Adult Content, Blurred Photos and Reporting
Why some photos are blurred, how to see them if you want to, how to keep them hidden, and how to report a photo that breaks the rules.
Every photo an auction house uploads is checked automatically before it goes on the site. Most publish as normal. Some are handled differently.
Why a Photo Is Blurred
A photo the house has marked as adult, or that the automatic check thinks may be suggestive, is published blurred. The listing is still there and you can still bid; only the photo is hidden until you choose to see it. Photos that are explicit or violent are Not published at all — they are removed and the seller is told which rule they broke. A photo the check flags as a possible hate symbol is published blurred and sent to platform staff to review, rather than removed automatically — militaria and historical artefacts are legitimate lots, so a person decides.
Blurring is only about what is shown, never about whether you may bid. Nothing is decided by it except how the picture looks.
Seeing a Blurred Photo, If You Want To
You have three ways, and all of them are your choice:
- Click the photo. A blurred photo has a Show photo button. Press it and that one photo becomes clear.
- Show them for a whole auction. On an auction with hidden photos there is a Show for this auction button. It clears them for that auction, in this browser, for your visit.
- Always show them. In Your account → Privacy and Data there is an Adult content switch. Turned on, adult photos show clear everywhere with no clicking. It is off to begin with, and you can turn it back off any time.
You have to be signed in to reveal a photo: signed out, the button reads Sign In to Show and takes you to the sign-in page, and you come back to the lot afterwards. Nothing explicit is ever shown to anyone who has not asked for it.
Reporting a Photo
If a photo breaks the rules — it is sexual or violent, it is illegal, or it is not what the listing claims — tell us.
On the lot page, open Report a photo, choose what is wrong, and write a short description of the problem. A one-word or one-click report is not enough; a real person reads every report, so a sentence helps them. You can send three reports a day.
Reporting a photo does two things: it re-runs the automatic check on that photo straight away, and it puts it in front of a person to review. While that happens the photo stays exactly as it was — clear if it was clear, blurred if it was blurred. It does Not take the listing down on its own — a report is not a delete button, and it is not anonymous to the platform staff who handle it. If the review finds the photo breaks the rules, it is blurred or removed then.