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2019

Special auction “Vintage Culture”

NEUMEISTER sets new standards in the vintage auctions sector, not only in terms of curation and quality, but also with regard to the presentation of the pieces offered. The approach of presenting fashion as a cultural history in a new dynamic context was a success, as the excellent results prove.

Special auction “Rudolf Neumeister Collection”

Almost 800 works of art were auctioned across three days with top results in sculptures and decorative arts thanks to international demand in particular.

Top results: 

• € 279,400 for a lamentation group by Hans Klocker created circa 1495
• € 190,500 for a carved figure of Flora by Balthasar Permoser created circa 1710-15 €
• € 104,140 for the pair of sculptures of Saints Genevieve and Dorothy by Jörg Lederer dating from around 1520-30.

NEUMEISTER distinguishes itself again in the confident handling of difficult provenance cases:
minutes before the March Fine Art auction, a settlement was agreed regarding two Meissen vases formerly from the Hermine Feist collection, Berlin, following negotiations with the lawyers of the collector's descendants.

Result: legal security for the buyers and removal of the entry from the Lost Art database.

 Top Results

• € 260,000 for Leo von Klenze's “View of Atran near Amalfi”
• € 222,000 for Theodoros Patros Vryzakis’s portrait of a "Young Greek Woman"
• € 107,000 for “Straßenszene im Tiergarten” by the Berlin-based secessionist Lesser Ury
• € 88,900 for "At Chiemsee - The Bathers" by Leo Putz

2018

Double Jubilee: NEUMEISTER turns 60, Katrin Stoll celebrates 10 years leading the company

New Corporate Identity: NEUMEISTER’s New Look: clearer, more factual, younger

2017

Our outstanding results reflect the forefront of developments on the art market, including particular OLD MASTERS. The record price of 450 million Dollars for a Salvator Mundi painting by Leonardo da Vinci, achieved in New York in November 2017, highlights the trend. Investment in art, whether it be OLD MASTERS or works from the MODERN period, continues to promise long-term stability and attractive return, simply because good art is a rare commodity sought after by collectors and dealers from Europe, the USA and Asia.

2016

Germany’s recently passed Act to Protect German Cultural Property now presents new challenges for the art and auction sectors in this country. Nevertheless, last year we achieved a host of top results throughout our specialist areas, from Old Masters and Decorative Arts to Classical Modern and Contemporary Art. Our relative new field of Jewellery also proved to be a veritable shoot ing star; here too, we can attribute the many excellent results achieved to the outstanding quality of the works put up for sale. 

2015

A stellar year for special sales at NEUMEISTER:

2014

Sensational special sale of over 100 paintings “From the Wittelsbach and Habsburg Estates” in September.

Buyers included the administration of Schönbrunn Palace, the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin and Clemenswerth Palace in the Emsland region.

Virtually all lots were sold on this evening, almost doubling the original overall estimate.

2013

In cooperation with Munich-based art dealers Kunsthandlung Röbbig, NEUMEISTER presents a symposium on tobacco boxes with high-calibre speakers.

NEUMEISTER holds a special sale of the inventory from Teisbach Castle, achieving a sales quota of over 90 per cent.

2012

21 works on paper by Adolph von Menzel from a superb private collection are snapped up at a NEUMEISTER special sale that attracts international attention.

All 21 works achieved top bids with a 100% sales quota; the original estimate was exceeded sixfold, generating total sales of EUR 1.4 million.

A private collection of 62 works by Heinrich von Zügel is eagerly received by sellers.

2011

NEUMEISTER holds an interdisciplinary symposium on the theme of Silver to mark the 90th birthday of Munich’s internationally famous silver expert, Dr. Helmut Seling.

Prestigious speakers include the Director of the “Green Vault”, Prof. Dr. Dirk Syndram; Timothy Schroder, The Silver Society London; and Dr. Annette Schommers, with Egidius Roidl from the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum.

2010

Special sale from the estate of the important Art Nouveau collector, Prof. Kurt Liebermeister.

His magnificent collection of around 470 items almost 100% sales, with original estimates quadrupled in many cases.

2009

Katrin Stoll commissions art historian Meike Hopp to appraise the history of NEUMEISTER’s predecessor organisation, “Kunsthandlungen Adolf Weinmüllers in München und Wien 1936-1945”.

The commission is a public-private partnership between the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (project management), NEUMEISTER, and the Provenance Research Office (AfP), Berlin (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturgutbesitz).

Prestigious Munich lawyer Prof. Dr. Wolf-Rüdiger Bub joins the company as a partner.

2008

The auction house celebrates its 50th anniversary. Katrin Stoll becomes Associate Partner. Rudolf Neumeister retires from active business.

Special Auction: 

"African Art - Bareiss Collection".

