Bonhams

Auction house of fine art and antiques
Organization organization Q892447
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Bonhams is an auction house founded in 1793. Headquartered in London, it operates as a privately held company within the auction industry. The company specializes in the sale of visual arts.

Bonhams employs approximately 700 people.

Bonhams

Summary

Bonhams is an organization[1]. Bonhams ranks in the top 1% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bonhams is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Bonhams's image is recorded as Bonhams, Mayfair, W1 (7017927535).jpg[4].
  • Bonhams's instance of is recorded as organization[5].
  • Bonhams's instance of is recorded as auction house[6].
  • Bonhams's headquarters location is recorded as London[7].
  • Bonhams's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122045478[8].
  • Bonhams's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 168584150[9].
  • Bonhams's GND ID is recorded as 5568592-4[10].
  • Bonhams's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2001048814[11].
  • Bonhams's Commons category is recorded as Bonhams[12].
  • Bonhams's industry is recorded as auction[13].
  • +1793-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bonhams[14].
  • Bonhams's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.51374710922049, 'lon': -0.146093830793783}[15].
  • Bonhams's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m32m[16].
  • Bonhams's located on street is recorded as New Bond Street[17].
  • Bonhams's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko20241233978[18].
  • Bonhams's official website is recorded as http://www.bonhams.com[19].
  • Bonhams's director / manager is recorded as Rupert Soames[20].
  • Bonhams's product or material produced is recorded as visual arts[21].
  • Bonhams's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+700'}[22].
  • Bonhams's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 1440773[23].
  • Bonhams's legal form is recorded as privately held company[24].
  • Bonhams's X is recorded as bonhams1793[25].
  • Bonhams's Instagram username is recorded as bonhams1793[26].
  • Bonhams's Cooper Hewitt person ID is recorded as 18057685[27].

Body

Founding

+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bonhams[14].

Leadership

Bonhams's director / manager is recorded as Rupert Soames[20].

Operations

Bonhams's headquarters location is recorded as London[7].

Industry

Bonhams's industry is recorded as auction[13].

Ownership

Bonhams's product or material produced is recorded as visual arts[21].

Why It Matters

Bonhams ranks in the top 1% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month).[2] Bonhams has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Bonhams is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Instagram. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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