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Top 25 Fine art auction houses based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 258 fine art auction houses headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 7,659 professional contacts across them, including 3,428 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers fine art auction houses headquartered in the United States, 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 19, 2026.
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The 25 largest fine art auction houses based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,830 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1744, Sotheby’s is the world’s premier destination for art and luxury.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 899 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Park West Gallery, we want to get you excited about art.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 880 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Phillips: where the world’s curious and bold connect with the art, design, and luxury that inspires them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 752 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Heritage Auctions is the largest collectibles auctioneer and third largest auction house in the world, as well as the largest auction house founded in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 335 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Saatchi Art is the world’s leading online art gallery, connecting people with art and artists they love.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Freeman’s is a premier American auction house offering services in multiple categories including fine art, jewelry, design, books and manuscripts, furniture, decorative arts…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Invaluable is the world’s largest online marketplace of fine and decorative arts, antiques and collectibles, featuring a live online bidding platform that allows collectors and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Renowned New England auction house Bonhams Skinner holds over 60 auctions a year in 20 collecting categories – including Americana, fine art, collectables and wine, and ranging…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FOR THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER You know that moment when the lights dim, right before your favorite band starts playing?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LiveAuctioneers is the leading online auction marketplace for one-of-a-kind items, rare collectibles and coveted goods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1805 Tristram B.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Swann Galleries was founded in 1941 as an auction house specializing in Rare Books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rago is a leading U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ranked as one of the best 250 Auction Houses World Wide, John Moran Auctioneers is a family-run auction house specializing in California & American Art, Jewelry, 20th Century &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Morphy Auctions in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has become one of the great success stories of the antiques auctions trade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Zachys Wine Auctions is an information technology and services company based out of 39 Westmoreland Ave, White Plains, New York, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Wright is the premier auction house specializing in modern and contemporary design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1924, Alex Cooper has been the most trusted name in the Mid-Atlantic region, a name synonymous with successful auctions of residential and commercial real estate, as well as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For over 30 years we've been buyers and sellers of Art, Antiques, and Collectibles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery is a full-service estate auction gallery located on Atlanta’s vibrant Westside in a spacious, state-of-the-art facility ideal for storing and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Leland Little is an auction house, but also an exhibit gallery and place where community is gathered and built.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are the West Coast's premier full-service auction house and have hosted auctions for more than forty years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Platinum Luxury Auctions® specializes in the auction sale of elite and distinguished properties on behalf of affluent sellers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2006, The Potomack Company is a leading auction house in the Washington, D.C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: fine art auction houses. 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 fine art auction houses.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of fine art auction houses, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name fine art auction houses. 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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Fine art auction houses based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 258 companies.
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 fine art auction houses, 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “fine art auction houses”. 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 fine art auction houses), 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 fine art auction houses, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 3,428 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 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Fine art auction houses by metro
- Fine art auction houses in New York37
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 fine art auction houses, 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 fine art auction houses are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 258 fine art auction houses headquartered in the United States 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?
Sotheby's, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most fine art auction houses?
New York leads with 37 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (7) and Miami (6).
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 3,428 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 258 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 19, 2026.
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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.
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