Online bidding debuts for Fasig-Tipton at Midlantic sale

With the coronavirus pandemic leading auction houses worldwide to expand their remote bidding capabilities, Fasig-Tipton debuted its online bidding platform, which will be in place for all future sales, at this week’s Midlantic auction.

Fasig-Tipton reported that more than 50 horses received online bids during the two-day sale, and approximately 15 were sold online.

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“At no other time has this service been more crucial or needed,” Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning said of the online platform. “As we all work to conduct business in the current COVID-19 environment of adjusted social norms, online bidding ensures the best possible marketplace for our buyers and sellers in 2020. Looking beyond 2020, we envision this service being an integral component of all future auctions.”