Consignments
Appraisals
Record appraisals at the counter or on site, describe and photograph lots, bill a fixed or hourly fee and move accepted lots into inventory.
Learn moreFine art & antiques
Fine art & antiques
Selloff supports fine art and antiques auction houses from appraisal and consignment to catalogue, live sale, invoicing and consignor settlement, with exports to Drouot and Interenchères.
Fine art and antiques auctions, from valuation day to consignor settlement
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Appraisals that become consignments
Valuation days and house visits produce appraisals, some of which turn into consignments. Selloff records appraisals with their items and can bring appraised items into lots without re-typing.
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Very different objects in one sale
Paintings, furniture, silver, jewellery and Asian art can share the same catalogue. Taxonomies, tags and renameable fields let each department describe its lots properly.
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Estates and representatives
Estates are often handled by an heir, an executor or a notary. A consignment can name a representative, to whom communications are addressed.
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Commissions, VAT and settlements
Seller terms vary from one consignment, or one lot, to the next. Selloff applies per-lot commissions and VAT types, and settles consignors from the paid invoices.
Built for fine art and antiques auction houses
A general or fine art auction house handles a wide range of objects, clients and paperwork: valuations, estates, consignment receipts, catalogues, sale-room bidding, invoices and settlements. Selloff links these steps so that information entered once is reused throughout.
From appraisal to consignment
Appraisals made on valuation days or at a client's home are recorded in Selloff with their items, which can then be brought into lots without re-typing when the client decides to sell. For estates, a consignment can name a representative, such as an executor or notary, to whom communications are sent. Each consignor has a single record with all receipts, lots and settlements (consignor management).
Describing and selling
Taxonomies and tags adapt the lot record to each department, and every lot carries its estimates, printed estimate and reserve (estimates & reserves). Catalogues can be exported to Drouot and Interenchères, and the Drouot registrations and results imported back. During a live sale, absentee and phone bids sit in the auctioneer's book, and online bidders can follow through Redpoint Live Auction.
After the sale
Buyers are invoiced with buyer's premium and VAT, and can pay online. Commissions can differ per lot, and consignor settlements are produced from the paid invoices. Outgoing payments to consignors can be exported as an e-banking payment file.
Related features
Consignments
Estates & successions
Handle estate consignments with a representative such as an executor or notary, documents addressed to them, appraisals of the contents and single-owner sales.
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Consignments
Consignor management
Set commission, lot fees, insurance, broker and representative per consignment, group lots under receipts, and keep each consignor informed from one page.
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Inventory & catalogue
Estimates & reserves
Record starting price, low and high estimates, reserve and printed estimate for every lot, adjust them in bulk, and keep the values used in each sale.
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Sales & bidding
Live auctions & online bidding
Run the room from the auctioneer's console and take live online bids through Selloff Live Auction, with every hammer price recorded in Selloff.
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Consignments
Consignor settlements
Generate consignor statements for a whole sale, deduct commission, fees and VAT, pay consignors once buyers have paid and export transfers to your bank.
Learn moreFrequently asked questions
Can Selloff export my catalogue to Drouot and Interenchères?
Yes. From the catalogue you export a Drouot XLSX file or an Interenchères XML file in the format each platform expects. For Drouot, Selloff also imports the registered bidders and the results of the sale.
Can each lot have its own seller commission?
Yes. When the option is enabled, a commission set on a lot replaces the default commission of the consignment. The consignor settlement then uses the right rate for each lot.
Do you support live sales with online bidders?
Yes. Selloff records room, phone and absentee bids during the sale and connects to Redpoint Live Auction for online bidders, who log in with their client account. Hammer prices are written back to Selloff as the sale goes on.
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