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# Bids

A bid represents a single direct or max bid placed on an auction item. The list endpoint returns the public bid history for a listing.

The **amount** is returned as a price object containing **value** (minor units), **major**, **display**, and **currency** fields.

The **submittedAt** attribute represents when the bidder originally submitted the bid. For automatic bids, this is when the customer submitted the associated max bid. The **placedAt** attribute represents when the bid was placed into the system.

The **automatic** attribute is `true` when the bid was placed by the system on the customer's behalf using their max bid.

Include **customer** to return the bidder relationship for each bid.