Antique furniture auctions: chests, tables and cabinets, searched at once
Good furniture is heavy to ship and awkward to photograph well, so it's routinely under-marketed: a Georgian chest of drawers or a mid-century sideboard can sit in a general house-clearance sale with one blurry photo and a two-word description. The buyers who search every platform, not just one, are the ones who find it.
Why furniture lots get missed
A local house-clearance auction rarely has the reach or the specialist cataloguing that a dedicated furniture sale gets, so a genuinely good piece, an inlaid writing desk, a set of dining chairs, a carved oak cabinet, can be listed as "wooden cabinet, used" with no period or maker attribution at all. Checking every platform every day to catch these is unrealistic for one person.
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. A search for "antique furniture," "chest of drawers," "dining table," a period or style term, or a maker's name returns matching lots across all of them, with images, estimates, current bids where shown, and sale countdowns, sorted by platform in tabs.
Real results for "antique furniture": 91 lots found in one search, spanning period chests, tables and cabinets from multiple platforms at once.
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: useful when good pieces are spread thin
Furniture worth buying doesn't come up in every sale, so save a search (a style, period, piece type, or "antique furniture" 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 furniture lots before adding the rest of the platforms via the extension.
Built for how furniture 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 VAT included, plus a reminder to check delivery cost for large pieces) is always in front of you.
Browse furniture types
Looking for something more specific? These narrower furniture searches cover the most collected sub-categories.
Antique writing bureau auction search → Georgian chest of drawers auction search → Antique dining table & chairs auction search → Mid-century sideboard auction search →
Common questions
Can I search antique furniture auctions across multiple platforms at once?
Yes, the free extension searches the-saleroom, EasyLive, Bidspotter, Invaluable, NumisBids, iCollector and LiveAuctionWorld simultaneously, alongside eBay, from one search box.
Does it work for mid-century and vintage furniture, not just antiques?
Yes, any keyword works, so mid-century, vintage, Georgian, Victorian or Art Deco furniture all search the same way across all covered platforms.
Can I get alerted the moment a new furniture lot is listed?
Yes, save a search and get an email the moment a new lot matches it, across all covered platforms including eBay.
Is the extension safe?
It requests minimal permissions, cannot read your browsing history, only reads publicly visible auction listings, and never modifies pages or places bids. No account, no personal data.