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Announcements, guides and perspectives on auction-house operations and software.
Insight24 Sep 2026
What sets numismatic auctions apart (structured coin descriptions, reference catalogues, grading standards, certification, photography and specialist platforms) and how to organise the back office around them.
5 min read
Vision16 Sep 2026
A manifesto on artificial intelligence in auction houses: the uses worth building – finding the right buyers for each lot, cataloguing, translating, searching the archive – and the red lines that protect trust.
6 min read
Announcement11 Sep 2026
Selloff 3.0 introduces a new menu with global search, a dashboard configured per auction and a contact page that gathers every role, document and activity of a client. Here is what changes for each team in an auction house, and why.
3 min read
Guide27 Aug 2026
How to publish one auction catalogue on several online platforms (Drouot, Interenchères, Sixbid, Numisbids, Biddr, Philasearch) and bring bids and results back into a single system, with the pitfalls to avoid.
5 min read
Announcement24 Aug 2026
Between December 2025 and August 2026, eight Selloff 2.4 releases reworked invoicing and payments, after-sale logistics, contact management and catalogue production. This recap groups the main changes by workflow.
3 min read
Guide6 Aug 2026
A practical guide to hybrid auctions: registering bidders by channel, aligning bid increments, clerking a sale with room, phone, absentee and online bids, and reconciling the results afterwards.
5 min read
Guide9 Jul 2026
The full lifecycle of a lot in an auction house, step by step: consignment receipt, cataloguing, estimates and reserves, catalogue, bids, sale day, invoicing, payment, consignor settlement and shipping.
6 min read
Guide18 Jun 2026
A practical buyer's guide for auction houses: the criteria that matter, the questions to ask vendors, and how to plan a migration without disrupting your sale calendar.
5 min read
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