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On 15 April 2021 the (digital) hammer fell for the last time for works from the SØR Rusche Collection. Since May 2019, the largest collection of contemporary art on the German auction market has been offered at VAN HAM in a total of 6 face-to-face and 17 ONLINE ONLY auctions. Over 4,000 works were transported, photographed and catalogued. With a sales quota of about 90 percent of the pieces, a total of about 7.5 million euros were realized, with results ranging from three to six figures. With this auction marathon, VAN HAM once again underlines its leading position in the marketing of corporate collections.
The SØR Rusche Collection has been collected by four generations of the Rusche fashion house family. It consists of paintings by Dutch masters of the 17th century, juxtaposed with works by contemporary artists. The collection already achieved lots of auction records at VAN HAM in Cologne
"We have decided to sell the corporate collection of SØR Rusche GmbH in order to finance the digital transformation of the company and to secure the jobs of the employees in the long term," explains Thomas Rusche, Managing Director of SØR Rusche GmbH. The decision in favour of VAN HAM was made not least because of the successful auction of the legendary Rheingold collection at the Achenbach Art Auction, which was followed with great media attention and whose scope and volume has now been exceeded once again. For Thomas Rusche, the realization in this dimension could only be realized through the expertise, infrastructure and the different auction variants at VAN HAM. This is the largest auction of contemporary art in Germany.
"VAN HAM is personable and competent. From Old Masters to contemporaries, significant or undiscovered - the whole team from the art historian to the graphic designer to the logistician - everyone always gives their best. And the results are phenomenal. Auction records again and again.
That's VAN HAM!"Dr. Dr. Thomas Rusche
View AuctionONLINE ONLY: Last Chance, 31.03.-15.04.2021
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Shapes and Scapes, 3.03.-11.03.2021
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Eduard von Gebhardt, 17.02.-25.02.2021
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Mixed Media, 27.01.-4.02.2021
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Being Human, 6.01.-14.01.2021
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: On Canvas, 23.11.-3.12.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Nature, 23.10.-5.11.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: The Collector's Eye, 28.9.-8.10.2020
View Auction Part VII – Gute Kunst? Sammeln! 7.10.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Realities, 21.8.-3.9.2020
View Auction SØR Rusche Collection XXL, 17.6.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Faces, 12.-25.6.2020
View Auction Part V: Old Masters meet Contemporaries, 28.5.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: GOLD, 20.5-2.6.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Passion, 6.-19.5.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Abstraction and Color, 10.-23.4.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Madness, 6.-19.3.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Inside/Outside, 5.-18.2.2020
View Auction ONLINE ONLY: Human Interaction, 10.-23.1.2020
View Auction Part IV: 27.11.2019
View Auction Part III - ONLINE ONLY: 27.9.-10.10.2019
View Auction Part II: 2.10.2019
View Auction Part I: 29.5.2019
"The sale of the SØR Rusche Collection, organised by Markus Eisenbeis, was a resounding success: VAN HAM reported a White Glove Sale without a single drop (...) and raised more than 2.5 million euros - twice as much as expected."
WirtschaftsWoche, 1 June 2019
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