Source : Galerie Bassenge

Source Title Galerie Bassenge
Description

Galerie Bassenge of Berlin, Germany, traces its roots back to the days just after the Second World War. On November 14, 1946, with Berlin still in ruins, bookseller Gerd Rosen, who had barely survived the war due to his Jewish background, opened the Galerie Rosen. He specialized in the auction of books and art.

Rosen died in 1961, after which Gerda Bessenge, who had worked for Rosen since 1953, took over the operation. It was then renamed "Galerie Bessenge." Gerda's son Tilman Bassenge joined the firm in 1967 and manages it today. The firm has departments for books, art, and photographs. The book department holds two auctions per year, spring and fall, and as the number of records in this database under this firm indicates, they are extremely active in the field.
Scope of Text
Total Records in AED 169016
  • 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.