<a href="http://www.lempertz.eu/440.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Lempertz </span></span></a>:Contemporary Art <br />Saturday, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">3 December 2011</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">upcoming auction</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6431703741_858d5e7197_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6431703741_858d5e7197_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 702px; height: 695px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6043/6431704029_2f6cc79f7e_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6043/6431704029_2f6cc79f7e_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 702px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lempertz.eu/440.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Lempertz </span></span></a>:Contemporary Art <br />Saturday, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">3 December 2011</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">upcoming auction</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">photographs by Candida Hofer </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">"Lempertz is one of the leading auction houses in Europe and the eldest in family posession. The history of the company reaches back to the beginning of the 19th century. In 1802, Johann Matthias Heberle established the „Antiquargeschäft mit Auktionsanstalt (Antiquarian Book Shop including Auctions)" that held important auctions of rare books and art works. After the death of the founder in 1840, his employee Heinrich Lempertz, at that time 24 years old, took over the company that was than renamed „J. M. Heberle (H. Lempertz)“ </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">---------------</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>

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