A.N. Abell  Born in Kiev, Russia, Abraham Abell immigrated to the United States in 1907 where he settled in California. Shortly after his arrival in Los Angeles in 1912, Abell began his venture into the business world with the purchase of a furniture store from a family member. During World War I, Abell transformed the modest store into an auction house, changing the name to Liberty Auctions. It wasn’t until 1916 and a relocation to West Adams that Abell officially changed the name to A.N. Abell Auction Company.
 
A.N. Abell fostered the company’s growth for the decades following, overseeing his legacy as it prospered from the business of generations of loyal customers. A family man himself, Abell and his wife of 55 years, Reva, had three children, Robert David and Rosalie. Early on, Abell instilled his family values into the company, values that are, still to this day, reflected in the incredibly personal nature of each customer experience. It is these founding customer-centric values that the generations of family members, who still own and run the company, attribute to their decades of success.

Abraham Abell was President of A.N. Abell Auction Company until his death in January of 1976, when his eldest son, Robert, proudly assumed the role.