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The firm J.A. Stargardt was founded as book and music shop by Johann Carl Klage (1785-1850) in Berlin in 1830.
Under the direction of Joseph A. Stargardt (1822-1885) the antiquarian book trade was more and more extended. Stargardt began to establish the trade in autograph letters and manuscripts as a special branch of the antiquarian book trade.
In 1885, Eugen Mecklenburg the Younger (1859-1925) bought the firm from Stargardt's widow. Mecklenburg's father, Eugen Mecklenburg the Elder (1819-1873), had also traded in books and autographs in Berlin.
As from 1925, Guenther Mecklenburg (1898-1984) ran the firm. He had joined his father's firm in 1919 and continued the autograph trade, which had also become part of the firm's name.
After the end of the war, Guenther Mecklenburg began to newly establish the firm at Eutin in Holstein. In 1952, the firm's seat was moved to Marburg. In the same year, Klaus Mecklenburg (born in 1930) entered the firm followed by his son Wolfgang Mecklenburg (born in 1964) in 1988.
Afte the German reunification, J.A. Stargardt went back to its place of foundation; since 1991 the auctions of autographs have taken place in Berlin again. In the past decades we have auctioned a whole range of internationally significant collections of autographs. Every eight months we offer in our auctions about 1300 items from all classic fields of collection; the turnover of an auction amounts to about 2 to 3 million Euro.
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| Terms of Sale |
Please consult our auction and stock catalogues
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| We are always looking to buy |
Autograph letters and manuscripts, signed documents and photographs
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