Walkthrough

Roadshow: From Photos to Full Appraisal in Minutes

Upload photos of your antiques. AI identifies and researches every piece. You review and approve. Here's how it works.

1

Upload Your Photos

Take photos of your antiques and upload them. One photo per item, or multiples for more detail. That's all you need to start.

You start with an empty inventory. Click Upload to add your first items.

Empty inventory page
A fresh start — no items yet

Drop your photos in or browse to select them. Pick a property and room if you want to organize by location. Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, and HEIC.

Upload dialog
Upload supports drag-and-drop and multiple files at once

17 photos uploaded in one batch. Every item shows as "Unidentified Item" — that's about to change.

17 items uploaded, all unidentified
17 items uploaded — paintings, furniture, ceramics, sculptures
2

AI Identifies Everything

Claude Code looks at each photo and identifies what it is — the era, style, materials, likely maker, and an initial value estimate.

The pipeline board shows all 17 items waiting in the Uploaded column, ready for AI analysis.

Pipeline board with items waiting for AI
Pipeline view — Kanban-style workflow tracking

In the terminal, you tell Claude to ingest the new images. One command kicks off the entire identification pass.

Claude Code terminal — ingest command
Claude Code — "Ingest the images I just added"

A few minutes later, Claude has identified all 17 items with names, confidence levels, and value estimates. The Black Forest clock and Baroque painting are flagged as the most notable pieces.

Identification results table
All 17 items identified — confidence and estimates at a glance

Back in the web app, every item has moved to Ready for Review with a name and price estimate.

Pipeline with items ready for review
Items flow from "Uploaded" to "Ready for Review" automatically
3

You Review and Approve

AI does the heavy lifting, but you stay in control. Review each identification, approve what looks right, flag anything that needs a second look.

Hover over any item to see Approve, Flag, or Reject buttons right on the card — no extra clicks needed.

Approve, flag, reject buttons on hover
Inline review controls — approve, flag, or reject with one click

Click into any item for the full identification. This Baroque oil painting was identified as 17th–18th century, oil on canvas, estimated at $2,000–$8,000.

Item detail page with AI identification
Full detail — era, style, materials, maker, estimate, and reasoning

Scroll down to add your own notes — provenance, purchase history, condition details. These get factored into the deep research later.

Owner notes section on item detail
Owner notes help Claude produce more accurate research

All 17 items approved and moved to the Approved column. Ready for deep research.

Pipeline with all items approved
Batch approval done — the entire collection is queued for research

The Review page confirms your progress: upload, AI identification, and your review are all done. Deep research is next.

Review page showing 3 of 4 steps complete
Three steps done — deep research is the final stage

The dashboard gives you a live overview — total items, initial estimates, categories, and recent activity. The "How It Works" panel shows where you are in the process.

Dashboard after identification
Dashboard — collection overview with estimates, categories, and activity
4

Deep Research

Claude researches each approved item — pulling auction records, maker history, comparable sales, and market conditions to produce a full valuation.

Back in the terminal, you tell Claude to research the approved items. It pulls each one and begins deep analysis.

Claude Code starting deep research
"I approved all of them — do the rest of the research process"

Research happens in the background. Items move from Approved to Done as each one finishes.

Pipeline with research in progress
3 items fully researched, 14 more in progress
5

The Results

Every item now has a full valuation with comparable sales, history, market context, and actionable recommendations.

The inventory grid fills in with values, categories, and green "researched" badges as items complete.

Inventory with items being researched
Values and categories populate as research finishes

Click into any item for the full picture. This Black Forest clock was valued at $4,000 / $6,500 / $12,000 (low / likely / high) — backed by comparable auction sales from Fontaines, Brunk, and others.

Full valuation for Black Forest Clock
Identification, valuation, comparable sales, and deep research notes

Each item gets cited sources, market context, and a full status timeline showing every step from upload through deep research.

Sources, market context, and status timeline
Market context, cited sources, owner notes, and status timeline

All 17 items valued and categorized. The inventory is a complete, searchable catalog — $30,475 across the full collection.

All items fully researched
Complete inventory — every item identified, valued, and categorized
6

Final Deep Dive

As a final pass, we ran deep research across all 17 items — cross-referencing additional auction records, refining valuations, and pulling in more comparable sales data. The results feed back into every item's detail page.

The dashboard shows the final state: 17 of 17 fully researched, with the highest-value pieces ranked. The Black Forest clock and Baroque painting each landed at $6,500 likely value.

Final dashboard after deep research
17 of 17 fully researched — collection overview and top items

Every step is complete — from upload through deep research.

Collection complete screen
All steps green — collection complete
7

Export Everything

Every item's data — identification, valuation, research, recommendations — is yours to take with you. Export as a PDF report for any individual item, or download the entire collection as a CSV spreadsheet.


From photos to full appraisal

17
Items
$30K
Collection Value
~20 min
Start to Finish

Upload photos. AI identifies and values everything. You review and approve. Deep research with comparable sales, maker history, and market context. Export individual PDF reports or the full collection as a CSV.

What's Next: Go to Market

The collection is identified, valued, and researched. The next step is getting it in front of buyers.

Roadshow gives you everything you need to list: professional descriptions, value ranges backed by comparable sales, detailed condition and provenance notes, and high-quality photos already uploaded.

The final piece is connecting to a marketplace:

  • Manual listing — take your descriptions and valuations to eBay, Chairish, 1stDibs, Ruby Lane, or wherever you sell. All the research is done; you're just placing it.
  • Programmatic listing — connect Roadshow to a marketplace API and push listings directly. Titles, descriptions, pricing, categories, and photos are already structured and ready to go.

Either way, you're not starting from scratch. Every item already has a name, description, value range, category, and photos — the listing practically writes itself.