Ruby Lane
| Type | S-Corp |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Key people | Tom Johnson, President & CEO |
| Products | antiques, collectibles |
| Website | www.rubylane.com |
Ruby Lane is an online retail marketplace for antiques, collectibles, art and jewelry. The company was founded in 1998, is based in San Francisco, California, United States and is privately held.
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[edit] Business profile
Ruby Lane inventory consists of antiques, collectibles, jewelry and art for retail sale by member dealers.
Along with Lilter.com, GoAntiques and TIAS.com it is considered one of the 4 major online antique malls.[1]
As of August 2007 the site lists more than 275,000 items from more than 1,700 dealers around the world.
[edit] History
Ruby Lane was founded by Tom Johnson and Jim Wilcoxson in 1998[2] and named in honor of Johnson's mother Ruby.
In 1999 Ruby Lane, along with BiddersEdge and AuctionWatch, were involved in a notable disagreement with eBay over 3rd-party sites indexing eBay listings.[3]
In 2005 Wilcoxson left the company and Johnson became President & CEO.
[edit] References
- ^ "Sell Your Stuff: Online Malls - TIAS, RubyLane, GoAntiques". Collectibles.about.com. 2010-06-16. http://collectibles.about.com/library/articles/blcompareonlinemalls.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 1998-12-12. http://web.archive.org/web/19981212020825/http://rubylane.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ "EBay Warns Rival to Stop Bid Searches". Sfgate.com. 1999-10-05. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/10/05/BU103461.DTL. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- "Business Description". Ruby Lane - Press Kit. http://www.rubylane.com/info/mediakit.html. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
