Auctionata was an online auction house and eCommerce company specializing in luxury goods, art, antiques and collectibles based in Berlin with offices in New York.

[2] These experts were paid by the minute via PayPal[3] for valuing, authenticating, and curating objects including art, cars, watches, antiques.

[9] On 22 May 2013, Auctionata announced a strategic partnership with Chrono24, a large specialty marketplace for luxury watches.

[10] In February 2013, Auctionata raised $20.2 million of funding through investment firms Earlybird Venture Capital, E.ventures, Bright Capital, Edward Shenderovich of Kite Ventures, as well as with previous funders Holtzbrinck, Otto and the Raffay Group.

The auctions themselves were held in a TV-studio and streamed live on the internet using a content delivery network.

[21] In December 2012, Auctionata auctioned the painting "Roses II", which is attributed to Oskar Kokoschka.

[22] Auctionata also auctioned a newly discovered watercolor, "Reclining Woman" by Egon Schiele.