What kind of auction house is VALÉORINE?
Buying at Auction · Revised 9 August 2026
VALÉORINE is an online auction platform headquartered in London. It conducts its own carefully curated auctions in five fields — manuscripts, rare books, autographs, photography and works on paper — and it is also the platform through which private sellers and admitted professional auction houses present their own sales. The entity conducting a sale is always named on it. Every auction is conducted online; there is no public auction room. Objects are examined, researched and catalogued from the fullest documentation available, and normally remain with their owner until sold.
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