manhattan
Antiquorum
595 Madison Avenue, Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10022
212.750.1103
website
"The world’s premier watch auctioneer.”
Balfour & Bankston Framefinders, Inc.
454 East 84th Street
212.396.3896
website
American and European antique frames.
Bloomsbury Auctions
6 West 48th Street
212.719.1000
website
Rare books.
Bonhams
580 Madison Avenue
212.644.9001
website
A large, traditional auction house.
Cherrystone Stamp Center Inc
119 W 57th Sreet, suite 316
New York NY 10019
212.977.7734
website
Bi-monthly philatelic auctions (stamps, for the rest of us).
Christie's
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
212.636.2000
website
The mother of the large, traditional auction houses.
Doyle New York
175 East 87th Street
New York, NY 10128
212.427.2730
website
Another large, traditional auction house.
Guernsey’s
108 East 73rd Street
New York, NY 10021
212.794.2280
website
“Wildly diverse art and artifacts,” with a focus on famous personalities.
Illustration House
110 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
212.966.9444
website
Original art of poster design, books decoration, advertising, comic strip, calendar art, record album, magazine covers, etc.
Kestenbaum & Company
12 West 27th Street, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212.366.1197
website
Specializes in western and oriental books, manuscripts and (especially) fine Judaica.
Morrell Wine Auctions
729 Seventh Aveune, 15th floor
New York, NY 10019
212.307.4200
website
Phillips de Pury
450 West 15th Street
New York, NY 10011
212.940.1200
website
Since de Pury’s focus is on contemporary art and design, I debated whether or not to include it on this list, but they also auction jewelry and photography.
Poster Auctions International
601 West 26th Street, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212.787.4000
website
Twice yearly auctions of vintage and classic posters.
Robert A. Siegel
60 East 56th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10022
212.753.6421
website
Stamps, postal history, autographs and ephemera.
Showplace Antique Center
40 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
212.633.6068 x 804
website
An antiques gallery that takes holds monthly auctions in their third-floor space.
Smythe
2 Rector Street, 12th floor
New York, NY 10006
212.943.1880 or 800.622.1880
website
Coins, paper money, antique stocks and bonds, autographs, Americana and photographs.
Sotheby's
1334 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212.606.7000
website
See note under Christie's.
Stack’s
123 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
800.566.2580 or 212.582.2580
website
Rare coins. While auctions are held online and at other sites in the U.S., they are live in the city a couple of times a year.
Swann Galleries
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
212.254.4710
website
Books, maps and atlases, autographs, photographs, posters and prints, and drawings.
Tepper Galleries
110 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
212.673.3686
website
Primarily estates, with some single-item specialty auctions (such as jewelry or 20th Century design).
staten island
Richmond Galleries
947 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310
718.273.1120
website
Estates. NY1 reviewed Richmond Galleries in 2006 and called it "the garage sales of auction houses."
Check out this link for Auction Houses in the Suburban New York City Region [NY Times]
