About Us: Bond & Bowery

About Us

Bond & Bowery was created to provide a web-based global marketplace for the highest quality antiques, fine art and design. Through a collaboration of dealers, designers and savvy business people, we built a web portal that is intuitive and easy to use (by buyers and sellers alike) and represents a "best in class" in terms of Internet presence, marketing, web site features and unique merchandise that is carefully pre-screened by industry experts.

Bond & Bowery are real streets, intersecting in the heart of the East Village... undergoing a major resurgence. Bond Street is a historic cobblestone street with extensive cutting edge architecture and design. Bowery Street, for the past 100 years, has been the epicenter for industry and wholesale...infused with artists, writers and the like.

We chose the name Bond & Bowery because we felt that this location represented a crossroads for the fusion of the old and the new, the modern and vintage all undergoing a rejuvenation...which we also felt is exactly what our industry needed!

We believe that the Bond & Bowery web site represents not only a recognizable New York City address but also an unparalleled venue for dealers and fine art galleries from across the country and around the world, to establish virtual showrooms with the instant "cachet" of a New York City presence. Visitors to the site immediately feel that they are shopping the "best of the best" in a unique and important marketplace for antiques, fine furnishings, design and fine art. Truly a place "where buyers meet sellers"!

All of us at Bond & Bowery are dedicated to building and enhancing this brand and image, so that it becomes synonymous with excellence. To that end, we've put together an experienced team of industry professionals and marketers to make our vision a reality. We look forward to having you join Bond & Bowery either as a "dealer" or "registered user" to take advantage of all that the site has to offer.

The Bond & Bowery Advantage

The Bond & Bowery web site provides numerous advantages for both registered users and dealers:

For Registered Users:

Easy to use and intuitive. "One click" navigation to any part of the web site.

Find what you’re looking for easily and rapidly. Intuitive drill down system and a robust Advanced Search Function.

My Portfolio, a powerful personal management system stored in a personal folder accessible only by the user.

A most viewed listing (what's hot) with separate categories for furnishings, fine art, creators/periods and artists.

Separation of Antiques and Fine Furnishings category from Fine Art simplifies searches.

All merchandise on the site is fully reviewed by experts for authenticity, and validated according to artist, creator or period.

New merchandise is posted weekly, keeping the site fresh and relevant.

For Dealers:

Robust back-end is intuitive and easy to use. As simple as 1,2,3. Three easy steps to post, describe and submit your photos of inventory items.
A superb inventory management system, which helps dealers manage, organize and control their web site inventory.
Complete separation of fine art categories from antiques and fine furnishings. Dealers, and gallery owners can feature either category or both.
Dealers can set up their own comprehensive storefront using the same web engine that powers the main site.
Bond & Bowery provides high level, cutting edge, marketing to find and drive qualified buyers to the site.
A comprehensive dealer "customer care system" accessible through a toll-free number and e-mail.

We plan to introduce many more useful features for both users and dealers in the coming months, including a premium level of membership for busy design professionals.