Auction House Profile
Bruun Rasmussen
Regional / Nordic · Founded 1948 · Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Bruun Rasmussen is a Danish auction house founded in 1948 and known especially for Scandinavian art, design, antiques and collecting categories. It has been part of the Bonhams network since 2022.
Auction Highlight
Vilhelm Hammershøi — Interior, Strandgade 30
Vilhelm Hammershøi's Interior, Strandgade 30, painted in 1900, became one of the defining results in Bruun Rasmussen's history when it was sold in Copenhagen in November 2019. The painting depicts the austere interior of Hammershøi's home at Strandgade 30, a setting central to some of his most celebrated compositions. It achieved a hammer price of DKK 31.5 million, approximately DKK 41 million including buyer's premium, establishing both a new record for Bruun Rasmussen and the highest hammer price achieved in Denmark at the time.
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Founded
1948
Last sync
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Overview
Bruun Rasmussen is Denmark's leading auction house, founded in Copenhagen in 1948 by Arne Bruun Rasmussen. For more than seven decades, the company has played a central role in the Scandinavian art market, developing particular expertise in Danish and Nordic art, design, Asian art and decorative arts. Family-owned for three generations before joining the Bonhams Network in 2022, Bruun Rasmussen built an international reputation through landmark Scandinavian auction records, pioneering online auctions and its long-standing scholarship on artists such as Vilhelm Hammershøi. Today the company continues to serve collectors throughout Denmark and internationally from its headquarters in Lyngby.
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Featured Upcoming Lot
26 Oct 2026
Johann Wilhelm Weinmann: Phytanthoza iconographia. 1742-1745. Vols. 3 and 4. With nearly 500 handcoloured botanical plates. (2)
Estimate: DKK50,000
Paintings, furniture and varia · Lot 2644/215
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Works from the collection of Erik Veistrup
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Past Sales
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21 Oct 2026
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20 Oct 2026
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19 Oct 2026
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19 Oct 2026
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15 Oct 2026
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15 Oct 2026
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Locations
Lyngby
Denmark
Headquarters and principal saleroom
Aarhus
Denmark
Regional valuation and consignment office
Glostrup
Denmark
Regional valuation and consignment location
Copenhagen
Denmark
Historic founding and Bredgade auction location, 1948–2023
Timeline
Arne Bruun Rasmussen establishes the auction house in Copenhagen and conducts the first auction at Bredgade 33.
The company begins selling works by Vilhelm Hammershøi, becoming one of the world's leading specialists for the artist.
A second Copenhagen auction venue opens at Nordhavn.
Bruun Rasmussen launches online auctions, becoming one of Europe's early traditional auction houses to embrace digital sales.
A rare Ming vase from a Danish private collection sells for DKK 12 million after being estimated at DKK 500,000.
Vilhelm Hammershøi's Interior, Strandgade 30 establishes both the Danish painting auction record and the world auction record for the artist.
An early Ming dynasty dragon dish becomes the highest hammer price in the company's history.
Bruun Rasmussen becomes part of the Bonhams Network while retaining its historic name.
Operations relocate from the historic Bredgade premises to the new headquarters in Lyngby.
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