German Figurines & Miniatures

ADDISON, Ill. – Chocolate molds don’t get much better than the two ‘showpiece’ models offered for sale at Leonard Auction on March 24. Both measuring a massive 3ft 2in high, the bunny rabbit and a Santa Claus were made by Anton Reiche for window display. Many times the size of the standard models, they made […]

BERLIN, Germany – The entire inventory of a museum devoted to life in East Germany will be offered at Historia Auctionata on Saturday, August 26. The Doberitz DDR Museum collection was assembled across more than 20 years by the late Manfred Husges and toy enthusiast Peter Klapp. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

BERLIN (AP) – An independent German commission on June 13 recommended that a painting by Wassily Kandinsky currently owned by the Bavarian state bank be returned to the heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned the piece of art. The commission can be called on in cases of disputes concerning the restitution of Nazi-confiscated cultural […]