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Hans Sachs Collection Epilogue: Posters to Go on Sale in New York at Guernsey’s

By Nicholas O'Donnell on Posted in Restitution, World War II

The Hans Sachs collection that the Bundesgerichtshof in Karlsruhe ordered in March be returned to the Sachs heirs will be put up for auction in New York.  The collection had more than 12,000 posters by artist that included Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ludwig Hohlwein, Lucian Bernhard and Jules Cheret.  The Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin, a… Continue Reading

German Art Law Updates from the Dispute Resolution in Germany Blog

By Nicholas O'Donnell on Posted in Copyright, Forgery, Intellectual Property

For those of us trying to follow art law developments in Germany, particularly to get access to original source and court documents in German, Peter Bert’s Dispute Resolution in Germany Blog is a terrific source.  Between the Hans Sachs collection case and the contuing fallout from the Wolfgang Beltracchi forgery scandal and the fictional “Jägers… Continue Reading

Poster Collection Seized by Nazis Ordered Returned by German High Court

By Nicholas O'Donnell on Posted in Collections, Restitution, World War II

  Catherine Hickley of Bloomberg reports today from Berlin about a court-ordered return of more than 4,000 once owned by Hans Sachs, a Jewish dentist chased out of Nazi Germany.  The Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) is Germany’s highest civil court, and handed down the decision. At one time, Sachs’s collection had more than 12,000 posters by artist… Continue Reading