Live Auction Paddle

It is a real-time simulation of holding a paddle across five major card auction houses running concurrently — Heritage Auctions, Goldin, PWCC Marketplace, Robert Edward Auctions, and Lelands. Each house rotates through lots pulled from 9,800+ real sports cards. A text-based auctioneer chant advances every ~1.5 seconds with bids, call-outs, warnings, and final hammer-downs. You have a $10,000 paddle budget and can switch focus between houses at any time.

Pick a house by tapping its chip. The focused house shows the current lot in detail — card, opening estimate, current bid, next increment, and the live auctioneer chant. Tap RAISE PADDLE to bid the next increment. AI bidders (phone bidders, the room, internet bidders, other paddles) bid back probabilistically based on each house's aggression profile. If the chant reaches "going twice... SOLD!" while you hold the lead, the hammer comes down to YOU — the lot lands in your won-lots tally plus buyer's premium.

Every major auction house charges a buyer's premium — a percentage added on top of the hammer price. This simulator uses realistic 2025 rates: Heritage 20%, Goldin 22%, PWCC 20%, REA 20%, Lelands 23%. If you hammer at $500 with Heritage, your actual cost is $600. The premium is deducted from your $10,000 budget when you win. This is why sniping lots near the estimate matters — the premium stacks up fast.

Each house has a different vibe. Heritage runs deep vintage and high-end modern — longest chant cadence, most deliberate bidders. Goldin is the influencer-driven modern house — fastest tempo, aggressive bidders, big paddle wars. PWCC bridges vintage and modern with steady pacing. Robert Edward Auctions (REA) specializes in pre-war and 1950s cardboard — patient, expert bidders. Lelands runs memorabilia and unusual lots — unpredictable, bargains and overpays both possible. Bidder aggression and chant speed vary per house.

V-035 Auction Sniper is about timing — setting a max bid seconds before a listed eBay-style auction ends. Auction Paddle is about atmosphere — rolling live auctions with an auctioneer chanting "$500... $550! Going once... do I hear $600?" The skill is rhythm, budget discipline across five simultaneous rooms, and knowing when to let a lot walk. Sniper is asynchronous; paddle is live.