How Auctavian works

One catalogue, ranked for you

Auctavian swoops Australian auction houses into one place, covering paintings, prints, maps, mid-century furniture, watches and more. What you see is ranked for you alone. Change a signal and your whole view reshapes on the spot.

Why a work surfaces

There are three reasons a work is selected for you.

1. 1It hits one of your watch keywords.
2. 2Auctavian’s own reading rates it significant, whether that’s a notable artist, a rare piece, or a work that stands out from the rest of the sale.
3. 3It fits your taste. What you’ve thumbed up before suggests you’d want to see it, even with no term to catch it.

Nothing is hidden except what you exclude or the sources you mute.

It learns as you rate

Thumb up what you’d collect and thumb down what you wouldn’t. A thumb down also hides the work and tells Auctavian to show fewer like it. Star anything you want to keep an eye on. A star is just a bookmark and doesn’t change your taste.

From your thumbs Auctavian writes you a short taste brief, a plain-English read on what you collect, and matches new works against it. The more you thumb, the sharper the view. You can read and rewrite the brief on the Taste page any time.

Sleepers

SleeperFlags a lot that looks genuinely significant but modestly estimated for what it is.