-Collaborate with the Select Sales team in order to efficiently and successfully list the highest quality consignment auctions in the company utilizing our unique knowledge to authenticate, accurately describe, and maintain important SEO keywords for better search performance. -Assist other areas of the company with authentication, research, and cataloging when necessary.-Bring in consignments from outside clients and market them as needed by reaching out to potential buyers and collectors.

-Cooperate with team members to ensure that all sale deadlines are met and all items in these sales are cataloged as accurately as possible. This process includes working with editors, experts and photographers as needed. -Assist in the marketing of current sale items and bigger ticket items that come through our sales by reaching out to potential buyers and collectors. -Continue to promote the EBTH mission, “to be the world’s largest and most trusted marketplace for estate sales.” -Provide assistance to other areas of the EBTH distribution center including attribution and cataloging.

-Accurately catalogue consignments items and property with proper description and auction estimates. Appraise property for estate tax purposes.-Develop strong business relationships with consignors and secure valuable property for auction through direct negotiation and personalized client services. -Promote sales volume growth through communication with private collectors, houses and galleries and promoting the property up for auction. -Assist clients during auction preview building interest in items and sale, manage floor during auction and help execute bids through online, phone and in house bidding.-Organize, clean and transport items from the property of the consignor to the auction house.

-Optimize SEO performance for items with strategic keywords in the transformation of the written price guide to an online platform. -Cooperated with Terry and others to help format the Kovel’s Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2011 for online availability and adding appropriate search keywords for the items in the text. . -Researched and gathered hallmark reference sites online for cataloguing purposes and as a new addition to the website. -Helped answer questions for Terry’s “King’s Feature” Syndicate.

-Studied under several experts in the field including Graydon Sikes and Wes Cowan learning the fundamentals of the auction house business and anything else I could pick up along the way. -Under the guidance of my superiors, I had the privilege of cataloguing for the August 2011 Two Day Asian Art sale.-Gained an extraordinary amount of knowledge and experience in my first position with a house.