54 19th March 2011 international events Right: an array of arresting satirical works by
Harald Engman (1903-68), known as Denmark’s ‘Forbidden Painter’ because his work was
banned during the Second World War by the occupying Nazis, were the stand-out feature
at Bruun Rasmussen’s sale in Copenhagen on March 7. The pick of them was this
extraordinary vision, Den Gode Jord (The Good
Earth), 4ft 9in x 5ft 6in (1.45 x 1.69m), that sold for DKr140,000 (£16,000).
buying and selling in scandinavia
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auction houses (with a strong profile in modern art), Thomas Høiland (stamps and coins) were the latest target at the start of 2011. The firm has also acquired several domestic firms (Børge Nielsen Auctions in Vejle, Aabenraa Auction House and Sagførernes Auctions), and a share in the Swedish auctioneers Anders Antik (now known as Skånes Auktionsverk). But Bruun Rasmussen’s attempts to sell in Stockholm (1995-98) proved short-lived. The firm now has 100 employees,
representatives in France, Spain, Italy, England and USA, and an annual turnover of around DKr400m. It retains its historic 1794 building in Bredgade as the venue for its four ‘traditional’
auctions in March, May/June, September and December, but is increasingly busy with online auctions (over 50 a year), and has two other venues in Copenhagen. these are Havnen by the waterfront, used for offices and viewings, and Nordhavn in the docklands area, home
to various specialist departments (books & manuscripts, stamps a postcards, coins & medals, wine and rugs & carpets). The firm also has a provincial venue in Århus (Søren Frichs Vej 34D), Denmark’s second largest city and the capital of Jutland.
Lauritz.com Dynamovej 11 2730 Herlev tel +45 44 50 98 00 fax +45 44 50 98 01
herlev@lauritz.com www.lauritz.com
In 1998 Lauritz Christensen, founded
in 1885, were bought by Bengt Sundstrøm, rebranded as
Lauritz.com, and transformed into the first Danish auction house staging online auctions. The firm has evolved to become Scandinavia’s leading online auction house, with ten venues in Denmark (headquarters Herlev, in the suburbs of Copenhagen, plus Aalborg, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Helsingør, Kolding, Næstved, Odense, Roskilde, Vejle), along with five in Sweden, two in Germany, and one in Oslo, at all of which vendors and buyers can consign and view items for sale. In 2006 the firm acquired
Above: Michael Kvium’s Downstream (2003), oil on canvas 6ft 3in x 6ft 3in (1.9 x 1.9m), will feature at Blomqvist in Oslo on March 29, with an estimate of NKr400,000-500,000.
upmarket Copenhagen auctioneers Museumsbygningen (who sold books, antique furniture, decorative objects, fine art and jewellery) to “increase our focus on expensive, international items of quality.”
Lauritz.com now have approximately
Kapuka.dk Henningsens Allé 33 2900 Hellerup tel + 45 45 35 11 12
info@kapuka.dk www.kapuka.dk
Specialists in online auctions of
modern jewellery, recently merged with a similar firm, Gauguin.
FAIR The cosy Antikviteter på Børsen is
staged each year by the Dansk Kunst & Antikvitetshandler Union in early March – at Børsbygningen on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen. This year, 25 domestic dealers (plus Asian Art specialists Antik West from Gothenburg) took part.
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230 employees, of whom almost half are valuation specialists.
Københavns Auktioner Sluseholmen 14 2450 København SV tel +45 39 29 90 00 fax +45 39 29 93 5
info@kbhauktioner.dk www.kbhauktioner.dk (Danish only)
Copenhagen’s oldest firm, founded in
1860, still exists to the north of the city centre. Design is a house strength, and there is a lively “net-auktion” calendar.
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