Bonhams and Butterfield was a large American auction house, founded in 1865 by William Butterfield (auctioneer), William Butterfield in San Francisco. It was purchased in 1999 from Bernard Osher by online auctioneer eBay for $260 million."EBay Poised To Sell Butterfields Auction Division". ''E-Commerce News'', August 1 2002.
/ref> In 2002, it was acquired from eBay by British auctioneer Bonhams and operated under the name Bonhams & Butterfields for about ten years. It now just goes by Bonhams.

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* EBay American auction houses American companies established in 1865 Retail companies established in 1865 1999 mergers and acquisitions 2002 mergers and acquisitions {{US-company-stub