The-saleroom, EasyLive, Bidspotter and the rest are auction aggregators in their own right; Auction Bid Assistant searches across all of them, so you don't have to. One tool, two levels: search auctions instantly on this website with nothing to install, and add the free browser extension when you want all 8 platforms, one-click saving while you browse, and a live bid ladder when paired with the Bid Calculator app (not needed for searching).
Open the search page and type a keyword, done. Everything happens right here on this website, no popup or app needed. Works on any device, including phones and tablets.
A one-click install for Chrome, Firefox or Safari, then head back to the same search page and it automatically searches all 8 platforms right there on the webpage, plus:
Type one keyword and the extension searches the-saleroom, EasyLive, eBay, Invaluable, NumisBids, iCollector, LiveAuctionWorld and Bidspotter simultaneously, in your own browser, using your own connection, like 8 tabs' worth of searching done for you. Results open in a full page with per-platform tabs, house filters and sorting by estimate or date.
Every result card has a + Save button, and while you're browsing any of the 8 auction sites directly, the extension adds a π¨ Save Lot button to lot pages too. Each saved lot keeps its image, description, estimate and link. Your shortlist lives in the extension popup, one click away in your toolbar.
When you're done hunting, export everything you've saved (grouped by platform and auction house) as a printable PDF for the saleroom floor, or a CSV for your records.
Curated upcoming sales with their full catalogues, every lot with image, estimate and a live countdown. Searching from the website or extension also searches inside these catalogues, so a hunt for "banknotes" finds the individual matching lots, not just sale titles.
Save any search with your email and we'll check it every day, one email, only when new lots turn up, with a link to view all the new lots in a grid where you can save them and export PDF or CSV. Works with nothing installed, covering eBay, iCollector, LiveAuctionWorld and Featured Auction catalogues.
With the extension, your alerts search all 8 platforms, and new finds appear as a count on the toolbar icon. Up to 5 alerts per email address; one-click unsubscribe on every email.
When you save an extension-powered alert on the search page, click "β Optional filters" to narrow it down. All three are switched off by default, an alert with nothing filled in behaves exactly as it always has, matching every result for your search term across whichever platforms you've selected.
Region, only affects eBay and Bidspotter, since they're the only two platforms with their own UK/US split. Set it to UK or US to only see results from that region on those two platforms; everything else searches the same regardless.
eBay Buy It Now price, a price band that applies only to eBay's fixed-price (Buy It Now) listings, run as a separate check from your regular eBay auction results. Set Β£20βΒ£50 and you'll only hear about Buy It Now listings in that range. Regular eBay auctions are never touched by this, deliberately, since an auction can start at 99p and still end up being exactly what you want. A price filter that judged auctions by their starting bid would hide the very lots worth watching.
Auction estimate range, applies to the other seven platforms (the-saleroom, EasyLive, Bidspotter, Invaluable, NumisBids, iCollector, LiveAuctionWorld), never to eBay. Set Β£100βΒ£300 and a lot estimated at Β£250βΒ£400 still counts as a match, because part of its range overlaps yours, matching is deliberately generous (any overlap counts, not "fully inside your range") so a narrow filter doesn't quietly exclude a genuinely relevant lot just because its estimate straddles the edge.
If a lot's price can't be read at all (an unusual or malformed listing), it's still included rather than silently dropped, a filter should never make you miss something just because it couldn't parse a number.
Pair the extension with the free Bid Calculator app and it feeds the auctioneer's asking price from the live bidding page straight into your bid ladder. As bidding moves, your ladder updates in real time, showing your true total cost at every increment, with buyer's premium, VAT and currency conversion already worked in. No more mental arithmetic while the hammer's up.
Works with the-saleroom and EasyLive live bidding pages. The extension only reads the publicly displayed asking price, it never bids, and never modifies the page.
Search a keyword across everything at once. Toggle platforms, filter by house, sort by estimate. Save anything interesting as you go, from results or while browsing the auction sites themselves.
Open the popup, prune your saved lots, and export the survivors as a PDF, grouped by sale, ready for viewing day or the saleroom.
On sale day, open the live auction in one tab and your bid calculator in another. The live bridge lights up your ladder as the auctioneer calls prices, you always know your walk-away number.