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

GoAntiques is an online retail and auction market place for antiques and collectibles. The company was founded as an Antique Networking in 1994 and is currently based in the Portland, Oregon area.[1]

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.[2] 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,[3] and began operating online by June 1995. [4] 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).[5] Antique Networking merged with Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based GoAntiques in 2001 and began operating under the goantiques.com domain.[6]

In 2003 the company moved headquarters from Baton Rouge to Columbus, Ohio under Chapter 11 Reorganization.[7][8]

In October 2008, antiques and collectibles research company WorthPoint acquired GoAntiques.[9]

In May 2015, online social marketplace Gemr acquired GoAntiques.[10] Gemr later divested itself of the GoAntiques site.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Who We Are and How To Reach Us". GoAntiques.
  2. ↑ "Antique Mall comparison". about.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2007.
  3. ↑ http://www1.sos.state.oh.us/pls/portal/PORTAL_BS.BS_QRY_BUS_FILING_DET.SHOW?p_arg_names=charter_num&p_arg_values=889815
  4. ↑ ""Antique Networking" New Homepage announcement (rec.antiques.marketplace posting)". Google Groups. June 1, 1995.
  5. ↑ "Visiting a Virtual Gallery". Chicago Tribune. 27 December 1996. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Steiner, Ina (October 31, 2001). "GoAntiques Network Launches Re-Designed Shopping Portal". AuctionBytes.
  7. ↑ Showalter, Kathy (April 21, 2003). "GoAntiques is arriving". Columbus Business First.
  8. ↑ "GoAntiques.com gone from BR, state still invested". The Advocate (Baton Rouge). June 6, 2003. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011.
  9. ↑ "WorthPoint closes deal for GoAntiques". Columbus Business First. October 30, 2008.
  10. ↑ Steiner, Ina (May 18, 2015). "WorthPoint Sells GoAntiques Online Marketplace to Gemr". eCommerce Bytes.
  11. ↑ Steiner, Ina (January 27, 2020). "Social App for Collectors Gemr Closes Down". eCommerce Bytes.
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