taken place in our saleroom, providing a unique experience of a dynamic lively public auction.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any inquiries about buying or selling with us.
Departments
Mainichi Auction stands out as the leading auction house in Japan, distinguished by our extensive array of categories.
Auction Type
Mainichi Auction offers various auction types depending on the category and the timing of the sale.
You can participate by bidding in person at our Saleroom.
- Additionally, Absentee Bidding, Online Live Bidding, and Telephone Bidding options are available.
- Pre-auction Viewings are hosted.
Online auctions are exclusively conducted on our website.
- Participation is limited to online live bidding and absentee bidding.
- Pre-auction Viewings are not available.
Participation
We invite anyone to place bids or sell artworks at our auctions.
Please check below for more details.
Mainichi Auction hosts pre-auction viewing for 2 to 3 days before each auction, exhibiting all listed lots.
Visitors are welcome to explore the viewings during the opening hours.
At viewings, you have the opportunity to inspect details and witness masterpieces in person.
Our specialists serve you for any concerns you might have regarding the artwork.
Register for Membership
We have paid membership that gives you great features.
- *No fees are needed to participate in Mainichi Auction sale. Please contact us for more details.
- *Please provide identification documents during registration.
Membership Type
| Memberships | Pricing | |
|---|---|---|
| All Categories | 1 year All Categories | 55,000JPY |
| 3 years All Categories | 130,000JPY*1 | |
| Specific Category | Paintings, Prints and Sculpture | 45,000JPY |
| Jewelry and Watches | 17,000JPY | |
| Japanese Crafts, Tea Ceremony Utensils and Asian Antiques | 21,000JPY | |
| Decorative Art and Design | 17,000JPY | |
| Regular Online Plan Online Members will be able to view images for past sale from our website, but no catalogues will be set to you by post. | 15,000JPY (10,000JPY if subscribed to an above membership*2) |
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- *1Prices are shown with VAT included
- *2discounts are applied if subscribed to any of the above memberships at the same time.
Comparison of Each Membership's Service
| Memberships | Catalogues sent to your place |
Consignment free of charge | Auction Results access |
Auction Results with images access |
Place absentee bids online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Categories | ○*1 | ○ | ○ | × | ○ |
| Specific Category*2 | ○*1 | ○*3 | ○ | × | ○ |
| Regular Online Plan | × | × | ○ | ○ | ○ |
- *1There are areas to which we cannot send our catalogues. Please ask us about it with your address beforehand. If your address is applicable for catalogue, we will send only catalogue of genres according to your membership.
- *2Specific Categories of Membership are Paintings, Prints and Sculpture, Jewelry and Watches, Asian Antiques, Japanese Crafts and Tea Ceremony Utensils, and Decorative Art and Design. (You can subscribe to more than one membership at the same time.)
- *3Available only for currently subscribed category.
If you subscribe to the Regular online plan, you can view past auction results and lot information, including the lot image.
Please also be aware that images of particular artists are not available.
Glossary
- Auctioneer
A trained specialist who is responsible for conducting a sale by auction. The auctioneer has a right to decide the starting bid, final winning bidder, and the Hummer Price.
- Salesroom
A salesroom located within Mainichi Auction's Tokyo head office.On the day of the auction, real-time bidding are taken place in the salesroom. (online-sales excluded)
- Lot Number
A specific number assigned to an item listed in an auction.
It could be an individual item or group of items as a single unit.
Auctions proceed in numerical sequence by lot number.
- Estimate
An estimate is a reference price range that auction house sets based on the auction records of comparable items and the market prices.
This is not the basis for the actual sales prices.
- Reserve or Reserve Price
The reserve price is a confidential minimum price which the consignor of the lot is willing to accept to sell, and is agreed upon between the consignor and the auction house.
Whether or not a reserve price is disclosed to auction participants, each reserve price must not exceed its low estimate.
- No Estimate
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This is for the lot with no estimate.
Lots for which the auction house cannot assertively evaluate information on an item or estimate selling price in the market, "no estimate" is stated.
The starting bid is decided by the auctioneer based on bidding conditions and etc., and can range from tens of thousands of yen to over hundreds of thousands of yen.- *The auction house is not responsible for the authenticity guarantee of lots stated as "no estimate".
- Pre-auction Viewing
Pre-auction viewing is held for 2 to 3 days before the auction, where all the lots are exhibited.
Anyone can visit to view without reservation during opening hours of the viewing. At viewings, you can hold the artworks in your hands to check details.
- Bid Number
A specific number assigned to participants for each auction.
Bidders participating in auction at the salesroom are given a paddle with bid number displayed upon entry.
When a bidding on your desired lot begins, simply raise a paddile to show your intention to participate to the auctioneer.
- LIVE BID
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Participating in auction online from a computer/smartphone.
LIVE BID enables you to participate in the auction in real time from your home or anywhere with easy simple screen operations.- *LIVE BID registration is required for each sale.
- Hammer Price
The winning bid for a lot determined by the auctioneer.
The successful bidder will be charged the hammer price plus the applicable the buyer's premium.
- After Sale Offers
A service where you can purchase some unsold lots on a first-come basis within one week after the auction ends.
Other Services
For any inquires, please feel free to contact us.
MAINICHI AUCTION INC.
TOC Ariake West Tower 5F, Ariake 3-5-7, Koto Ward, Tokyo, Japan 135-0063
TEL:+81-33527-7330
E-mail:inquiry@my-auction.co.jp