Hermann Historica GmbH

Business History
HERMANN HISTORICA is one of the leading auction houses for antiquities, antique arms and armour, firearms, hunting collectibles, orders and decorations as well as objects of military history.
The beginnings of Hermann Historica oHG reach back almost 50 years to the auctions of Count Erich Klenau of Klenova, Baron of Janowitz, who around 1960 started to offer also "Orders and Decorations" as well as "Objects of Military History" in his well-established coin auctions.
In the early 1970s, today’s co-owner Wolfgang Hermann began to extend the range of objects offered in the sales of Graf Klenau oHG to "Antique Arms and Armour", which, owing to the extensive offerings, thoroughly researched descriptions and elaborately designed catalogues soon secured the company a firm entry in the datebooks of important international collectors, museums and public collections. In 1982 Wolfgang Hermann and Ernst Ludwig Wagner took over the company, named it Hermann Historica oHG and on March 6 of that year conducted their first auction sale. In the years to follow, Peter Wagner, Franz Hermann and Thomas Rief also became partners.
Today, Messrs. Hermann Historica can look back on a number of remarkable auctions of which particularly those dispersing complete collections stand out: the famous 1996 sale of the hunting treasures of Castle Fuschl in Salzburg, the 1997 liquidation of the Numbrecht Museum of Historical Technology, the 2002 and 2005 sale of the Axel Guttmann Collection of Antique Arms and Armour, or the worldwide biggest auction of "Children’s Dreams on Wheels", the pedal cars of the Centre of Extraordinary Museums in Munich in 2004 and 2005. But also numerous objects from the former estates of Royal Houses, notably those of Germany and Austria, continue to attract international attention.
In its spacious central location Hermann Historica oHG annually conducts at least two auction sales offering approx. 10,000 collectors’ items with a total turnover of more than 10,000,000 €.
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Past Auctions from Hermann Historica GmbH
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A Viennese Collection of BinocularsStarted May 20, 2022 11:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919Started May 20, 2022 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
The Van Bosstraeten CollectionStarted May 19, 2022 9:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918Started May 19, 2022 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Fine Antique and Modern FirearmsStarted May 18, 2022 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Antique Arms & Armour from all over the worldStarted May 17, 2022 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Works of Art, Antiquities, Asian ArtStarted May 16, 2022 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Orders & Military Collectibles from 1919Started Feb 04, 2022 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Orders & Military Collectibles until 1918Started Feb 03, 2022 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Fine Antique and Modern FirearmsStarted Feb 02, 2022 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Antiquities, Poster Collection, Arms & ArmourStarted Feb 01, 2022 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Works of Art, Asian ArtStarted Jan 31, 2022 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Orders & Military Collectibles from 1919Started Nov 26, 2021 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Orders & Military Collectibles until 1918Started Nov 25, 2021 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Fine Antique and Modern FirearmsStarted Nov 24, 2021 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Antique Arms & Armour from all over the worldStarted Nov 23, 2021 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
Works of Art, Asiatica, AntiquitiesStarted Nov 22, 2021 4:00 AM EST
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bavaria, DEAuction Ended
International Military History from 1919Started Jun 25, 2021 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bayern, DEAuction Ended
The Guenter Adlung Helmet CollectionStarted Jun 24, 2021 11:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bayern, DEAuction Ended
International Orders & Military CollectiblesStarted Jun 24, 2021 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bayern, DEAuction Ended
Fine Antique and Modern FirearmsStarted Jun 23, 2021 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bayern, DEAuction Ended
Antique Arms & Armour from all over the worldStarted Jun 22, 2021 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bayern, DEAuction Ended
Works of Art, AntiquitiesStarted Jun 21, 2021 4:00 AM EDT
Grasbrunn / Munich, Bayern, DEAuction Ended
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