History

Auction house Dr. Fischer was founded in 1976 as an auction house specialized in Rare Transylvanian Ceramics and Faience. Today Dr. Fischer is German’s Leading Auctioneer for European Glass and Studio Glass and it has also separate departments devoted to Porcelain, Ceramics, Paintings, Silver, Jewellery, Pewter, Faience and Russian Works of Art.

Dr. Fischer holds three large auctions of “European Glass and Studio Glass” each year, as well as two auctions “Art and Antiques”. In addition, specialized auctions, for example important private collections are also held.

We invite everyone – public and private institutions, dealers and collectors – to contact us.
Competent experts with profound knowledge of the art market produce richly illustrated catalogues (also online-catalogues) with high-end photographs of museum quality. Our long-standing experience and knowledge of the art market benefits our consignors and customers. So different precious works for example of Hermann Schwinger, Heinrich Schwanhardt, Anron Kohgasser, Samuel Mohn, Dominik Biemann, Emile Gallé, Daum Frères, Réne Lalique, Loetz Wwe. and Otto Prutscher, Dale Chihuly, Harvey Littleton and finally the couple Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova are able to getting purchase in the castle at the idyllic Trappensee. Our thirteen-member crew will be pleased to give valuations and guidance on property brought in for inspection and - if appropriate - to visit customers who wish to sell at auction. Please send in relevant documentation or contact Dr. Fischer to arrange an appointment.

Our competence, expertise, and experience of contact with works of art and international markets have led to a multitude of national and international record-breaking prices, specially in the range of glasses.
Numerous glasses, paintings, and decorative art objects have been acquired by museums and private collectors throughout the world, and belong to the core of these collections ever since.

As our clients' needs and collecting tastes evolve, the flexibility and unwavering focus on expertise and client service of auction house Dr. Fischer will remain our hallmarks into the 21st century.