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Answering service for
auction houses.

An AI answering service built around the consignment enquiry. It answers every call 24/7, establishes what the caller wants to consign and when, and texts them for photographs while they are still talking — so your specialists spend their time on lots, not on the phone.

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Why does consignment intake overwhelm a small auction house?

Your specialists are the bottleneck and the phone is what consumes them. Most consignment calls are not lots at all, but you cannot know which until someone has spent ten minutes finding out — and that someone is the person who should be cataloguing.

Deadline-driven

every sale has a consignment cut-off, and enquiries cluster hard against it while staff are cataloguing

Unsortable

a phone description will not tell a specialist whether a lot is worth a valuation appointment

Lost

evening and weekend callers clearing a house reach voicemail and consign somewhere else

What does the agent ask a consignor?

Three things happen in a single conversation, with no human in the qualification loop:

01

It answers in your house’s name

At any hour. It establishes what the caller wants to consign, roughly what period or category, whether it is a single lot or a whole property, and how quickly they need to move.

02

It texts for photographs mid-call

A link goes out while the caller is on the line: the overall piece, any marks, signatures or labels, and any damage. Your specialist sees the lot before deciding on a valuation appointment.

03

It records the deadline that matters

Whether the consignor is working to a probate date, a house sale or a move, so your team can route the enquiry to the right upcoming sale instead of the next one.

Does it actually work?

The same agent architecture runs live for two New Jersey businesses in adjacent trades. Across a measured eight-day deployment at an estate buyer it handled 85 inbound calls without missing one, producing 74 qualified selling leads including 11 that arrived outside business hours.

Read the full case study, method and limitations →

Which areas does this cover?

The tristate area, with both live deployments in Bergen County, New Jersey:

The agent confirms the caller’s location during the call and checks it against your service area before anyone commits to a visit. It handles calls in English and Spanish.

Common questions

Can an answering service handle auction consignment enquiries?

A message-taking service cannot triage a lot, because triage needs a picture. This agent qualifies the enquiry by category and urgency and collects photographs during the call, so what reaches your specialist is a described lot with images rather than a callback request.

Will it value or estimate anything?

Never. It does not give estimates, suggest reserves, or comment on saleability. Valuation stays entirely with your specialists; the agent only makes sure they have something to look at.

Can it route by department?

Yes. The qualification script can distinguish categories — jewellery, furniture, fine art, collectables — at the start of the call and tag the summary so it reaches the right specialist.

What about probate and executor calls?

Those are captured with the detail that matters: whether the caller is an executor, whether there is a deadline, and where the property is. Those enquiries are usually the largest and the most time-sensitive.

Other trades we answer for

Antique & Estate Buyers

Auto Body & Collision

Jewelry & Coin Buyers

Restoration Contractors

Furniture & Consignment

Luthiers & Instrument Repair

Specialists on lots.
Not on the phone.

Live in 14 days. No engineering, no new equipment. Trained on what you buy from day one.

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