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Auctionata is an online auction house and eCommerce company specializing in art, antiques and collectibles. Headquartered in Berlin and with U.S. offices headquartered in New York City, Auctionata operates a network of 250 experts who value, authenticate, and curate art objects. Since opening in February 2012, Auctionata has evaluated and verified over 21,000 pieces of art. Notably, Auctionata's experts discovered a watercolor by Egon Schiele, which was valued at a starting price of $1.3 million (€1 million). ==History== Auctionata was founded in 2012 by Alexander Zacke and Georg Untersalmberger with investment capital provided by the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group and the Otto Group. The online shop was launched in September 2012, and Auctionata's first auction was held in December 2012. On 22 May 2013, Auctionata announced a strategic partnership with Chrono24, a large specialty marketplace for luxury watches. This partnership includes 52 auctions over the next few years. In February 2013, Auctionata successfully secured $20.2 million through investment firms Earlybird, Bright Capital, Kite Ventures, as well as with previous funders Holtzbrinck Ventures, eVenture Capital Partners, and the Raffay Group. In March 2015 Auctionata raised €42 million ($45 million) in a Series C round of funding from a group investors led by Polish private equity fund MCI Management SA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Auctionata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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