Fine art appraisal research agent
Free to start — 150 credits, no card. Your first report lands in about two minutes.
The agent researches the piece, the artist, the publication and the period — then hands back a full report with real comparables and every source linked.
The problem
A real appraisal is not a guess at a number. It is hours of work — reverse-image searching the sheet, reading auction archives, chasing dealer listings, checking the plate against a catalogue raisonné or a museum copy, working out which edition and which state you are holding, then writing it all up with the evidence attached.
So collectors skip it, because the research costs more than the piece. And professionals do it anyway — on evenings and weekends, for sheets worth a few hundred dollars.
The agent runs that same trail. Three hours of research, back in about two minutes, with every source linked so you can check its work.
Doing it by hand
≈ 3 hrs
With the agent
≈ 2 min
One photo in. The same searches, archives, listings and records — run in parallel, read in full, and written up as a sourced report you can hand to a client.
What comes back
Maker, title, edition and date — with the reasoning that got there and the confidence it deserves.
Sold prices and live listings for the same plate, each with a working link to the record it came from.
Museum records, catalogue entries and dealer descriptions — cited, never paraphrased into a black box.
Who made it, for which atlas, folio or flora, and which printing of it you are actually holding.
Why the piece exists, what was happening when it was printed, and how that moves the market for it.
What it is sure of, what it is not, and the single photo or fact that would tighten the range.
Frontier models
Every run uses frontier reasoning models with live web search, reverse-image search and full page reading — the same tools a researcher would use, run in parallel. Pick a quick identification for a flea-market find, or exhaustive sourcing for a piece you are about to price for a client.
A fast read — identification and a first valuation.
about 30 credits
More searching, deeper comparables.
about 60 credits
Exhaustive sourcing and expert-level reasoning.
about 150 credits
Our most capable analysis, for rare or high-value pieces.
about 300 credits
Dealers, appraisers and auction staff use it as a research assistant that never gets bored of archive work. Run it before you catalogue a consignment, before you bid, or when a walk-in puts a portfolio on the counter. Every claim arrives with the record it came from, so the judgement stays yours.
Find out what you actually own before you pay for an appraisal — whether the sheet is an original impression or a later reproduction, which edition it belongs to, and what comparable copies have really sold for. Enough to buy well, insure sensibly, or know when a piece deserves a certified appraisal.
Published reports
Every report published by its owner is open to read in full — the conversation, the sources, the comparables and the reasoning behind the range.
Pricing
Each appraisal deducts exactly what it cost to run — so a simple print never subsidises a complicated one. One credit is a cent of compute, and you always see the estimate before you confirm.
$0to start
See the sourced comps for yourself before you spend a dollar.
$0.05per credit
No subscription, no commitment. Buy a pack once and use it whenever.
$0.04per credit
A monthly credit allotment at the subscriber rate. Unused credits roll over one month; change or cancel anytime.
150 free credits on signup — enough for one full appraisal, no card required. See the full pricing breakdown.
AI research gets things wrong — a misread imprint, a comp that turns out to be a different state, a listing that never sold at its asking price. Treat the report as a very fast researcher's first pass, not a verdict.
So every non-obvious claim is linked to the record it came from, every comparable carries its source URL, and every section states how confident it is and what would raise it. Open the links. Check the prices. The judgement stays with you.
This is research, not a certified appraisal — for insurance, probate or sale documentation, take it to a qualified appraiser.
Three hours of appraisal research, back before your coffee is cold. Five credits free, no card.