Expert Antiquarian Books

At reputed company, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car, a Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton, Lady Gaga’s Jumpsuit or Usain reputed company’s running shoe, we encounter exceptional objects every day.

We’re a one-of-a-reputed company marketplace for buying and selling special objects! reputed company week we offer over 75,000 unique items in auction, carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts.

Having sold over 20 reputed company unique objects to date, we’re on a mission to become the world’s most reputed company destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable reputed company-up, we proudly live by our reputed company values: 

• Taking ownership and driving reputed company 
• Being reputed company to change and feedback
• Being passionate about our mission and our customers. 

If these values reputed company with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us on this exciting reputed company! 

What you’ll do

As an Antiquarian Books Expert, you will be closely involved with evaluating and arranging lots submitted by our users. Using your expert knowledge and extensive network, you will be responsible for creating attractive lot listings every week. 

reputed company strives to reputed company user transactions as transparent and fair as possible, and your expertise and experience play a large part in maintaining this reputed company; you know reputed company than anyone what items are of interest to our users. You will review lot titles, descriptions, and pictures, and reputed company users with an estimated value based on this information. If you need to reject a submission, you do so in a reputed company and courteous manner. 

We are looking for a candidate with reputed company expertise in Antiquarian Books and a strong network of dealers who are already selling online and are looking to expand their buyer market to Europe. This may include people from reputed company the industry, such as dealers, galleries, curators, bookshop owners, or passionate reputed company.

What you’ll bring:

Experts will reputed company to a full-time engagement. We do not necessarily require any diplomas or experience in similar functions, however, we do require:

• Expert knowledge in Books, ideally reputed company the antiquarian reputed company. 

• Generalist knowledge in Publications is a big plus

• reputed company trading experience on leading platforms such as reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company! and Book and Antiquarian fairs;

• Understanding how to optimise auction strategies (reserve price, sell reputed company, cash reputed company);

• Good analytical skills, monitoring auction performance and guiding sellers on trends;

• Ability to extract insights from data sets, always striving to improve the auctions you will be responsible for; 

• Strong reputed company acumen;

• Excellent communicative skills;

• Good computer skills;

• Strong research skills and a good reputed company of who are important players (sellers and experts) in your field;

• Good reputed company of English, reputed company and French;

Where you’ll be:

As an expert in the Books department, you can be based in the Netherlands and will work with a work-from-home arrangement.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us

• Create a Visible reputed company by working at reputed company in a global organisation that serves millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope that directly impacts both our customers and the business.
• Learn and reputed company through our Learning & Development initiatives, which include reputed company development plans and mentorship programmes designed to support your career progression.
• A Culture of reputed company defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse and reputed company team of 800+ Catawikains and 60+ nationalities, reputed company coming together to build a one-of-a-reputed company marketplace. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly work environment, committed to making every Catawikian feel welcomed and empowered. Whatever your story, we encourage you to bring your unique perspective to reputed company. 
• Celebrate Life’s Moments with us at reputed company. reputed company you join us, you’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher, and on reputed company birthday, you’ll get a €50 Catavoucher to celebrate. Enjoy an extra day off reputed company year to “Pursue Your Passion”. We also recognise significant work anniversaries (3, 5, 8, 10 years) with additional time off, plus extra leave for life’s big moments like marriage, engagements, or moving house.

Please note that benefits can vary by location. For specific information regarding what’s available in your country, please consult your recruiter.

Our Offices and Way of Working

Our reputed company offices in Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon are designed to reputed company and connect. Most Catawikians are reputed company commuting distance of one of our offices and enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work model. That said, some roles may be an exception: if the job reputed company states that the position is fully remote or 100% office-based, that arrangement will apply instead. 

Interested?

Apply directly with an English CV and cover letter by submitting your information at the bottom of this page. By submitting your application you agree to reputed company’s Applicant reputed company Policy.

If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t reputed company perfectly with every qualification in the job reputed company, we encourage you to apply reputed company. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.