Top limit	Your maximum bid for a certain object.
Bidder’s number	Before bidding in the saleroom, register at the pay office to receive a bidder’s number for the duration of the sale.
Bid	Any price offered by a bidder.
Catalogue number	The number assigned to an object if a catalogue is published.
Lot	An individual item or several items combined offered for sale under a lot number.
Lot number	A number identifying items in uncatalogued auctions, e.g. 138-46385/12.
Final bid	The highest bid accepted and at which a lot is knocked down.
Starting price	The initial price at with the auctioneer offers an item for sale.
Estimate	The estimate is the hammer price an item is expected to realise in the opinion of the specialist. It is indicated as an amount ranging between xxx euros and xxx euros.
Broker	An authorised agent executing bids on your behalf against payment of a minor fee.
Reserve	The minimum price the consigner will accept and below which an item must not be sold.
Hammer price	If no further bids are placed, the item will be knocked down to the bidder making the highest bid, i.e., the buyer.
Absentee bids	Written instructions from prospective buyers to the auctioneer or a broker to bid on their behalf.
“Raised to ... because of several bid orders“	In case several bid orders (see absentee bids) have been placed, bidding starts above the second highest bid.