A total of 110 lots, including a selection of 87 pieces from the exhibition catalogue KILENGI: African Art from the Bareiss Collection, the catalogue book published in 1997 by the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hanover for the show of the same name, as well as other important exhibits, such as a crucifix from the Congo, Zaire, 18th/19th century, which was exhibited in the exhibition "Africa: The Art of a Continent" at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, as well as the Guggenheim Museum New York.

2007

Record price EUR 460,000 (hammer price without buyer’s premium) for Carl Spitzweg‘s painting „The Enamoured Provisor“.

2006

The Friends of the Haus der Kunst, Munich, commission NEUMEISTER to auction their entire collection.

The auction is overseen by Rudolf Neumeister’s daughter, Katrin Stoll.

With an overall estimate of around EUR 1 million, almost 100 per cent of the items offered are sold, with sales totalling EUR 5.4 million.

The House of Wittelsbach entrusts the auction of the Bavarian “Königsservice” to NEUMEISTER.

The porcelain dinner service was a gift celebrating the golden wedding of the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III, and Maria Theresa, Arch-Duchess of Habsburg-Este, in 1918. The entire service is sold to the Nymphenburg Royal Porcelain Manufactory for EUR 230,000.

Record price EUR 380,000 (hammer price without buyer’s premium) for Carl Spitzweg‘s painting „The Commander of the Fort“

2005

Special Auction of further items from the collection of Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt, with almost 100% sales quota.

Record price EUR 700,000 (hammer price without buyer’s premium) is achieved for Carl Spitzweg’s painting “Peace Through the Land" 

2003

Special sale of the broadly based collection of Dr. Christian Wolters.

The art historian, natural scientist and restorer brought the Doerner Institute to global fame. His collection spans Art Nouveau and applied arts, paintings, works on paper, sculptures, ceramics and African and Japanese art.

2001

Record price DM 1.3 million (hammer price without buyer’s premium) for Carl Spitzweg’s painting “Arrival of the Stage Coach“

2000

Record price DM 2.4 million (hammer price without buyer’s premium) for Carl Spitzweg’s painting “The Eternal Bridegroom”.

1999

Auction of part of the collection of Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt, in einer Sonderauktion.

Record price DM 950,000 (hammer price without buyer’s premium) for Carl Spitzweg’s painting „The Sentinel on the Bastion“

1998

NEUMEISTER is entrusted with the collection of writer Paul Eipper.

His outstanding collection of graphic art, including the entire portfolio of “Fridericus Rex” and colour lithographs by Lovis Corinth, survived the Second World War by being concealed in walled-up niches at Eipper’s Berlin home.

1996

The estate of theatre actress Maria Wimmer is auctioned in a unique special sale. Wimmer and her husband, lawyer Dr Otto Seemüller, were connoisseurs of modern art.

NEUMEISTER auctioned works by Christian Rohlfs, Emil Nolde and Max Pechstein.

1987

Further special sales of MODERN ART. A work by Otto Mueller is sold for DM 1.4 million.

1983

Katrin Stoll, née Neumeister, today Associate Partner at NEUMEISTER, joins the family company as a limited partner. This year, the 25th anniversary of the auction house, over 13,000 items are auctioned.

1979

Auction of 54 Gothic sculptures from the Oertel Collection: 68 minutes, DM 5.1 million. Bidders include the Württemberg State Museum and Bavarian National Museum.

1978

The company moves into new premises at 37, Barer Strasse.

1974

Purchase of business premises at 37, Barer Strasse. After four years of conversion and rebuilding by the architects’ office of Zangenberg und Rheinberger, the auction house can boast 1,200 sqm of business space, an underground car park and showrooms.

The company is renamed “NEUMEISTER Münchener Kunstauktionshaus”.

1968

The company is renamed “Neumeister KG, vorm. Münchener Kunstversteigerungshaus Adolf Weinmüller“.

1966

The company’s 100th auction.

1965

The first auction of Modern Art is held in addition to the regular auctions.

Auction of the estate of a Southern German film producer, with paintings by Wilhelm Leibl, Hans Purrmann and Carl Spitzweg under the hammer. Buyers include international celebrities such as Princess Soraya of Persia.

1962

The collection of Igo Levi-Luzern enthralls bidders around the world and is sold to distinguished private collections and museums, including the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, the Germanic National Museum in Nurember, the Hamburg Museum for Arts and Crafts and the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts.

1960

Auction of the estate of the art collector and art dealer Otto Bernheimer, consolidating the status of the auction house at international level. From now on, established clientele includes important private collections and museums.

1958

1 April: After the death of the company owner, Adolf Weinmüller, Rudolf Neumeister becomes a shareholder of “Münchener Kunstversteigerungshaus Adolf Weinmüller”, located in the Almeida Palace at 14, Brienner Strasse.

7 May: Rudolf Neumeister knocks down his first lot.

July: Rudolf Neumeister takes over the auction house of “Münchener Kunstversteigerungshaus Adolf Weinmüller” in a transaction arranged by the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank. The original name of the company is kept at first, later receiving the addition of “Rudolf Neumeister”.