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ART, DESIGN, ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES
Our Editor - in - Chief spoke with Barnebys I was frustrated with the lack of accessibility > What types of items can you find on
Co-founder Christopher Barnekow to find out in traditional auction houses and dealers. We Barnebys and what kind of auction houses
a little bit about the world’s leading auction launched Barnebys in 2011 to make collecting and dealers do you work with?
search engine. Barnebys is the leading more accessible by offering a centralized search service and aggregator for art, design, online platform for searching the auction CB: We list over 2,000 auction houses and
antiques and collectibles. By listing auction market. dealers and you can find everything from fine
art to sports memorabilia.
houses and art dealers from all around the
world on one site, Barnebys makes unique, Today Barnebys is the number one meta- beautiful and sustainable items accessible to search service for arts, antiques, and rarities. The most popular category is watches, but
everyone - from art to furniture, wine to cars, By listing auction houses and art dealers from categories like classic cars and wines are also
jewelry, watches and fashion and much more. around the world, we’re making unique and growing, from big houses like Sothebys and
beautiful items accessible to everybody. Phillips to small provincial family-owned
auction houses.
> What was the idea behind Barnebys and
how has it evolved?
We have over a thousand auction houses as
clients including Sotheby’s, Phillips, Heritage We do not list any houses or dealers that
Christopher Barnekow: The concept of Auctions, and more. We also have the world's are not vetted by us, nor do we allow private
Barnebys began when I was looking for a largest price bank with over 88 million end individuals to sell directly on our site.
still life oil painting for my newly redecorated prices from over 2,000 auction houses. Last kitchen in my country home and didn’t know year we acquired ValueMyStuff, which is the where to start the search. world’s leading online valuation service.
The fact that an auction house or dealer
is behind the sales guarantees quality in a
completely different way than peer to peer.