Art & Antiques Auction Platform Development

Every lot gets a structured provenance record with fields for owner name, dates, acquisition method, exhibition history, and publication references. Records link chronologically and support document uploads. Bidders see the full chain right on the lot page—that kind of transparency builds confidence, and confident bidders bid higher.

Deep zoom uses tiled image technology like OpenSeadragon to let users pan and zoom into gigapixel-resolution photographs. For art and antiques, that means a bidder in Tokyo can inspect brushstrokes, surface condition, maker's marks, and restoration work without ever seeing the piece in person. It directly reduces buyer hesitation—which is really what you're paying for.

Yes. Timed auctions use countdown clocks with anti-sniping extensions. Live auctions sync a video stream with a real-time bid engine and auctioneer controls. Hybrid sales start as timed previews and transition to live. All three formats share the same catalog and bidder infrastructure, so you're not managing separate systems.

You configure tiered premium rates in the admin panel—say, 25% on the first $500K and 20% above that. The system applies the correct tier to each hammer price, adds applicable taxes, and generates the buyer invoice the moment the lot closes. No manual calculation, no back-and-forth with accounting.

The bidding engine uses WebSocket connections with horizontal scaling on Vercel's edge network. We load-test to simulate thousands of concurrent bidders before your first sale. Image assets are served via CDN, so media delivery never competes with the bid engine for server resources. Sale night shouldn't feel like a gamble.

Absolutely. We build REST APIs that sync lot data, client records, and sale results with your existing tools—whether that's a custom FileMaker database, Salesforce, or a gallery management system. Data flows both ways so your team works from one source of truth.