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| Company type | AG |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online auction |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Alexander Zacke, Susanne Zacke |
| Defunct | 2017 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Thomas Hesse (CEO), Alexander Gilkes (CIO), Lucas Hulsmann (CFO), Osman Khan, Jan Thiel, Johannes Riedl, |
| Products | Livestream Auctions, Online shopping, Online auction |
| Services | Art valuation |
| Revenue | $150 million (2015) [1] |
Number of employees | approx. 120 (as of June 2013 excl. experts) |
| Website | auctionata |
Auctionata was an online auction house and eCommerce company specializing in luxury goods, art, antiques and collectibles based in Berlin with offices in New York. Auctionata had a team of 250 art experts who worked on commission and were not directly employed by Auctionata.[2] These experts were paid by the minute via PayPal[3] for valuing, authenticating, and curating objects including art, cars, watches, antiques.[4] Since opening in February 2012, Auctionata had evaluated and verified over 21,000 pieces of art.[5] Notably, Auctionata's experts discovered a watercolor by Egon Schiele, which was valued at a starting price of $1.3 million (€1 million).[6] Auctionata was declared insolvent on February 29, 2017 by announcing it had ceased operations.[citation needed]
- ^ Strauss, Karsten. "A Tale of Two Auction Houses". Forbes. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Yumpu.com. "auctionata-information-folder-for-us-dealers-art-market-monitor". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ "From Berlin, Bringing Art Auctions Online: Auctionata CEO Alexander Zacke (Part 3)". Sramana Mitra. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ Strauss, Karsten. "Online Auctions Hit The Big Time: Breaking The $1.3 Million Andy Warhol Record". Forbes. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ Wilkinson, Julia. "New Funding and an Egon Schiele: Excitement at Auctionata". AuctionBytes Blog. EcommerceBytes. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ "Auctionata: Sensationeller Schiele-Fund". Handelsblatt (in German). 10 March 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.