When you participate in an auction but don't win the artwork, your money won't automatically return to your wallet because you must authorize the operation.

<aside> 🔔 You will receive a notification when you have to claim your money from the auction, and it will not disappear until you have claimed it, so you can't forget it.

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You can retrieve your money if you click on the Claim button in the artwork detail where you placed your bid. Then, a window will ask you to sign with your wallet to claim all the money you have bid on this artwork. After confirming the operation, your coins will return to your wallet after a few seconds.

<aside> ☝ Please note that it is not possible to get your money back until the auction has ended, as the auction price can only go up, not go down. However, auctions can last between 1 and 3 days so that you won't have your money locked up for long.

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