Auction House Details

Zisska and Schauer

Auction House Name Zisska and Schauer
Site URL https://www.zisska.de
About Us The Munich auction house F. Zisska & R. Kistner – international specialists in rare antiquarian books and prints – was founded in 1983. In 2006, the company's founding directors Friedrich Zisska and Rolf Kistner retired and the company changed hands. Herbert Schauer took over the company in January 2007 under a new name, Zisska, Schauer & Co. KG. Herbert Schauer headed the company's rare book department for many years and he has been with the auction house for over twenty years. He looks forward to using his long-standing experience in the antiquarian book trade to build on the company's traditional strengths and to expand the many business links the company's founders have forged over the last twenty-three years. The company will continue to hold specialist auction sales of antiquarian books and prints on a biannual basis in April and October. August of 2014 company changed it's name to Zisska and Lacher. As antiquarian book experts, Zisska & Schauer's fields of specialization cover all the core areas – manuscripts; autograph letters and documents; incunabula; early woodcut books; medieval illuminated manuscripts; theology; natural history; bibliography; art history; history; literature; antique maps and atlases; travel; and topographical and decorative prints. The company also specializes in rare bibliophile items and modern first editions and has handled sales of important private collections and libraries.
Who do I contact if I have questions? If you have any questions regarding consigning or selling, please email us at: auctions @ zisska.de For further questions on items in our current auction, please email us at: info @ zisska.de
City Munich
Country Germany
Zipcode 80331
Contact Number 49-0-89-263855
Buyer's Fee A buyer’s premium of 28 % including statutory VAT is levied on the hammer price (margin scheme),
Consigner's Fee The commission rate is 20% on prices up to Euro 249.-, reduced to 15% on prices of Euro 250.- and upwards. No charge is made for catalogue illustrations arranged by us or for catalogue descriptions.

AUCTION LIST


  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.