A History of Reiss & Sohn as Seen by the Press and in Letters from Our Customers
The first office in Mainz – Kirschgarten 19
Invitation to first Auction Sale of the Company
The first record result – The ‘Landnamabók’ achieves DM 19,000
A bidding battle at Reiss inspired the caricaturist
Auction Sale no. 4 – ‘One of the most turbulent sales of the post-war period’
Reiss moved to Glashütten and cooperates with Detlev Auvermann
‘Godebert M. Reiss takes a trick’
‘Book and business in Glashütten’
A well-rehearsed team since Auction Sale no. 1
Auction Sale 40 – The international breakthrough
Advertisement for Reiss’ catalogues in Japan
Now in Königstein: ‘One of the leading auction houses in Germany’
Karl Marx is still highly valued at Reiss auctions
‘Brother Diego’s bedside reading’: Copernicus’ ‘De revolutionibus’
One of the most successful sales in the company history: The Schönborn-Buchheim library
The Schönborn-library, auctioned off 1993-1994, realized a total of 5 million DM
The most expensive print work ever sold at auction in Germany: A baroque French collective atlas
‘A splendid bibliographical catalogue of great lasting value’
‘The object of desires appears only for seconds’
Maria Sibylla Merian’s ‘Insects of Surinam’ achieved DM 90,000
An overexerted catalogue reader: ‘Please send it to the Holy Father, who is able to read all this and always gives advice’
The Princely Fürstenberg Library is on sale
The Reiss staff during an auction
The collection of the late industrialist and Bosch CEO Hans L. Merkle at auction
A map of Cyprus realized € 88,000
‘He who comes too late is punished by the hammer’
The Royal Garden Library formerly at Herrenhausen Castle is offered for sale
An advertent customer discovered a hitherto unknown ‘branch office’ of Reiss & Sohn in Lisbo
Since 1999 Reiss also holds auctions of Old and Modern Art
The Royal Garden Library finally returns to Hannover
‘No trace of financial crisis at Reiss & Sohn’
‘Captain Cook achieved record result’: € 110,000
Mysterious letter from a ‘Tibetan monk’