145th Auction

The Historia Auction House invites you to this year’s Summer Auction from August 21st to 24th. The 145th auction offers you a diverse selection of over 3,800 lots, including art, handicrafts, jewelry, and antiques.

Among the more than 600 lots in the jewelry department, featuring moderately priced pieces in various materials and styles, as well as a collection of loose gemstones, a standout is the elegant ring with an impressive 12.3-carat diamond (Lot 167). The 77 wristwatches and pocket watches that complement the jewelry include an elegant men’s watch by Cartier (Lot 796) and a timeless women’s watch by Rolex (Lot 798).

The silver department presents a varied assortment of classic table silver, interspersed with exceptional collector’s items, such as the ornate gilded Moscow tea service with enamel decoration (Lot 1436) or the Baroque cup from the early 18th century with 18 inlaid Polish coins (Lot 1454).

The porcelain department, with over 700 items, showcases numerous impressive pieces, such as the Art Nouveau cachepot, custom-made around 1900 for the Krupp family based on designs by Paul Schley at KPM Berlin (Lot 2613), the Meissen cup with Marcolini mark (Lot 2404), or the rare large Meissen jewelry box with lavish decoration in Capodimonte style (Lot 2464). The dancing couple "Harlequin and Columbine" (Lot 2169), the "Three Graces" (Lot 2650), and the mythological figurine group with the "Dance of the Horae" (Lot 2691) will appeal to connoisseurs of exquisite Meissen figurines.

Among the nearly 130 items in the clocks department, you’ll find a delicate, neoclassical table clock from the late 18th century with figurative decoration and verge movement by John Watson (Lot 3012), a decorative fire-gilt marble pendulum clock of the French Empire (Lot 3019), and an impressive spherical clock supported by cherubs (Lot 3030). The sculpture department offers its usual stylistic and thematic diversity, with standout pieces such as the bronze figure "Großer Sinnender" by Karl-Heinz Krause, limited to 6 editions (Lot 3352), and a pair of female allegorical figures by a Spanish sculptor, created around 1700 (Lot 3363).

Among the more than 250 items in the Asian art department, you’ll find, alongside carvings, porcelain, and ceramics, the two bronze figures of the large Chinese Guanyin in Ming style (Lot 3738) and the Sino-Tibetan White Tara from the 18th/19th century (Lot 3747). The nearly 700 offered collector’s items once again present an exciting mix of rare and curious pieces, including an original Louis Vuitton jewelry safe in the classic design of the sought-after brand (Lot 4040) and an iron regimental cash box from the 17th/18th century (Lot 4210). In the art section, about 580 paintings and graphic works from five centuries will be up for auction. Edmund Koken, a prominent painter of the Munich School, is represented with a large, atmospheric river landscape in evening light (Lot 7121). The offering of modern and contemporary art includes a series of signed graphics by Salvador Dali (Lots 7625-7630).

The preview will take place on August 16th, 17th, and 19th from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at our premises at Manteuffelstraße 27, in 12103 Berlin-Tempelhof. The auction will begin each day from August 21st to 24th at 10 a.m.