Apparel, shoes and accessories, art, cars and vehicles, coins, collectibles, computers, consumer electronics, financial instruments, home and garden, industrial equipment, inventory, jewelry, memorabilia, real estate, sports equipment, toys and hobbies, wholesaler, auctioneer. Our company was inspired by a real world auction experience. In february 1999 our companys founders were bidding on a 5 million dollar building at a traditional auction in baltimore. For two hours, nearly a hundred investors stood shivering in the cold and snow with cashiers checks in hand. Our founders imagined a better way to auction high-value assets: the internet. Our company was incorporated that week, and in november 1999 our website was launched.
Our company is the online auction marketplace for high-value assets like real estate, jewelry and rare collectibles.
Government agencies and an extensive community of private sellers rely on our company to connect with buyers interested in unique personal property and real estate. Auctions have included everything from one-of-a-kind historic cars, luxurious estates and spectacular jewelry.
Government auctions have been a specialty at our company since our early days when we began helping the u.s. Marshals service (usms) sell forfeited assets ranging from cars, boats and planes to real estate, artwork, jewelry and much more. Today numerous federal, state and county government agencies partner with our company to sell a wide variety of forfeited, surplus, tax-defaulted and foreclosed property online. In addition to the u.s. Marshals service, federal and state agencies that hold auctions on our company include the u.s. Department of treasury, the u.s. Department of energy, the state of new jersey and more than 40 counties nationwide.
Our approach and reputation make us the online auction marketplace for high-value assets. Because of our experience working with the u.s. Marshals service, state and county governments, and private sellers, we are the unparalleled leader in online auctions for high-value items.