1stdibs


1stdibs is an e-commerce company. It has an online marketplace, which sells luxury items such as high-end furniture for interior design, fine art and jewelry, as well as a brick-and-mortar location in The Terminal Stores in New York City. The company has been recognized for "pushing the antiques business into the 21st century."
It was founded in 2001 by Michael Bruno as an online luxury marketplace for antiques after he visited the Marché aux Puces in Paris, France. 1stdibs.com started as a listings site for art dealers to sell offline, but the site was redesigned in 2013 to give buyers the option to purchase items online. The company has received praise for restricting its listings to authorized dealers for authenticity, and scrutiny for preventing dealers from completing a negotiation offline to avoid the company's commission fees.
In March 2019, the company completed a Series D funding round of $76 million. It has received $170 million in funding to date and has a valuation of more than $500 million. 1stdibs works with 4,000 dealers in 28 countries.
In December 2019, 1stdibs closed it's brick-and-mortar Terminal Stores after being open less than a year.