From June 21–25, Hermann Historica GmbH will auction 4,112 lots in a series of sales spanning categories from arts, handcrafts, and antiquities to weapons, armor, and military antiques, promising something for every collector. Here are six fascinating highlights from the sales.

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• Estimate Starting price €24,000
• Auction Date  Jun 21

In Chinese Buddhism, Guanyin is the bodhisattva of compassion. This intact statue features features a sunken expression due to lowered gaze. The figure's head is adorned by a rich diadem, and she holds a vase in front of the belly. The back includes a tap hole.

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• Estimate Starting price €15,000
• Auction Date  Jun 21

This museum-quality collection of 21 intact antique glass bottles comes from the collection of film producer and Oscar prize winner Arthur Cohn. It features 21 glass bottles of various colors and sizes. The bellies of the vessels are mould-blown, and each features a handle and graphic ornaments on most side surfaces, such as lattice fields or leaf vein motifs.

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• Estimate Starting price €6,000
• Auction Date  Jun 22

This Damascus steel kilij is of typical shape, featuring a chiseled spine, pronounced yelman, and gold inlays on the obverse, reverse, and the chased back of the blade. It also includes filigree on the silver-plated grip, which is set with corals and turquoises. The scabbard is copper foil is embellished and features an inscription cartouche on the reverse, along with two removable suspension rings.

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• Estimate Starting price €3,500
• Auction Date  Jun 22

This unusually large Gothic, historicism era chamfron was elaborately forged in the style of circa 1480 and features appealing embellishment of turned flanges with finely fluted décor, striking escutcheon, and riveted ear protection. An articulated neck guard is attached with chamois-dressed leather straps.

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• Estimate Starting price €900
• Auction Date  Jun 24

This rare cap was part of the tropical uniform for officers of the Protection Troop. It featurs sand-coloured corduroy, piping of the top and cap band of ponceau-red cloth, on the forehead officer’s cockade of non-ferrous metal (traces of silver-plating), chinstrap of black patent leather, and a visor of synthetic material lacquered in black. It is lined with red-brown cotton and a brown leather sweatband.
 

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• Estimate Starting price €145,000
• Auction Date  Jun 25

This restored Krupp-Protze or Kfz 70 is an all-terrain, six-wheeled truck and artillery tractor with rear-wheel drive (6 x 4) that was designed as a personnel carrier. Manufactured in 1941, this particular vehicle is powered by a 3.5 l four-cylinder boxer engine (petrol), type Krupp M 304 in the 60 horsepower version, as built from 1936 to 1942. Preparations have been made to approve the vehicle for use on German roads.

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