Maynards Fine Art And Antiques

What Maynards Fine Art And Antiques does

Maynards Fine Art and Antiques is a privately held, traditional auction house headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, operating a fine art and antiques auction business that serves individual collectors, consignors, estates, and professional appraisers across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. The firm runs a regular cadence of specialty auctions spanning Canadian Art, Northwest Coast and Inuit Indigenous art, International Art, Asian Works of Art, Period Furniture, Ceramics and Glass, Jewellery, Silver, Designer Fashions, Firearms and Militaria, and Oriental Rugs, complemented by Private Sales and professional Appraisal Services for estate, insurance, and authentication use cases.

The underlying technology consists of an online auction platform delivered through a core partnership with Invaluable, LLC, which provides the website, mobile application, live and timed bidding infrastructure, absentee bidding, real-time auction monitoring, and payment processing. Maynards acts as data controller while Invaluable serves as data processor under a GDPR- and CCPA-compliant arrangement, with SOC 3-related Privacy Shield certification flowing through the platform provider. The company operates a physical showroom at 5000 Minoru Blvd in Richmond for lot viewing and drop-off/pick-up, and supports buyers and consignors through multilingual interfaces (English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, and both simplified and traditional Chinese), email marketing via Mailchimp, and social channels including Instagram and Facebook.

The revenue model is transaction-based, comprising a 23% buyer's premium charged on every lot's hammer price and a tiered seller commission (25% on lots $1-$3,000, 15% on $3,001-$5,000, and 10% above $5,001). Private sales and appraisal services contribute incremental, fee-based revenue outside the auction flow. Pricing varies materially by category and value, with items ranging from approximately $150 for prints and silkscreens to over $50,000 for major oil paintings, and recent notable transactions include a Henri Le Sidaner work sold for $190,000, a Bill Reid 22kt gold sculpture for $110,000, and a Fresnel lens for $90,000.

Name

Maynards Fine Art And Antiques

Legal name

Maynards Fine Art and Antiques

Website

https://maynardsfineart.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Maynards Fine Art and Antiques is a privately held, Richmond, BC-based auction house running online and timed specialty auctions in Canadian, Northwest Coast, Inuit, and Asian art, antiques, and collectibles for individual collectors, estates, and professional appraisers via the Invaluable platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Art and Antiques Auction Services

NAICS

Art Dealers (45992)

akta.pro primary industry

Auction Houses (Luxury Watches & Jewelry) (CRAKAKAF)

Keywords

• Fine art auctions
• Antiques auction house
• Art appraisal services
• Private art sales
• Online auction platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Buyer's Premium: 23% fee added to the Hammer Price for each lot purchased, charged to buyers.
2. Seller Commission: Commission charged to sellers on per-lot basis: 25% on lots $1-$3,000, 15% on lots $3,001-$5,000, 10% on lots $5,001 and over.
3. Private Sales: Direct sale of artworks and antiques outside of auction format, generating revenue through negotiated transactions.
4. Appraisal Services: Valuation services for estate, insurance, and authentication purposes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Maynards Fine Art and Antiques is a traditional fine art and antiques auction house that conducts scheduled live and online auctions of consignor property across categories including Canadian Art, Northwest Coast and Inuit Art, International Art, Asian Works of Art, Period Furniture, Ceramics & Glass, Jewellery, Designer Fashions, Silver, Firearms & Militaria, and Oriental Rugs. Its core revenue-generating activities are online auction sales (powered by the Invaluable platform), private sales, and professional appraisal services for insurance, estate, and authentication purposes.

Product overview

Maynards Fine Art and Antiques operates as a traditional auction house offering a unified platform for buying and selling fine art and antiques through both live online auctions and private sales. The core offering consists of the Online Auctions Platform, complemented by Appraisal Services and Private Sales. The auction inventory spans multiple specialty categories including Canadian Art (featuring artists Norman Anthony (Toni) Onley, Jack Leonard Shadbolt, and Roland Gissing), Northwest Coast & Inuit Art, Asian Works of Art, Firearms & Militaria, Silver, Jewellery & Designer Goods, and Ceramics & Glass. The company leverages the Invaluable platform for its online auction infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Auctions Platform Online auction platform enabling real-time, absentee, and phone bidding on fine art, antiques, jewellery, and collectibles across categories including Canadian Art, Northwest Coast and Inuit Art, Asian Works of Art, and Firearms & Militaria, for individual collectors, institutions, and consignors worldwide.
• Appraisal Services Professional valuation services for insurance, estate planning, and authentication of fine art and antiques, offered to private collectors, executors, lawyers, accountants, and insurance professionals.
• Private Sales Off-auction sale opportunities for buyers and sellers seeking discreet transactions outside the auction process, conducted on a negotiated basis for high-value art and antiques.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Invaluable (Invaluable, LLC)coreTechnology or IntegrationInvaluable hosts and powers Maynards' auction website and mobile application. They provide the platform infrastructure for live bidding, auction management, and payment processing. Maynards operates as the data controller while Invaluable acts as the data processor under their agreement.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Waddington's Auctioneers: One of Canada's largest and oldest auction houses based in Toronto, conducting regular fine art, Asian art, jewellery, and decorative arts auctions. Directly comparable multi-category auction model serving Canadian consignors.
• Heritage Auctions: One of the world's largest collectibles auction houses with active categories in fine art, Asian art, jewellery, silver, and firearms — substantially overlapping with Maynards' category mix at a much larger scale.
• Cowley Abbott: Canadian auction house specializing in fine Canadian art and Inuit/Northwest Coast Indigenous art. Direct specialty competitor in Maynards' strongest category niches, with comparable live and online auction cadence.
• Skinner Auctioneers: US-based auction house running regular fine art, European furniture, Asian works, silver, and jewellery sales. Comparable mid-sized multi-category auction model with strong online bidding infrastructure.
• Heffel Fine Art Auction House: Canadian fine art auction house headquartered in Vancouver/Montreal/Toronto, also specializing in Canadian Art and Indigenous works. Closest direct competitor to Maynards in the Western Canadian market with overlapping categories and consigner base.

Broad incumbents

• Sotheby's: Global fine art and luxury auction leader, competing for the highest-value consignments in every category Maynards serves. Represents the upper bound of brand-driven competition for premium lots.
• Bonhams: Global auction house with deep offerings in fine art, Asian works, jewellery, silver, and decorative arts — directly overlapping with several of Maynards' specialty categories, and competing for high-value consignments worldwide.
• Christie's: Global fine art and luxury auction leader with deep specialty in Asian works, jewellery, and decorative arts. Competes for trophy consignments and sets price benchmarks that ripple through the broader auction market.

Regional players

• Du Mouchelles: Detroit-based regional auction house with broad estate and fine art offerings. Comparable in scale and category breadth to Maynards, and a useful US Mid-West regional benchmark for a similarly-sized Canadian firm.
• John Moran Auctioneers: California-based auction house specializing in fine art, decorative arts, and Asian works, with a multi-category auction schedule similar to Maynards'. Comparable in scale, sales cadence, and category mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/maynardsantiques
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maynards-fine-art-and-antiques

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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