Origins
Hobby Markets was founded in April 1995 as Affinity Traders Online as a collection of online auction websites for different types of collectibles such as coins, stamps, sports memorabilia. The first internet-based auction was started on Numismatists.com, a coin collecting site, on October 15, 1995.
Hobby Markets later went on to launch three other web sites for Philatelists (stamps), Sportstrade (sports memorabilia), and AuctionVine (wine).
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