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West Auctions - Searching and Browsing

One thing that makes WestAuction.com a unique auction site is the wide variety of items offered for sale. Our auctions span nearly every industry imaginable and each auction can have anywhere from one to a thousand items for sale.

To find items you want to bid on, try browsing or searching.

Browsing for an item is the easiest way to explore the range of items that are for sale. To browse, just click on the title of an auction you're interested in. You'll be taken to the first page of items for sale. If there are a lot of items, then you'll see more pages to browse through. You can sort the pages by title, lot number, ending time, the current bid amount, and you can also sort by featured items.

Searching for an item is best when you're looking for a specific item that you can describe using only a word or two. To begin searching, just click on the title of an auction you're interested in. Enter a word or two to describe the item in the search box, which is located near the top left of the auction page you're viewing. The search box looks like this:

what the search bar looks like

Alternatively, you can just enter the lot number of the item you're looking for and hit the "Go" button..