About Aura Historia
Aura Historia is a global search engine for art and antiques that brings dealers, auction houses and marketplaces into one multilingual search, for collectors, decorators and the trade. It exists for people who value careful discovery, reliable context and a calm view of a scattered international market.
I — Services
Four services with one aim: to help you find the right object, and keep it in view until you decide.
Dealers, auction houses, specialist shops and marketplaces in one search. Listings are translated and their terms aligned, so a query in your language also finds objects catalogued in another. You see what is offered now, then open the original listing to buy or bid.
Search the marketSave objects discreetly and return when it matters. We notify you of price, status and availability changes, and keep each object’s history in view: indexed, auctioned, relisted, repriced, sold.
Start a watchlistDescribe what you are looking for once, and we check newly indexed and updated listings for matches. Paid plans add criteria such as provider, location and shipping; with Ultimate, you write instructions in your own words, matched against listing text and up to four images.
Create a search alertDealers and auction houses connect their shop through our Shopify app, WordPress plugin or a custom API. Their pieces reach collectors searching in their own language, and buyers continue to the partner’s website. No fees, no commission.
Explore the partner programII — The difference
Five differences you can check. Where we compare ourselves with another platform by name, the comparison is published in full.
$34.8BDealer sales, 2025
Auction aggregators such as Barnebys are strongest around auction houses, which account for about $24.8B of a $59.6B market. Aura Historia also indexes the dealers, specialist shops and marketplaces where the larger share is sold.
Source: Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report 2026
ContinuousNew listings, prices, availability
We check new listings, price changes and availability continuously, and notify you when something matches.
5Languages, terms aligned
Listings are translated and art and antiques terminology aligned across English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, so a search in your language also finds objects catalogued in another. Barnebys often keeps listing text in the language of the seller.
NowCurrent offers, not past results
Price databases such as WorthPoint and Artprice record what has already sold, and for how much. Aura Historia shows what is available today and follows each object through price changes, auctions and relistings.
0%Commission on partner sales
Purchases happen on the seller’s own website; we never handle the sale. Partner shops pay no set-up, listing or sales fees, whereas a marketplace such as Catawiki charges sellers a 12.5% success fee plus a fixed amount per sale.
Source: Catawiki seller help centre
III — Audience
Collectors and professionals who follow art and antiques across more than one source. We start with Europe and the United States, and our coverage of further markets grows continuously.
IV — People
Aura Historia began in Leipzig in 2026. It grew out of a collector’s experience that the objects worth finding surface far from the obvious channels: with specialist dealers, smaller shops, auction houses and marketplaces, each with its own language and cataloguing habits.
We set out to bring order to that search without turning it into a generic shopping experience. Today a team of five builds Aura Historia, across web engineering, data automation, interface design and knowledge graph engineering.
President
Julian has collected antique art for years, with a particular interest in oil paintings of the Virgin Mary. He may publish parts of his collection soon and uses Aura Historia in his own collecting work. Julian previously worked on business automation in banking and insurance.
Lead Webapp Engineer
Luca leads the web application work, translating Aura Historia’s research and discovery goals into a reliable, maintainable product experience. Luca previously worked on web and app development for marketplaces.
Lead Data Automation Engineer
Abdellah works on the automation behind source ingestion, data quality, and repeatable processes that help the platform follow a fragmented market at scale. Abdellah previously worked on automated data extraction for job platforms.
Lead UI/UX Engineer
Erwin shapes the interface and interaction details so Aura Historia remains calm, legible, and respectful of how collectors and specialists actually research objects. Erwin previously worked on UI/UX design for consumer applications.
Lead Knowledge Graph Engineer
Anton works on the knowledge graph foundations that connect objects, sources, categories, and market context with more structure and continuity. Anton previously worked on knowledge graph engineering and on question answering built on knowledge graphs.
V — Questions
Something else on your mind? Write to contact@aura-historia.com
Aura Historia is a global search engine for art and antiques, based in Leipzig, Germany. It brings listings from dealers, auction houses and marketplaces into one multilingual search, with private watchlists and search alerts.
Aura Historia is built by a team of five, across web engineering, data automation, interface design and knowledge graph engineering. It is based in Leipzig, Germany.
Yes. Searching needs no account, and a free account adds a private watchlist of 20 objects and one search alert. Collectors who follow many objects at once can choose a paid plan with more room for both.
No. Purchases take place with the original seller: we link to the source listing, where you confirm price, condition, shipping and payment before you buy or bid.
No. Listings are shown as their sources publish them, translated where needed. Questions of value, condition and authenticity are settled with the seller.
Barnebys is strongest around auction houses. Aura Historia also indexes dealers, specialist shops and marketplaces, aligns listings across five languages and checks for changes continuously. Our comparison page sets out the differences in detail.
Write to contact@aura-historia.com with questions, source suggestions or reports of legal violations.