Bonhams is a privately owned British auction house founded in 1793 which makes it the oldest auctioneer of fine art and antiques still in British ownership. It was created by Thomas Dodd, a renowned antique print dealer and Walter Bonham, a book specialist. It is the third largest auctioneer after Sotheby's and Christie's, and conducts around 700 auctions per year. They employ 700 employees. The current business manager is Robert Brooks.
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Bonhams is a privately owned British auction house founded in 1793 which makes it the oldest auctioneer of fine art and antiques still in British ownership. It was created by Thomas Dodd, a renowned antique print dealer and Walter Bonham, a book specialist. It is the third largest auctioneer after Sotheby's and Christie's, and conducts around 700 auctions per year. They employ 700 employees. The current business manager is Robert Brooks.
The firm has London salerooms in New Bond Street and Knightsbridge. It operates in the USA as Bonhams & Butterfields and in Australia as Bonhams & Goodmans.
In 1999, as Bonhams did not have a motor car department, they merged with specialist auctioneer Brooks
In 2001 Bonhams took over and rebranded the UK operations of auctioneer Phillips -- the remains of that company now operates as Phillips de Pury & Company, mainly in the USA.
In 2002, Bonhams acquired the American auction house Butterfield & Butterfield, and now operates in the US under the name "Bonhams & Butterfields".
In October 2005, Bonhams gained full independence after buying back a 49.9% stake held by French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. It is a privately owned company.
With Christie's, Bonhams is a shareholder in the London-based Art Loss Register, a privately-owned database used by law enforcement services worldwide to trace and recover stolen art.
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The different department of Bonhams are:
Antiquities , Arms and Armour , Asian Art , Books, Maps & Manuscripts , Carpets & Rugs , Clocks, Watches & Barometers , Coins & Medals , Collectors' Items , Contemporary Art , Contemporary Ceramics , Decorative Arts , European Ceramics & Glass , Fine Furniture & Works of Art , Fishing Tackle & Angling Art , Frames , Greek Pictures , Impressionist & Modern Art , Indian Art , Islamic Art , Jewelery , Marine Pictures , Mechanical Antiquities , Mirrors And Lightning , Motor Cars, Motor Cycles & Automobilia , Musical Instruments , Natural History , 19 Century Pictures , Old Master Pictures , Photography , Pianos , Prints , Portrait Miniatures & Silhouettes , Postcards & Cigarette Cards , Rivercraft , Russian Art , Sculpture & Virtue , Sporting Guns , Sporting Memorabilia , Stamps , Textiles , Toys, Dolls and Models , Travel & Topographical , Tribal Century , 20th Century Art , Watercolours , Wine, Port and Spirits
