Antique brass cornet & trumpet auctions: named makers, searched at once

Antique cornets and trumpets are collected for the maker's name, such as Boosey and Hawkes, completeness with the original fitted case, and playing condition, with a named maker in good original condition worth notably more than an unbranded or heavily worn instrument.

Why brass cornet and trumpet lots get missed

General sellers often list a cornet or trumpet simply as "old brass instrument" without naming the maker, so a genuinely desirable named-maker piece can sit unrecognised inside a listing that looks like any other tarnished brass horn.

One search across every platform

Auction Bid Assistant's free browser extension searches the-saleroom, EasyLive, Bidspotter, Invaluable, NumisBids, iCollector and LiveAuctionWorld simultaneously, alongside eBay. Search a maker's name like "Boosey and Hawkes," "brass cornet," "antique trumpet," or "antique brass cornet" generally and results return across all of them, with images, estimates, current bids where shown, and sale countdowns, sorted by platform in tabs.

Real results for "antique brass cornet": genuine antique cornets and trumpets, including a Boosey and Hawkes example, found in one search.

It works by searching from inside your own browser, the same as opening and searching each site yourself, just done in seconds. Nothing is stored on our servers, permissions are minimal, and the extension never places a bid on your behalf.

Alerts: for the makers you collect

Save a search (a maker's name, or "antique brass cornet" generally) and get emailed the moment a new lot matches it, across all covered platforms including eBay, rather than relying on remembering to check each one.

Want to try before installing?

The same search box works on this website with no install at all for eBay, iCollector, LiveAuctionWorld and Featured Auction catalogues, a quick way to see matching cornet lots before adding the rest of the platforms via the extension.

Built for how instrument buyers actually work

Save any lot with one click from search results, export your shortlist as a printable PDF or CSV before a sale, and on the day itself the optional live bridge feeds the auctioneer's asking price into the free bid calculator, so your maximum (with buyer's premium and any applicable taxes included) is always in front of you.

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