Catawiki instrument lots as Telegram cards

Telegram cards for new Catawiki instrument lots let a player or collector catch the right guitar, violin or synth on day one of its auction instead of on the final night.

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Set up in a minute

Search on Catawiki, sort by newest

Pick the instrument search on Catawiki

Go to catawiki.com, open the musical instruments category and choose the family you want, for example electric guitars or string instruments. Add a maker or model to the search box, use whichever filters the category shows, sort newest first and copy the address.
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Copy the link, paste it into mxsender

Paste it into the MXSender bot

Send the link to our Telegram bot; it saves the search and gives it a name you can change, such as „Archtop guitars“ or „Analog synths“. You can also add the search on the MXSender website and pick Telegram there.
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New listings land in your Telegram

Get a card for every new lot

Lots added to your search after you saved it arrive as cards: title, current price in euro, a photo when the lot has one and a button to the lot page. A hashtag ties each card to its search.
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Start monitoring Catawiki →

Track a search on Catawiki right now

Paste the Catawiki search link you want watched — we’ll check we can read it, then set up your alerts.

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Is a multi-day auction really worth an alert?

Yes, and for a different reason than on classifieds. Nobody is going to buy the lot behind your back the hour it appears; the auction runs for days. What you gain is time: to read the expert description, to ask the seller about a crack or a replaced pickup, to compare with other sales, to talk to your teacher. Players who meet a lot on its last evening rarely get any of that.

Catawiki’s weekly instrument auctions add new lots regularly, and a card per matching lot means you see each one at the start.

Instrument families that suit separate searches

Guitars, bowed strings, keyboards and wind instruments attract different buyers and need different checks, so give each its own search. Each one gets its own hashtag in the chat; tap it to see that family’s history. Mute a broad search you only browse, and keep the instrument you really need audible.

Questions for the seller before you bid

For a guitar: is the finish original, are any parts replaced, has the neck been reset? For a violin: any cracks, and is the label original or attributed? For a synth: are all voices and keys working, and which voltage does it need? Ask through the lot page while the auction is young, so the answer comes in time.

The full price of an instrument from Catawiki

The winning bid plus Catawiki’s buyer’s fee plus shipping, which for a large instrument in a hard case is not small, plus any import charges if the seller is in another country. Look at the seller’s rating and set one maximum that covers it all.

How often Telegram cards can arrive

Free checks one search every 30 minutes. Starter at $5.99 checks five searches every 10 minutes. Pro at $14.99 checks twenty searches with our fastest checks. Email is included on every plan, so you can keep a written copy too. Telegram shows the same chat on your phone and on Telegram Desktop.