Bonhams
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Bonhams is a privately owned international auction house and one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. It was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son & Neale. This brought together two of the four surviving Georgian auction houses in London, Bonhams having been founded in 1793, and Phillips in 1796 by Harry Phillips, formerly a senior clerk to James Christie.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Bonhams
- Company.image
- Bonhams, Mayfair, W1 (7017927535).jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Bonhams in Mayfair, London, U.K.
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.foundation
- London, United Kingdom
- Company.industry
- Auctions, Valuations
- Company.founders
- Thomas Dodd and Walter Bonham
- Company.location
- 101 New Bond Street, London, United Kingdom
- Company.locations
- 66 locations worldwide(as of 2012)
- Company.key_people
- Chabi NouriHans-Kristian HoejsgaardAlex Lejeune
- Company.products
- Fine arts, fine watches, fine jewellery, Asian art and motor cars
- Company.num_employees
- 1,200 (2024)
- Company.divisions
- Bonhams LondonBonhams ParisBonhams New YorkBonhams San FranciscoBonhams Los AngelesBonhams Hong KongBonhams SydneyBukowskis, Stockholm and Helsinki (acquired January 2022)Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen (acquired March 2022)Skinner Boston (acquired March 2022) Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr (acquired June 2022)
- Company.owner
- Epiris
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 700
- Official website
- www.bonhams.com
- Image
- Bonhams, Mayfair, W1 (7017927535).jpg
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- Bonhams
- inception
- 1793-00-00
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- 13300
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Bonhams is a privately owned international auction house and one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. It was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son & Neale. This brought together two of the four surviving Georgian auction houses in London, Bonhams having been founded in 1793, and Phillips in 1796 by Harry Phillips, formerly a senior clerk to James Christie.
Today, the amalgamated business handles art and antiques auctions. Bonhams operates two salerooms in London—the former Phillips saleroom at 101 New Bond Street, and the old Bonham's saleroom at the Montpelier Galleries in Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge—with a saleroom in Edinburgh. Sales are also held around the world in New York, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, Boston, San Francisco, and Sydney. Bonhams holds more than 450 sales a year in more than 60 collecting areas, including Asian art, pictures, cars and jewellery. Bonhams has more than 1,000 staff with some of the world's leading specialists in their fields.