Art News

Exclusive collectibles from all areas of history and military history offered at Hermann Historica oHG

MUNICH.- Munich, 5 September 2011 – between 24 October and 10 November 2011, Hermann Historica oHG will hold its 63rd auction, as usual with a wide range of offerings and special catalogues. On the premises of the Linprunstraße in Munich, the approximately 3,500 objects will be offered for bidding – among them antiquities, arms and armour, works of art, hunting collectibles, orders and militaria. The ancient weapons catalogue this autumn comprises extraordinary objects: Particularly striking is the great number of extremely rare and well-preserved medieval edged weapons, ranging from splendid early Northern European splendid Viking sword with a fine silver-inlaid pommel from the 9th/10th century, offered at a starting price of 20,000 Euros, and a knight’s hand-and-a-half sword, which dating from the second half of the 14th century, introduced at 5,000 Euros, to an Austrian two-handed sword with flamberge b