An auction of special art objects took place this month in Germany. It was the last one organized by Dr. Jürgen Fischer, a Transylvanian Sibiu Saxon who emigrated from Sibiu to Germany.
Its last event, organized after almost 50 years of activity, auction number 300, took place in the town of Heilbronn, reports Radio Timisoara.
For this event, Dr. Fischer selected and collected 300 art objects.
Ceramics from Sibiu, glass from Porumbacu de Sus
Approximately a quarter of the art objects put up for auction came from Transylvania. Among the most remarkable were works by Tanzanian silversmiths from the 16th-18th centuries, such as a guild cup, in the shape of a deer, from around 1700, which was selected for the cover of the auction catalog.
Other categories were the ceramic elements from Sibiu and other Transylvanian localities, the glass works from Porumbacu de Sus from the 17th and 18th centuries, but also two contemporary sculptures by the German artist from Romania Peter Jakobi.
Dr. Fischer inherited his passion for Transylvanian art objects from his great-grandfather, a jeweler-silversmith and collector of special silver pieces.
“I left in 1974 with my family and settled here. I come from a family of art lovers and from a family that dealt and lived in this art. My great-grandfather, a jeweler from Sibiu, who lived between 1812 and 1879, was a great collector and already in his time he collected silver and Transylvanian art objects. I love it and have always done it,” says Jürgen Fischer.
Business taken over by daughter and son-in-law
The owner of the auction house, Dr. Jürgen Fischer, personally conducted the anniversary event and announced that, for him, this is the last auction. In the time he has left to live, he intends to retire to Timisoara with his wife, Isabella, and travel the world.
The family business remains, however, in good hands. The reins have already been taken over for several years by his daughter, Monia Becker, together with her husband. When the family emigrated from Sibiu to Germany, 50 years ago, she was two years old and grew up among art objects, developing together with the auction house.
“This auction, for me, is the last. My daughter will continue to do the auctions. He has been the auction house for over 30 years and works here, he knows the subject and carries on the family tradition”, says Jürgen Fischer.
Art objects worth a total of 1.8 million euros were traded. The most expensive object put up for auction was an electric train made exclusively of gold and precious stones by the German jeweler Manfred Wild in 4,000 hours of work.
Each of the 300 new owners of the auctioned art objects received as a gift a bottle of wine from a limited edition specially designed for this event by a wine producer from Banat.
Photo source: Radio Timisoara
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