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How to bid?

Thank you for taking part in this year’s edition. Upon receipt of payment, buyers will have the option to collect their art pieces in Warsaw or have them shipped at the buyer’s expense after the exhibition. The works of art will be available for collection at the Desa Unicum office, ul. Piękna 1a, Warsaw, from 21 January 2025. 

 

You can participate in the auction by:

  1. bidding on your own
  2. placing an auction order through Desa Unicum.

 In both cases, the first necessary step is to register as a customer on the DESA Unicum website: https://bid.desa.pl/register no later than 24 hours before the auction, i.e. until 4:00 PM on Saturday, January 18.

Useful links

Auction regulations: https://cdn.desa.pl/filer_public/fa/f1/faf185cd-abd0-4637-abcd-c43a1633c95b/nowy_regulamin_aukcyjny_desa_unicum.pdf

Bidding instructions in video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1QyKDRmF5c

FAQ about bidding: https://desa.pl/pl/jak-kupowac-na-aukcjach-dziel-sztuki/

Bidding on your own

During the auction, you can bid Iive:

  1. onsite in the Museum. Please come to the Museum between 3 and 4 PM in order to collect your auction number;
  2. online, on the platform bid.desa.pl or in the Desa Unicum app. Both the portal and the mobile app are available in Polish and English. 

Placing an auction order through Desa Unicum

Before the auction, you can place an order to bid for selected works by phone (direct contact with the bidder during the auction) or with a price limit (the bidder conducts the auction on your behalf, up to the amount declared by you). Such an order can be submitted in two ways:

  1. via Desa Unicum website: bid.desa.pl. Orders are accepted no later than 3:00 PM on Saturday, 18 January, in Polish and English.
  2. via e-mail: [email protected] or by phone: +48 22 163 66 00. 

Desa Unicum will not charge the buyers an auction fee. 

Delivery of purchased works

Upon receipt of payment, buyers will have the option to collect their art pieces in Warsaw or have them shipped at the buyer’s expense after the exhibition. The works of art will be available for collection at the Desa Unicum office, ul. Piękna 1a, Warsaw, from 21 January 2025. 

In case of any questions please contact: [email protected] 

More info at: refugeeswelcome.pl/aukcja 

Registration

If you want to bid, please register as a customer on the DESA Unicum website: https://bid.desa.pl/register no later than 24 hours before the auction, i.e. until 4:00 PM on Saturday, January 18.