- GoAntiques
Infobox_Company
company_name = GoAntiques
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan =
foundation =1994
location =Dublin, Ohio ,United States
key_people = Jim Kamnikar, CEO
Kathy Kamnikar, SVP
industry =Retail
products =antiques ,collectibles ,art
homepage = [http://www.goantiques.com/ www.goantiques.com]"GoAntiques" is an online retail and auction marketplace for
antique s andcollectible s. The company was founded as Antique Networking in 1994, is based inDublin, Ohio ,United States , and is privately held.Business Profile
GoAntiques inventory consists of
antique ,collectible ,art and other merchandise for sale by member dealers. These items may be listed for sale on GoAntiques.com as retail items or viaeBay Live Auctions. Along withTIAS.com andRuby Lane it is considered one of the 3 major online antique malls. [ [http://collectibles.about.com/library/articles/blcompareonlinemalls.htm] Antique Mall comparison from about.com]As of August 2007 the site lists more than 400,000 items from 1,800 dealers in 29 countries.
GoAntiques also operates the PriceMiner antiques & collectibles price guide service.
History
Antique Networking, Inc. was founded in Ohio in 1994 [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] , and was online by June 1995 [ [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.antiques.marketplace/browse_thread/thread/b9a15ff3bcb1ec2c/b75026e1241412d8] rec.antiques.marketplace posting] placing it among the very first wave of online internet antiques & collectibles shops. Starting in 1996 it operated under the domain antiqnet.com until merger with
Baton Rouge, Louisiana -based GoAntiques in 2001. [ [http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y01/m11/i01/s02] AuctionBytes News Article]In 2003 the company moved headquarters from Baton Rouge to
Columbus, Ohio underChapter 11 Reorganization. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2003/04/21/story3.html| Columbus Business First Article] ] [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FB83C29E09F311D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]The Advocate (Baton Rouge) article]References
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External links
* [http://www.goantiques.com/ official site]
* [http://www.priceminer.com/ PriceMiner site]
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