Hart Galleries

Hart Galleries is the largest fine and decorative arts facility in the Southwest. For over a half century, Hart Galleries has served the needs of both the beginning and advanced collector. These sixty-six years parallel three generations of Hart family experience in buying and selling fine quality antique and pre-owned furnishings, paintings and decorative arts. Today, Hart Galleries leads the Southwest in auction sales, proving not only that smaller, family-owned regional auction houses command an important place in the auction world, but also that the Southwest offers a sound and appropriate market for quality objects of art and design. "Today, Hart Galleries leads the Southwest in auction sales" Hart Galleries Has a longstanding tradition of personal service dating to the early part of the last century, when Lewis Hart first established the Hart name in the auction world. Under Lewis' guidance, his son, Samuel, arrived in Houston in 1938, settling the second generation of Hart auctioneers in the rapidly growing Southwest. Quickly gaining the recognition and respect of buyers and sellers alike, Samuel Hart Galleries handled many of the great area estates, including Kirby, Phelan, Yount, and Hofheinz. Today, this legacy continues under the third generation leadership of Jerry M. Hart, who, in addition to orchestrating such sales as the Gov. John Connally, Gus Wortham, T.J. Bettes and Gene Tierney estate auctions, has handled the auction sale of property de-accessioned by such important institutional collections as Bayou Bend, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The San Antonio Museum Association. "Has a Longstanding tradition of personal service dating to the early part of the last century" Hart Galleries serves the needs of both seller and buyer through a modern and convenient, fifty-two thousand square foot, state-of-the-art auction and retail facility conveniently located just five minutes west of Houston's landmark Galleria shopping area. Catering continuously to three generations, Hart Galleries is pleased to offer its trademark personal service to both retail and auction clients.