Description

Auction Technology Group plc operates marketplaces and a proprietary auction platform primarily in the United Kingdom, North America, and Germany. The company operates through four segments: Arts and Antiques, Industrial and Commercial, Auction Services, and Content. It offers watches, jewellery, furniture, fine art, decorative art, classic cars, collectables, and fashion products; used equipment, commercial vehicles, and machineries for used in laboratories and pharmaceuticals, warehousing, oil and gas, real estate, construction, agriculture, plastic moulding, metalworking, woodworking, and food and beverage production industries; and electronics, apparel, homeware, and furniture products. The company also operates marketplaces, such as Proxibid.com, BidSpotter.com, BidSpotter.co.uk, thesaleroom.com, lot-tissimo.com, liveauctioneers.com, and i-bidder.com. In addition, it offers Wavebid, a suite of products designed for auction house management; Auction Mobility, which provides digital auction technology for auctioneers, such as customized auction software, website design, and e-commerce solutions; Global Auction Platform, a digital marketplace for real-time audio and video broadcast; and Antiques Trade Gazette, a weekly industry trade magazine and guide to arts and antiques. It serves curated online marketplace, connecting bidders, and auctioneers to arts and antiques, industrial and commercial, and consumer surplus and returns industries. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.