Bavarian Antique

NEW YORK – There’s a dark side to Christmas. It’s kind of inevitable, really; darkness is at its heart. The holiday’s origins go back more than 10,000 years, created to mark the time when those living in the northern hemisphere experience the shortest days of the year and thereafter begin to gain a little bit […]

MUNICH, Germany – Hermann Historica held its second series of auctions for 2023 between June 26 and June 30. With just under 3,000 lots, the auction house kept its crowds of buyers busy. Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated 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 […]