Auktionshaus Rudolf Bangel

The Rudolf Bangel Auction House was founded in 1868 by Rudolf Bangel (1820–1882) and a partner as "Janson & Bangel" in Frankfurt am Main. From 1870 onwards, Rudolf Bangel continued to run the auction house on his own. In the beginning, mainly real estate, furniture and everyday utensils were auctioned without an accompanying catalogue. The first antiques auction took place in 1879. At the beginning of the 1920s, the auction house became a limited company. The sons and grandsons of the founder were now running the business. In 1927, a branch office was opened in Berlin. In 1929, the auction house in Frankfurt a. M. had to file for bankruptcy. In 1936, the company was officially deleted from the commercial register. Until the end of the 1920s, the Rudolf Bangel Auction House was one of the more important auctioneers in the German-speaking world.