103. Auktion

Bruno Heimberg (1933-2023), Munich, Germany

Curt Eduard Pilz (1879-1927), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Alex Ultee, Voorburg, The Netherlands Family owned for 100 years. Ultee's grandfather worked as a medical doctor on Sumatra from 1916 to 1936.

Leo & Lillian Fortess, Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA Loed & Mia van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Curt Eduard Pilz (1879-1927), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Max Gerhard Heinrich Roden (1922-2023), Norderstedt, Germany

Berlin Collection, Germany

Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany

Munich Private Collection

Heinrich Hense (1888 to mid-1960s), Altengeseke / Lippstadt, Germany (coll. in situ, pre 1918) Family-owned since then Heinrich Hense was born in Altengeseke in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1888. Trained as a locksmith, he worked as a repairman for Heinrich Nordhaus, a bicycle, sewing machine and motor vehicle dealer in Münster, from 1907 to 1909. He then joined the Imperial Navy, where he travelled for long periods in Oceania and the South Seas. This is documented for the years 1911 and 1912 by dated letters on the letterhead of the shipping company "Norddeutscher Lloyd". According to this, he travelled on the steamer "Prinz Ludwig" in 1911 and on the Reichspostdampfer "Königin Luise" in 1912.

Heinrich Hense (1888 to mid-1960s), Altengeseke / Lippstadt, Germany (coll. in situ, before 1918) Family-owned since then Heinrich Hense was born in Altengeseke in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1888. Trained as a locksmith, he worked as a repairman for Heinrich Nordhaus, a bicycle, sewing machine and motor vehicle dealer in Münster, from 1907 to 1909. He then joined the Imperial Navy, where he travelled for long periods in Oceania and the South Seas. This is documented for the years 1911 and 1912 by dated letters on the letterhead of the shipping company "Norddeutscher Lloyd". According to this, he travelled on the steamer "Prinz Ludwig" in 1911 and on the Reichspostdampfer "Königin Luise" in 1912.

Heinrich Hense (1888 to mid-1960s), Altengeseke / Lippstadt, Germany (coll. in situ, before 1918) Family-owned since then Heinrich Hense was born in Altengeseke in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1888. Trained as a locksmith, he worked as a repairman for Heinrich Nordhaus, a bicycle, sewing machine and motor vehicle dealer in Münster, from 1907 to 1909. He then joined the Imperial Navy, where he travelled for long periods in Oceania and the South Seas. This is documented for the years 1911 and 1912 by dated letters on the letterhead of the shipping company "Norddeutscher Lloyd". According to this, he travelled on the steamer "Prinz Ludwig" in 1911 and on the Reichspostdampfer "Königin Luise" in 1912.

Old German Collection, Bremerhaven (around the turn of the 19th/20th century) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 7 September 2013, Lot 31 Private Collection, Rheinland, Germany

Pierre Langlois, Paris, France Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium

Herbert Schröder, Erkrath, Germany (1950s)

Carl Scharf, Hamburg, Germany Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (1902) Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1969) The club was part of a larger collection that the Hamburg merchant Carl Scharf donated to the Linden-Museum Stuttgart in 1902. Scharf was co-owner of the trading company Scharf & Kayser, which gradually took over the company Societé commerciale de l'Océanie, based in Pape'ete, Tahiti, from 1876. The majority of the donation consisted of objects from the Marquesas and other Polynesian islands, but other regions of Oceania were also represented.

Michael Woerner, Würzburg, Germany / Bangkok, Thailand Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium

Old UK Collection

Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany

Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany

Hellmut Patzer, Silesia, Poland (acquired in the 1st half of the 20th century)

Hellmut Patzer, Silesia, Poland (acquired in the 1st half of the 20th century)

Curt Eduard Pilz (1879-1927), Frankfurt am Main, Germany The mining engineer C. E. Pilz was a member of the Hanseatic South Sea Expedition in 1909 and also worked for the Royal Dutch Shell Group (founded in 1907), travelling the world in search of crude oil. He died of malaria at the age of 48.

Dag Malm (1923-2008), Södermanland, Sweden

Swedish Private Collection Andrei Tischenko, Helsinki, Finland

collected in Bethel, Alaska Jeffrey Myers, New York, USA Finch & Co., London, Great Britain Andreas & Kathrin Lindner, Munich, Germany Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium

Jyrki Lammi, Helsinki, Finland

Property of a private Pennsylvania Trust (acquired in the 1970s) Arte Primitivo, New York Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Arte Primitivo, New York, Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Arte Primitivo, New York Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Stendahl Galleries, Hollywood / New York City, USA Vincent Price, Los Angeles, USA (1971) Arte Primitivo, New York, 8 June 2009, Lot 104 Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor. He was known for his work in the horror film genre, mostly portraying villains. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television. Price was an art collector and arts consultant, with a degree in art history. He lectured and wrote books on art. The Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College is named in his honor.

Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Hans Marcus (1912-1992), Düsseldorf, Germany

Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

B. Faethe-Willemeit, Berlin, Germany Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1974)

Victor Goldschmidt, Völkerkunde-Museum Heidelberg, Germany Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1971)

Carl Sutorius, Stuttgart / Cannstatt, Germany Victor Goldschmidt, Völkerkunde-Museum Heidelberg, Germany Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1971)

collected in situ 1968 F. Kleefisch, Horstmar, Germany Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1971)

Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 24. April 1975, lot 229 Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1975)

Benno Mattel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1977 and 1982)

Galerie Gerdes, Munich, Germany Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1974)

collected in situ 1968 F. Kleefisch, Horstmar, Germany Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1971)

Benno Mattel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1979)

presumbly Benno Mattel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Galerie Gerdes, Munich, Germany Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1975/1976)

Ketterer, Munich, 18 May 1984, Lot 137 Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1984)

Benno Mattel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1982)

Anton Roeckl, Munich, Germany Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany (1989)

Benno Mattel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Klaus Kalz, Berlin, Germany ("121" 1976; "121a" 1982)