How to get a valuation on your items

Your own personal "Antiques Roadshow" expert that looks for prices using AI

One long running TV series in the UK is called the “Antiques Roadshow” which involves experts in different types of antiques (art, ceramics, paintings, cutlery) travelling the country (typically to a large country house) and inviting people to come to see them to find out more about the things they own.

There’s something delightfully British about the whole thing. People queue - in long lines - holding on to their various items.

Then when they see the expert everyone pretends not to be interested in the valuation itself - but rather about who made it, when and what it was used for. Only at the end of a long explanation and a suitable pause will the expert ask “would you like to know how much its worth?” - whilst the owner prepares to look shocked for the cameras.

If you actually need to find a valuation for something though it can be a tedious process trying to find out prices online. Having to wade through model numbers, descriptions and having to guess the age and condition of items.

Wouldn’t it be useful if an AI assistant could just ask the questions that it needed, look up the answer and come back with a price? (Ideally with the relevant sources as well so you could check for yourself and set up a sale if needed)

That’s what this tool is designed to do. After asking a few questions about the item (you can upload a photo if you choose) it will go and search on the web and find one or more prices and provide the evidence. It might even give you the story behind if its interesting - but if you just want the price, that’s fine too. No judgement from this AI tool. Have a try and let me know what you think!

And if you like it you can always subscribe. I’ll be looking out for use cases like this every week.