GoAntiques

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GoAntiques
TypePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1994
HeadquartersPortland, Oregon, United States
Productsantiques, collectibles, art
Websitewww.goantiques.com

GoAntiques is an online retail and auction marketplace for antiques and collectibles. The company was founded as Antique Networking in 1994, is currently based in the Portland, Oregon area.[6]

Business profile[]

GoAntiques inventory consists of antique, collectible, art, and other merchandise for sale by member dealers. Along with TIAS.com, and Ruby Lane it was long considered one of the 3 major online antique malls.[1] As of July 2014, the site lists more than 400,000 items from 1,800 dealers in 29 countries.

History[]

Antique Networking, Inc. was founded in Ohio in 1994 by Kathy Kamnikar,[2] and was online by June 1995 [3] placing it amongst the very first online internet antiques & collectibles services. It began operating under the domain antiqnet.com in 1996 and in that year was listed by the Chicago Tribune as one of 8 dominant online services (alongside historical auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's).[4] Antique Networking merged with Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based GoAntiques in 2001 and began operating under the goantiques.com domain.[5]

In 2003 the company moved headquarters from Baton Rouge to Columbus, Ohio under Chapter 11 Reorganization.[6][7]

In October 2008, antiques and collectibles research company acquired GoAntiques.[8]

In May 2015, online social marketplace Gemr acquired GoAntiques.[9] Gemr later divested itself of the GoAntiques site. [10]

References[]

  • "Business Description". GoAntiques.com - About Us. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
  1. ^ [1] Antique Mall comparison from about.com
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ [3] rec.antiques.marketplace posting
  4. ^ "Visiting a Virtual Gallery". Chicago Tribune. 27 December 1996. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ [4] AuctionBytes News Article
  6. ^ Columbus Business First Article
  7. ^ [5] The Advocate (Baton Rouge) article
  8. ^ Columbus Business First article
  9. ^ eCommerce Bytes Article
  10. ^ eCommerce Bytes Article

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