Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Rare book dealers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 292 rare book dealers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 833 professional contacts across them, including 267 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers rare book dealers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026. Country and city lists for rare book dealers follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest rare book dealers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1962, Doyle is one of the world's foremost auctioneers and appraisers of fine art, jewelry, furniture, decorations, Asian works of art, coins, stamps, rare books and a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Swann Galleries was founded in 1941 as an auction house specializing in Rare Books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Peter Harrington is one of the most respected and dynamic names in the world of rare books, with permanent galleries in London and New York.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bauman Rare Books offers an extraordinary selection of rare, antiquarian, first editions, signed and inscribed books ranging from the 15th through the 20th centuries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Welcome to Forum Auctions, the specialist auction house for rare books, manuscripts, limited edition prints from 1500-present day, Banksy prints and other works on paper.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Palácio do Correio Velho was founded in 1989 with the purpose providing the best service in the business of identification, preservation and distribution of Fine & Decorative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fondata nel 1875 da Luigi Gonnelli nel cuore di Firenze, in Via Ricasoli, 6, la "Libreria Antiquaria Gonnelli" è una delle più antiche e storiche librerie antiquarie d'Italia e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Foleys (formerly trading as Liquidation Stock Limited) was launched in 2010 from our former warehouse in Greenogue Business Park, Dublin 24.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2006, The Potomack Company is a leading auction house in the Washington, D.C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Headquartered in Boston, RR is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Herzlich willkommen im Auktionshaus Rapp – einem einzigartigen Ort, an dem wertvolle Objekte und faszinierende Sammlungen neue Liebhaber und Besitzer finden.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1847, Bernard Quaritch Ltd is one of the oldest antiquarian book dealers in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Giquello et associés” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a seller of antiquarian books with a collection spanning more than five centuries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Zwiggelaar Auctions is a retail company based out of Amsterdam, Netherlands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in York in 1761, established in London in 1815, Henry Sotheran Limited has a long and distinguished history.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1860, Clevedon Salerooms is a leading destination in the South West of England for antiques and fine art.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1853, Maggs Bros.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1906 and the oldest organisation of its kind in the world, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association is the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Your trusted source for rare books, genuine autographs, and print ephemera since 1949.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Auctioneers & appraisers of rare books, prints, works on paper and more!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm located on Worth Avenue in beautiful Palm Beach, Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Bookshop Camille Sourget is specialized in Literary First editions, travel books and atlases, scientific books as well as any beautifully illustrated books that marked their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vangsgaards Antikvariat er grundlagt i 2001 af Søren Vangsgaard og voksede hurtigt til at blive Nordens største antikvariat.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 2012 by BBC antiques expert Catherine Southon, our focus is to provide a professional personable service tailored to your individual needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: rare book dealers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names rare book dealers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of rare book dealers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name rare book dealers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Rare book dealers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among rare book dealers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for rare book dealers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “rare book dealers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names rare book dealers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among rare book dealers, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 267 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Rare book dealers by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Rare book dealers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names rare book dealers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many rare book dealers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 292 rare book dealers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most rare book dealers?
The United States leads with 98 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (49). Every rare book dealers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most rare book dealers?
London leads with 21 headquartered companies, followed by New York (13) and Paris (9).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 267 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 292 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.