Best Auction Houses & Dealers for Fine Art & Paintings

Germany's market-leading auction house for modern art and rare books, family-owned since 1954.

Switzerland's leading auction house, conducting 80 annual sales across 20 collecting categories from Zurich.

Scandinavia's pioneering online auction house, connecting buyers and sellers of art, design, and antiques since 1885.

Somerset auction house in Crewkerne running seasonal Fine Art Sales and weekly timed online sales, with a second base in Westbury.

Sydney auction house founded in 1884, selling art, jewellery, furniture, decorative arts, wine and NSW number plates.

Australia's oldest auction house, established 1919, specializing in fine art, jewellery, and distinguished private collections.

Melbourne's specialist in Australiana, historical documents, sporting memorabilia, and world philately since 1973.

Calgary art auction house selling Canadian, international, Inuit and First Nations art in six online sales a year since 1992.

The world's leading live online bidding platform, connecting collectors with 1,600+ auction houses since 2002.

Victoria, BC auction and appraisal house, founded in 1955, selling fine art, antiques and collectables in themed online auctions.

Philadelphia's eclectic auction house specializing in antique rugs, tribal art, ethnographic objects, and global folk art.

British Columbia fine art and antiques auction house, founded in Victoria in 1902, running timed online sales from Richmond.

A major Italian auction house in Vercelli, specializing in modern and contemporary art, antiques, and luxury collectibles.

A leading Midlands fine art auctioneer in Nottingham, known for antiques, jewelry, and regular specialist sales.

New Hamburg, Ontario auction house for Canadiana, folk art, petroliana, watches and collectibles, founded in 2006.

France's leading independent auction house with 49 specialist departments spanning 5,000 years of art and craftsmanship.

Irish and international art auctioneer founded in 1994, based in Skibbereen and Dublin, and Ireland's first to hold online auctions

The Gulf South's leading auction house for Southern art, Continental furniture, fine jewelry, and silver.

Italy's leading auction house by turnover, operating from Florence since 1924 with expertise in fine art, jewelry, and wine.

Paris auction house renowned for its cutting-edge selections in twentieth and twenty-first century art, design, and decorative arts.

Geneva auction house founded in 1978, holding four to five major sales a year and visiting sellers across Switzerland.

China's largest state-owned auction house and a global powerhouse for Chinese art, calligraphy, ceramics, and luxury collectibles.

Pennsylvania's leading Americana auction house, renowned for folk art, painted furniture, and early American decorative arts.

Munich's specialist auction house for Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Bauhaus, and twentieth-century design.

Vienna auction house for Austrian modern and contemporary art, founded in 2014, selling at Galerie OstLicht

Welsh auction house founded in 1992 in Colwyn Bay, with salerooms in Cardiff and Chester and a record £240,000 rugby jersey sale.

India's pioneering online auction house and the world's leading platform for Indian art, jewellery, and antiquities.

Spain's leading online auction house, offering fine art, antiques, jewelry, and luxury items from Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia.

Chippendale, Sydney auction house for Australian and international art, design and fine jewellery, led by Andrew Shapiro.

A boutique New York auction house known for strong results in European, American, and Russian fine art.

Family-run auction house in Durrow, Co. Laois since 1948, known for period Irish furniture, Irish art and Chinese ceramics

Australian fine art auction house in Sydney and Melbourne, formerly Sotheby's Australia, trading as Smith & Singer since 2020.

A leading Hudson Valley auction house specializing in fine and decorative arts from the 17th through 20th centuries.

The world's oldest auction house, founded in 1674 and still conducting sales of fine art, antiques, and design.

Africa's leading auction house, the global authority on South African modern and contemporary art, fine wine, and collectible design.

Madrid auction house on Calle Segre known for contemporary painting, jewellery and watches, with live online bidding.

South Funen saleroom for Danish design, Royal Copenhagen, Salto stoneware, silver and gold, with live-stream bidding

Essex fine art auction house founded in 1782, holding around 50 auctions a year from Stansted Mountfitchet with live online bidding.

The UK's largest family-owned fine art auctioneers, based in the Yorkshire Dales with 27 specialist departments.

The UK's largest online auction platform, connecting bidders with 700+ British and European auction houses.

Auctioneers since 1880 with salerooms in Dumfries, Edinburgh, Carlisle and Ayr, selling jewellery, silver, art, coins and more.

A leading Sussex auctioneer specializing in fine art, antiques, books, and specialist collectors' categories since 1995.

Swedish auction house founded in 1731, part of Stockholms Auktionsverk since 2025 and now selling online from Uppsala.

Amsterdam's oldest auction house, dating from 1818, holding three general art and antiques sales a year on the Keizersgracht.

Leiden auction house for art, antiques and design, holding four timed online sales a year from its premises on the edge of the city.

Hilversum auction house founded in 1946, holding five timed online art and antiques sales a year with some 18,000 lots.

The Netherlands' oldest auction house, founded by The Hague's notaries in 1811 and still selling from Nobelstraat 5.

Canada's oldest and most complete auction house, leading the market for Canadian, Inuit, and First Nations art since 1850.