the-saleroom.com
Other Services
Online Catalogues
"With the current cost of car ownership, fuel and overnight accommodation, not to mention the environmental aspect, I can no longer justify the added costs of travelling hundreds of miles on the off-chance of bidding on lots when I can do it from my own premises and pay shipping costs for only the items purchased."
Auction Alerts
"Auction Alerts saves me so much time. Details of what I am interested in are emailed straight to me. I can filter out what I don't want and just follow up on the best leads."
Price Guide
"This is such a useful service, particularly for getting an idea of value in areas where you are not so experienced. Millions of real auction results at your fingertips..."
About the-saleroom.com
the-saleroom.com provides a complete range of online services for buyers and sellers of art and antiques at auction, including the UK's leading facility for live online bidding. Access to the site is free and visitors can view all upcoming sales without registration. Visitors who register can bid live at auctions as well as subscribing to Auction Alert and Price Guide services.
Services at the the-saleroom.com include:
Online Catalogues
the-saleroom.com hosts a wide range of catalogues for upcoming art and antiques auctions, making it easier for buyers to quickly find the lots they are interested in.
As well as a general listing by date, the catalogue menu also gives details of the sale contents, with click-through options to view the catalogue and scroll through the entire sale.
Other services:
- Search Catalogue - search tool for specific lots using criteria such as price range or object type
- Star Lots - promoting sale highlights
- Sale Details - essential information: auction dates and saleroom addresses
Most catalogues are heavily illustrated, effectively allowing users to view any sale from their desktop.
Live Auctions
As an extension to this convenient viewing facility, we have developed an applet which allows users to watch sales online and even bid live at auctions.
This keeps the traditional auctioneer right at the centre of the bidding process, while allowing potential buyers to register bids just as they would in the saleroom. Each lot is presented automatically with description, estimate and image, while the monitor indicates all the bidding in the room, on the telephone or over the internet. Live audio and video feeds relay the action as it unfolds in real time. Users are not obliged to register to view online catalogues and view a live auction. Registration on the website is only required if you wish to bid live at the auctions.
To see how it works, log on to www.the-saleroom.com and follow the links from the homepage to view a real live auction.
Auction Alerts
Auction Alerts is a low-cost service that searches all catalogues online at the-saleroom.com and emails results to subscribers according to their wish list.
Key features are:
- searches defined by keywords and price range that can be modified or deleted at any time
- no limit to the number of results generated
- as many as 20 alerts active at any one time
- alerts include images, place and date of sale and the auctioneers' contact details and website address
www.the-saleroom.com/auctionalerts/
Price Guide
The database of past auction results at the-saleroom.com contains millions of images with descriptions and prices. A subscription to the Price Guide gives unlimited access to this database.
Subscribers can research previous prices across a huge range of categories, delivering the results needed for informed valuation.
The system allows users to:
- search by keyword
- filter results by price range or date
- record actual auction prices, not estimates
- compare prices from different salerooms and dates