Collectibles on Catawiki: new lots in Telegram

A Telegram card for every new collectible lot on your Catawiki search helps you fill the gaps in a collection without combing through each week’s auctions by hand.

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Search on Catawiki, sort by newest

Pin down the collectible on Catawiki

On catawiki.com open the matching category, type the series, maker, year or character you collect and use the filters the category provides. Keep it specific enough that every new lot is a real candidate, sort newest first and copy the address.
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Copy the link, paste it into mxsender

Send it to the MXSender bot

Paste the link into our Telegram bot. The search is saved and named; rename it after your theme, such as „Tintin first editions“ or „Die-cast 1:43“. Email can run alongside on every plan.
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New listings land in your Telegram

See each new lot as a card

New lots on your search page arrive as cards with title, current price in euro, a photo when the lot has one and a button to the lot page, each tagged with the search’s hashtag.
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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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Collectors’ classic error: browsing the theme only on Sundays

Many collectors set aside one evening a week to look through Catawiki. The trouble is that a lot listed early in the week is already late in its auction by Sunday, with watchers piling up and no time left to ask the seller about a defect. Worse, a lot listed on Monday and closed on Saturday is never seen at all.

A card on the day the lot appears removes that blind spot. You glance at it, and if it fills a gap, you have days to study it.

Pieces that collectors chase hardest

Complete sets, first editions, boxed toys in good condition and pieces by a known designer draw the most interest, and they usually do so towards the end of an auction. Seeing them at the start gives you a quiet window to compare with past sales and decide what the piece is worth to your collection, not to the room.

Your collection’s Telegram chat

Each theme has its own hashtag, so stamps, vinyl and comic books can live in one chat. Mute a broad theme so it arrives silently, keep the one you are completing loud. Forward a card to a fellow collector or a club group for an opinion. The same chat opens on Telegram Desktop for a closer look at the photos.

Checks before you commit to a bid

Read the condition report and zoom into the photos for repairs, missing parts or reproductions. Look at the seller’s rating. Add Catawiki’s buyer’s fee and the shipping to your bid, and consider import charges if the piece comes from another country. Then set a limit.

Plans for collectors on Telegram

Free checks one search every 30 minutes. Starter, $5.99, checks five searches every 10 minutes. Pro, $14.99, checks twenty searches with our fastest checks. Telegram and email are both on every plan, Free included.