The Legacy
“His women clients liked him, appreciated his good manners and subtle flattery, and the men found him amusing and amenable to bargaining. The firm had been established in Hamburg for over eighty years. The name, Himmelsbach Galleries, was a guarantee of authentic antiques and works of art in northern Germany. They sold everything from furniture to Fabergé trinkets. Klaus Himmelsbach specialized in gold boxes and miniatures; his father, Frederik, dealt in the best eighteenth-century German furnit...ure, with a few flamboyant Italian pieces for those who liked to make a show. Klaus had expanded the range to include Fabergé’s exquisite toys and artefacts which came from post-Imperial Russia via the refugees. Many had escaped with only what they could cram into their pockets. He bought cheaply from those desperate to sell, and sold expensively to rich Germans with an eye for beauty. He had his own clientele; he cultivated women because they introduced their husbands. He was a social figure in Hamburg after the Great War.MoreLess
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