Stilltide

Auction House Equipment Valuation Software

Price and catalog your auction lots in minutes - upload equipment photos and get AI-powered market valuations, specs, and lot descriptions ready for listing.

Industrial auction catalog preparation is a volume problem. A lot with 40 machines needs 40 individual descriptions, 40 pricing assessments, and 40 sets of specifications - and the deadline for the catalog is the same regardless of how long the research takes. Most auction teams solve this with a combination of experience, reference books, and hours of manual lookups. Stilltide solves it with AI.

Upload photos of your auction lots - JPEG, PNG, or WebP - and Stilltide identifies each machine, researches current market pricing, and generates a complete PDF report with specifications, condition assessment, and a listing-ready lot description. Industrial auction equipment valuation that used to absorb full days of prep work now runs in the background while your team focuses on logistics.

What Stilltide Does for Auction Houses

The platform is designed around the specific outputs auction professionals actually need:

Lot descriptions that are ready to publish. The AI generates a title, equipment overview, and detailed description for each machine - including make, model, year, specs, and condition notes - that can be dropped directly into your catalog without editing. The descriptions are specific enough to attract serious bidders and answer the questions buyers ask before bidding.

Market pricing with context.Stilltide doesn't return a single number. It returns a price estimate with a confidence score and the comparable sales data behind it - recent auction results and dealer listings for the same or similar equipment. That context helps your team price lots competitively and defend those numbers to consignors.

Multi-item evaluation support. Stilltide supports package and system evaluations alongside single-machine evaluations. Upload photos of a complete production line or a grouped lot and the AI handles the grouping and evaluation logic for multi-item sets.

PDF export ready for documentation. Every evaluation generates a professional PDF report that can be used for internal records, consignor reporting, or buyer reference during the sale.

Equipment Categories Stilltide Evaluates

Stilltide covers the equipment categories most commonly found in industrial auctions:

  • CNC machining centers, lathes, mills, and grinding machines
  • Construction equipment including excavators, loaders, and compactors
  • Forklifts, reach trucks, and warehouse material handling equipment
  • Press brakes, shears, and sheet metal fabrication machinery
  • Injection molding machines and plastics processing equipment
  • Industrial robots and automated assembly equipment
  • Packaging lines, labelers, and filling equipment
  • Printing presses and converting equipment
  • Welding equipment and cutting systems

If it shows up in industrial auctions, Stilltide's AI is built to identify and evaluate it.

How the Evaluation Process Works

Each evaluation runs in two phases. In the first phase, the AI identifies the equipment from your photos and extracts all available specifications - make, model, year, configuration, and any serial number or nameplate data visible in the images. It also performs a condition assessment, noting wear, damage, and any missing components.

In the second phase, the AI researches the current market and generates pricing with comparable context. The final output is a complete PDF report: identification, specs, condition notes, market pricing, and listing copy.

Accepted photo formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP. For auction lots, standard equipment photography works well - overall machine shots, nameplate, control panel, and any visible wear areas. Supporting documents can be uploaded alongside photos.

Built for Auction Volume

The Basic plan includes 20 evaluations per billing cycle at $50/month, which fits single-auction or smaller catalog workloads well. Stilltide is a credit-based system, so you run evaluations as you need them - no per-evaluation billing, no minimums per session.

The 7-day free trial gives you enough runway to run a real lot evaluation and see the full report output before committing to a plan.

A Note on Pricing Estimates

Stilltide provides market-informed pricing estimates based on current comparable sales data, equipment condition from photos, and general market conditions. These are informational estimates to support reserve pricing and consignor discussions - they are not certified appraisals or formal valuations. For transactions requiring a certified opinion of value, a licensed appraiser should be engaged.

The estimates are built specifically for the industrial resale context and are grounded in current auction and dealer market data.

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7-day free trial, no credit card required. Import a lot from your next auction, run a few evaluations, and see whether the output fits your catalog workflow.

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Stilltide provides market-informed pricing estimates based on current data. These are informational estimates to support your decisions, not formal appraisals or certified valuations.

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