Bonhams

Bonhams
Company typePrivate
IndustryAuctions, Valuations
Founded1793; 231 years ago (1793)
London, United Kingdom
FoundersThomas Dodd and Walter Bonham
Headquarters101 New Bond Street, London, United Kingdom
Number of locations
66 locations worldwide
(as of 2012)
Key people
Chabi Nouri
(CEO)
Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard
(Chairman)
Alex Lejeune
(CFO)
ProductsFine arts, fine watches, fine jewellery, Asian art and motor cars
OwnerEpiris
Number of employees
1,200 (2024)
DivisionsBonhams London
Bonhams Paris
Bonhams New York
Bonhams San Francisco
Bonhams Los Angeles
Bonhams Hong Kong
Bonhams Sydney
Bukowskis, Stockholm and Helsinki (acquired January 2022)
Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen (acquired March 2022)
Skinner Boston (acquired March 2022)
Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr (acquired June 2022)
Websitebonhams.com

Bonhams is a privately owned international auction house and one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. It was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son & Neale. This brought together two of the four surviving Georgian auction houses in London, Bonhams having been founded in 1793, and Phillips in 1796 by Harry Phillips, formerly a senior clerk to James Christie.

Today, the amalgamated business handles art and antiques auctions. Bonhams operates two salerooms in London—the former Phillips saleroom at 101 New Bond Street, and the old Bonham's saleroom at the Montpelier Galleries in Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge—with a saleroom in Edinburgh. Sales are also held around the world in New York, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, Boston, San Francisco, and Sydney. Bonhams holds more than 450 sales a year in more than 60 collecting areas, including Asian art, Pictures, Cars and Jewellery. Bonhams has more than 1,000 staff with some of the world's leading specialists in their fields.