Auction house software for a UK saleroom
The lot is written at the piece, in pounds, and the catalogue prints from the browser. This page says what a British house gets today and what it does not.
What works in pounds today
- A sale's currency is its own: pounds sterling, US dollars or euros, chosen when the sale is made. Estimates, start bids and reserves are held to the penny in that currency.
- Lots written on the phone at the piece, saved there first and sent when there is signal, with condition grades in the trade's words (good, fair, with faults, restored, as found, poor).
- Consignors with their own reference, commission and settlement terms, and the catalogue printed from the browser with a photograph beside every entry.
- The sample sale is a British saleroom, in pounds: open it.
What is not here
- VAT. Nothing is calculated for the margin scheme or on commission, and nothing is filed. The estimate you write is the figure that prints.
- A UK platform export. The exports cover Auction Flex, LiveAuctioneers, Wavebid and HiBid, and a plain spreadsheet. A UK platform that publishes no import format, or only to its members, is not covered; the plain spreadsheet carries every lot and the photographs' names.
- British pages. Apart from this one, the site is written in American English, and the price is in dollars: $79 a month, flat, for the house.
The first 25 lots are free, with no card, so a saleroom can write a real sale's first lots and print them before deciding anything.
Open a book — free for your first 25 lotsLook at the sample sale first