WorthPoint Teams Up with Heritage Auction Galleries

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Tue Sep 2, 2008 1:05pm EDT

World's Third-largest Auction House Joins WorthPoint, a Social Network and
Search Engine for Collectors

ATLANTA, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- WorthPoint Corporation, the premier
website for art, antiques, and collectibles, announced on Tuesday that
Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, the world's largest collectibles
auctioneer and third largest auction house, has selected WorthPoint as a data
publishing partner.
    Under the new agreement, Heritage will provide WorthPoint with upcoming
and historical auction data to be published on the WorthPoint website. With
information provided by Heritage, WorthPoint is now able to provide more
comprehensive data than ever.
    "Heritage Auction Galleries is the undisputed Internet leader in its
field," said WorthPoint Founder and CEO Will Seippel. "Heritage's nearly
400,000 registered online bidder-members in 164 countries are a testament to
the usefulness of its website, its reputation for professional business
practices and its vast expertise in the field of art and collectibles."
    "WorthPoint's cutting-edge technology, its visionary management team, its
roster of 'Worthologists' -- men and women who share an expertise in and a
passion for collectibles -- and its planned acquisition of GoAntiques.com,
make WorthPoint a perfect partner for us," said Heritage Auction Galleries
Co-Chairman Jim Halperin.
    About WorthPoint
Atlanta-based WorthPoint Corporation (www.worthpoint.com) is an
Internet-based data and media company that offers a vast database of sales
records on art, antiques and collectibles. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint has
quickly become the world's largest social network for researching the worth of
antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint helps collectors understand the worth of
their items, and provides expert advice from its team of Worthologists on how
to preserve or sell antiques and collectibles. WorthPoint recently announced
plans to acquire Dublin, Ohio-based GoAntiques, the oldest
antiques-and-collectibles site on the Web. GoAntiques offers 600,000 items
from more than 1,300 dealers in 31 countries and the world's largest antiques
and collectibles price guide, PriceMiner(R). GoAntiques logs nearly a million
visits and thousands of transactions each month and has more than 350,000
registered members.
    About Heritage Auction Galleries
    Heritage Auction Galleries (www.HA.com), established in 1976, offers a
wide range of U.S. & World Coins, Rare Currency, Fine & Decorative Art,
Western Art, Illustration Art, Vintage Comic Books & Comic Art, Movie Posters,
Entertainment Memorabilia, Jewelry & Timepieces, Vintage & Couture Handbags,
Sports Collectibles, Stamps, Historical & Political Memorabilia, Rare Books &
Manuscripts, American Indian Art, Air & Space Memorabilia, Civil War
Memorabilia, Vintage & Contemporary Photography, Natural History Specimens and
more.  Headquartered in Dallas Texas, Heritage Auction Galleries has
representatives across the United States, as well as agents around the world.
SOURCE  WorthPoint Corporation

Steve Johnson of WorthPoint Corporation, +1-877-734-7735 x9019, or
+1-703-798-5236 (cell), steve.johnson@worthpoint.com
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