Every serious auction buyer knows the routine: check the-saleroom, then EasyLive, then Invaluable, then eBay, then two or three more, because the lot you're hunting might be listed on any one of them, and only one of them.
"Every Sunday night I trawl through every auction catalogue of sales across the country." , Drew Pritchard, antiques dealer, in Homes & Antiques
That Sunday-night trawl exists because the online auction market is fragmented by design. The platforms are competitors, they don't share listings, and none of them will ever show you a rival's lots. A provincial auctioneer might run one sale on the-saleroom and the next on EasyLive. If you only check one platform, you miss lots that were sitting in plain sight on another.
The-saleroom, EasyLive, Bidspotter and the others are themselves auction aggregators, each one already brings together listings from dozens of individual auction houses. Auction Bid Assistant searches across those aggregators, so you don't have to: one search box covers the-saleroom, EasyLive, eBay, Invaluable, NumisBids, iCollector, LiveAuctionWorld and Bidspotter. Type a keyword once, results come back in one place, with images, estimates, current bids and sale dates, organised in per-platform tabs you can filter and sort.
You can start right in your browser: eBay, iCollector, LiveAuctionWorld and our Featured Auction catalogues are searchable instantly on this website, on desktop, phone or tablet, no account, no install. The free browser extension then adds the remaining platforms (the-saleroom, EasyLive, Bidspotter, Invaluable and NumisBids), because those can only be searched from inside your own browser, not by a website.
| Platform | Coverage | How |
|---|---|---|
| eBay | Auctions & Buy It Now, 8 regions | ✓ Instant, on this site |
| iCollector | Collectibles, coins, militaria | ✓ Instant, on this site |
| LiveAuctionWorld | US & international sales | ✓ Instant, on this site |
| Featured Auctions | Curated catalogues (Whyte's, Sworders, Adams & more) | ✓ Instant, on this site |
| the-saleroom | UK's largest auction portal | Free extension |
| EasyLive Auction | Hundreds of UK provincial houses | Free extension |
| Bidspotter | UK & US commercial/trade sales | Free extension |
| Invaluable & NumisBids | Fine art · numismatics | Free extension |
Every result has a save button. Saved lots keep their image, estimate and a direct link to bid, and your shortlist exports as a printable PDF (grouped by sale, made for viewing day) or a CSV spreadsheet for your records. No account needed; your list lives on your own device.
Yes, the website search, the extension, lot saving and PDF/CSV export are all free. No account or card required.
No. eBay, iCollector, LiveAuctionWorld and Featured Auction catalogues search instantly on this website, including on mobile. The free extension (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) adds the-saleroom, EasyLive, Bidspotter, Invaluable and NumisBids.
Those platforms can't be searched by an ordinary web page, they require a real browser session. The extension searches them from inside your own browser, on your own connection, exactly as if you'd visited each site yourself.
No. It finds and organises lots; bidding always happens on the auction platform itself, under your own account there.