You could use the eCommerce plugin and just disable the 'add to cart' button and checkout parts of it. It already has some sorting and searching capabilities.

Other than that, the usual way to do things like what you want on concrete5 is to make each item a page and handle the sorting, filtering and searching using page lists. You would create a page type with attributes for each of the properties you want to sort or search on and use that for each item. A good addon for managing such page types is 'Best Suite Core'.

If you want to avoid duplicate data entry and pull the attributes into the page text, my Magic Data addon can make it much quicker to roll out such pages. You could also use my Uber List addon for listing and filtering and for formatting lists if the regular page list or similar addons are not suited to your listing and display requirements.