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Schloss Amsoldingen: Das Inventar eines Berner Herrensitzes

9 May 2022Spring Auction 2022

Schloss Amsoldingen: the contents of a Bernese manor house

Auktionshaus Zofingen auctioned around 250 lots from Schloss Amsoldingen — patrician portraits, Meissen and a labyrinth that was never built — at the Spring Auction 2022.

Die Sammlung Ted Scapa: Schloss Vallamand zu Gast in Zofingen

22 October 2021Autumn Auction 2021

The Ted Scapa Collection: Schloss Vallamand comes to Zofingen

450 items from Ted Scapa’s Schloss Vallamand on Lake Murten — from Tinguely to African sculpture — were auctioned at the Autumn Auction 2021 in Zofingen.

Emma Kunz: Ein Hauptwerk der Forscherin und Heilerin aus Brittnau

20 October 2021Autumn Auction 2021

Emma Kunz: a major work by the researcher and healer from Brittnau

Emma Kunz’s Work No. 092, the cover image of her 1953 book, achieved a hammer price of CHF 75,000 at Auktionshaus Zofingen’s Autumn Auction 2021.

Die Bibliothek von Schloss Rümligen: 400 Objekte aus einem Berner Barockschloss

18 October 2021Autumn Auction 2021

The library of Schloss Rümligen: 400 items from a Bernese baroque château

At the Autumn Auction 2021, Auktionshaus Zofingen auctioned the contents and library of Schloss Rümligen — including an original edition of Diderot’s Encyclopédie.