»An era with the highest standards is coming to an end« (FAZ from November 14, 2015) Hamburg, January 2016 Dear customers and friends of our company, this year will be the first time without our auctions. 1930 was the year of our first auction, a book auction, which was initially followed irregularly in 1931, 1934 to 1941 and from 1947 onwards at more regular intervals both book and art auctions. We were able to auction unique objects such as Shakespeare's "First Folio" or Tilman Riemenschneider's "Lüsterweibchen", which brought us the first million dollar bid at a German post-war auction in 1985, but also curiosities such as the delivery and installation of a library for the private yacht of the shipowner Onassis or the Auction of used aircraft in Baden-Baden in pouring rain. Since 1994, the art and book auctions have been held twice a year on separate dates, as you are used to. After 100 years of joint work for HAUSWEDELL & NOLTE by Ernst Nolte and Gabriele Braun, we will close our company on February 29th. We are still there for you until the end of March. We would like to thank you for your loyalty and wish you continued joy in art and bibliophilia in the future. Your ERNST NOLTE and GABRIELE BRAUN To the PORTRAIT of our house HAUSWEDELL & NOLTE | Pöseldorfer Weg 1 | 20148 Hamburg | Telephone +49 (0) 40 - 41 32 10 - 0 | Fax +49 (0) 40 - 41 32 10 - 10 | info@hauswedell-nolte.de