Peter Rapp auction house
| Peter Rapp AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1970 |
| Seat | Wil SG, Switzerland |
| management | Peter Rapp, Marianne Rapp Ohmann |
| Branch | Auction house |
| Website | www.rapp-auktionen.com |
The auction house Peter Rapp (officially Peter Rapp AG ) is a Swiss auction house for stamps in Wil SG . It is one of the largest auction platforms in the field of philately .
history
Peter Rapp (* 1945 in Uzwil ) learned the basics of philatelic work at a German auction house in the 1960s and ran the Schwenn branch in Zurich . In 1970, when the Schwenn auction house was dissolved, he founded his own stock corporation based in Wil. He carried out his first auctions in 1971 in the station buffet in Zurich , and since 1985 in his own auction house in Wil. The stock corporation is still family-owned and is managed by Peter Rapp and his daughter Marianne Rapp Ohmann.
In 1979, stamps worth CHF 25 million were auctioned off. In 1980 an auction with a volume of 33.2 million Swiss francs resulted in an entry in the Guinness Book of Postage Stamps.
In 2008 the auction house auctioned a copy of the light blue rayon brand Rayon I with a complete cross border, issued in 1850, for 348,000 Swiss francs. This makes it the most expensive Swiss individual postage stamp ever sold. In 2013 the Gscheidle brand achieved high sales. This stamp was destroyed by the Deutsche Bundespost before it was published. However, due to the Gscheidle error , 24 well-known brands came into circulation. In 2014 a letter with a single Basel pigeon was sold for 103,700 francs.
The auction house is also dedicated to numismatics and auctions medals such as those of the Hungarian national soccer player László Budai . In 2017 it presented the exhibition " L'Excellence Suisse - Switzerland's Most Precious Coins ".
The light blue Rayon I from 1850 auctioned in 2008
The Gscheidle stamp on letter achieved a high price in 2013
Silver medal László Budai
Web links
- Web presence with information on history and company management
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rapp's stamp auction generates sales of CHF 17.9 million. In: St.Galler Tagblatt. November 29, 2008.
- ↑ Peter Rapp. ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Lorenzoni-pr. June 2011, accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ James Mackay: Guinness Book of Postage Stamps. German arrangement by Alfons Riedle. Verlag Ullstein, 1985, ISBN 3-550-07695-9 , p. 150.
- ↑ Postage stamps: Only rare goods are worthwhile. In: Bilanz, the Swiss business magazine. Jan. 17, 2006, last section.
- ^ The most expensive stamp in Switzerland. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. November 26, 2008.
- ↑ Minister's wife sends a rarity for 43,000 euros. In: Munich evening newspaper . May 30, 2013.
- ↑ Top price for “Basler Taube” letter In: NZZ Online. November 27, 2014, accessed October 20, 2016
- ^ Hungarian World Championship medal from 1954 goes under the hammer in Wil. In: St.Galler Tagblatt. October 14, 2011.
