Hess Fine Auctions

Hess Fine Auctions is the auction division of Hess Fine Art, Inc. We are not casual auctioneers, having sold close to a half billion dollars of fine and decorative arts and jewelry on various on line auction platforms. We were Charter Master Dealers of Sothebys.com and have been in the business of buying and selling fine art, artists estates, fine watches, decorative arts, estate jewelry and important collectibles for over 25 years. Our firm is headed by Mr. Jeffrey P Hess, a best-selling Rolex author and highly sought-after lecturer who opened his first fine arts gallery in the 1981 in Urbana Illinois and has sold collections for universities and museums across the country. Our Gallerist is a former national appraisal television personality whose appraisal clients include the Federal Government, Ivy League institutions and major banks. Both Mr. Hess and Mr. Van are former Sotheby's associates. We also have three GIA Graduate Gemologists on our staff, including Hess Fine Auctions' Chief of Operations Mrs. Katrina Hess, licensed auctioner and graduate gemologist. Our staff lecture audiences have included the American Soceity of appraisers and International Society of Appraisers, JCK at the request of eBay, the Florida Auctioneers Association and the National Auctioneers Association.