Estate jewelry and collectibles buyer operating 700+ annual events nationwide
National Rarities operates a multi-channel estate-buying business built on NetSuite + SuiteCommerce, with a network of 350+ partner jewelers hosting events across the country. The tech stack reveals a heavy reliance on enterprise retail infrastructure (NetSuite for inventory and order management, Celigo for integrations) paired with manual logistics — a pattern common in event-driven models where operational bottlenecks outpace platform capabilities. Current hiring skews toward sales and marketing rather than engineering (8 sales, 3 marketing, 1 engineer), suggesting growth is volume-driven through events rather than product-led, though active projects in event-performance improvement and integration development indicate awareness of scaling pain.
National Rarities is a privately held estate buyer and collectibles merchant operating across jewelry, watches, fine art, and war memorabilia. The business model centers on in-person estate-buying events — the company hosts 700+ annually through a network of 350+ partner jewelers across the United States — combined with direct e-commerce sales via their website, trunk shows, and quarterly auctions. They employ 51–200 staff based in St. Louis, Missouri, and maintain inventories of estate pieces from individual transactions through full-estate acquisitions. The company also operates marketplace integrations with eBay and Etsy to diversify sales channels.
National Rarities uses NetSuite with SuiteCommerce for order management and merchandising, Celigo for API integrations, and also sells through eBay and Etsy marketplaces.
Current projects include launching an online coin sales platform, expanding the watch department, improving event performance logistics, optimizing NetSuite applications, and building partner re-booking tools.
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