A staggered close is when there is a brief time difference between the closing of each lot. The first lot will close at the exact time the sale is scheduled to close, and each lot after it will be set to close a few seconds after the lot before it.For example, if the sale is scheduled to close at noon, lot 1 will close at 12:00pm. If the staggered close is set for intervals of 1 second, then lot 2 will close at 12:01, lot 3 at 12:02, lot 4 at 12:03 and so on.