How to play

Guess the hammer price of one car a day.

  • One live car auction a day, no reserve, so it will sell.
  • One sealed guess. No changes after midnight ET.
  • Research all you like. The listing is a click away; the comments are the game.
  • The hammer falls about a week later. Your score lands in the book.

Examples

Say the car sells for $27,100.

  1. $26,0004% low · 94 pts
    Within 5% is a bullseye.
  2. $30,40012% high · 84 pts
    Off by 12% still scores well.
  3. $54,2002x high · 0 pts
    Double (or half) the hammer scores nothing.

Scoring is by ratio, so a $12k Miata and a $700k Ferrari play the same. Your streak counts days you guessed, not days you were right.

Sign in to keep your book across devices. No account needed to play.
A new car is posted every day. Guessing closes at midnight Eastern.

Glossary

Borrowed from the saleroom. Online auctions are silent countdowns; we brought the auctioneer.

Going once
The auctioneer's first call. You commit a number, then wait for the hammer.
Hammer
The final price. Every car here is no reserve, so the hammer always falls.
The book
Where a bidder's commitments are recorded. Your pending and settled guesses.
Paddle number
Your number in the room. It is your handle here; no name needed.
Knocked down
Sold. A guess is scored the moment its car is knocked down.
Fair warning
The last call before the hammer. Here: under an hour until guessing closes.
The crowd
Everyone else's guesses on the same car, shown once the window locks.
Bullseye
Within 5% of the hammer.
Sleeper
A car that blows past what the crowd expected.
White glove
A sale where every lot sells. A perfect week of bullseyes.
Going Once