Antique upright piano auctions: named makers, searched at once

Antique upright pianos vary enormously in value depending on the maker, with names like Bechstein, Broadwood and Erard commanding real premiums over an unbranded instrument, and whether the piano has been recently tuned and serviced or needs full restoration is just as significant to a genuine buyer as the case timber and decoration.

Why upright piano lots get missed

General sellers often list a piano simply as "antique piano, untested" without naming the maker or describing its playing condition, so a genuinely good named-maker instrument can sit unrecognised inside a listing that looks like any other unwanted piano.

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 "Bechstein" or "Broadwood," "antique upright piano, reconditioned," or "antique upright piano" 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 upright piano": genuine named-maker pianos, including Bechstein, Broadwood and Erard, 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 or conditions you collect

Save a search (a maker's name, "reconditioned piano," or "antique upright piano" 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 upright piano 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, plus a reminder to check delivery cost for large instruments) is always in front of you.

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