Facts cite a photo
Maker, period, and condition stay tied to the frame that supports them.
Estate and antiques auctioneers
Catalog the lot while you are still standing next to it.
Auctus is the cataloging app we use in our own auction house. Photograph each lot, leave a voice note, and review an AI draft that cites the photo behind every fact. You approve it, then export a CSV with the images.
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Lot 148 · draft
Tilt-top tea table
Mahogany, pad feet. An illustration of the draft you review.
Photos in this lot: 01 overview, 02 mark, 03 underside, 04 damage.
- Maker
- Not stated
- Period
- Early 19th century · photo 02
- Condition
- Shrinkage crack to the top · photo 04
- Price
- Not set. Auctus leaves price with you.
4 photos groupedVoice note 0:42Waiting for review
What stays true on every lot
Prices stay with you
Auctus never estimates a price. The number, if you publish one, is yours.
A person approves
Nothing is final until someone on your desk has reviewed the lot.
The export carries images
The CSV leaves with the photographs, ready for the auction platform.
How it works
From the camera roll to a file you would sign.
01
Shoot and speak
Photograph the lot on an iPhone. Leave a voice note for that lot while the piece is in front of you: the mark on the underside, the crack the camera might miss, what the consignor said.
02
Photos become lots
The app groups the frames into lots, so a morning on the preview floor does not end as a camera roll with no names.
03
A draft that cites its photos
Auctus drafts a HiBid-ready title and description, plus maker, period, and condition. Each fact stays attached to a photo. A claim with nothing behind it stays out of the copy.
04
You approve, then export
A person reviews every lot and approves it. When the catalog is ready, export a CSV that includes the images.
In the draft
What you review before a lot is real.
- Voice note per lot
- Record it with the photos, while you can still see the piece.
- Grouping
- Frames from one object land in one lot, including the mixed estates.
- HiBid-ready copy
- Titles and descriptions drafted in the shape a HiBid catalog expects.
- Maker, period, condition
- Written when a photo or your note supports them, and labeled with that photo.
- Review queue
- Each lot waits for a person. The draft is a starting point, not a published catalog.
- Used in our own sales
- Auctus is built for estate and antiques houses, and the people who make it catalog with it.
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