Shipping & Payment

Payment for Objects

You have the following options to pay for the lots you won:

1. Cash

Please note that all cash payments are subject to current money laundering regulations, limited to legally allowed max amounts, and require identification via governmental picture ID.

2. Bank transfer

Beneficiary:
Hermann Historica GmbH, Bretonischer Ring 3, 85630 Grasbrunn/Munich, Germany

Reference:
Your Client number („Kundennr.“), Invoice number (“Rechnungs-Nummer”)

Charges:
All bank charges shall be paid by the sender. Within the EU it's best to make a SEPA transfer.


3. Bank draft or certified check

We accept a bank draft or a certified check in EURO currency. Please note that it might take up to 6 weeks until the cheque will be cleared.

Charges:
Please add 20 Euros clearing fee to the total amount of the invoice.

Check in Euros: 1,5%o of the check amount, but at least € 25, at most € 250
Check in other currencies: 1,75%o of the check amount, but at least € 32, at most € 350

Please note that these are only the fees charged to Hermann Historica by the bank!


4. Credit Card

We accept: Visa, Mastercard, American Express

Please mail or fax the following details to us:

• Name of card holder
• Credit card number
• Expiration date
• Card Verification Code (CVC)
• A signed authorization to debit your credit card

Charges:
Credit card services are subject to surcharge, depending on the company you are working with:
VISA, Mastercard: 2,9%
AMEX: 3,9%

In-House Shipping vs. Third-Party Shipping

News from the shipping department

In order to offer to our national and international customers an even better and quicker service, we have taken the decision to have complex shipments carried out by specialist service ­providers only. Not only will this speed up our invoicing ­process, it means you receive your purchases considerably faster.

In some cases, the transportation of unusually large, fragile, particularly long or exceptionally heavy objects involved interminable price calculations to determine the optimal ­packing and shipping costs. This often caused enormous delays in invoicing, which understandably resulted in the dissatis­faction of our customers.

Since Auction 98 we no longer handle the shipping of such objects ourselves. The packaging and transportation of complex objects is now carried out by specialised forwarding companies with the required expertise, longstanding experience and necessary resources. Nonetheless, we will continue to ship all firearms directly, aswell as small and easy to pack items that can be shipped via DHL or Fedex.

Once again, you will receive your invoice directly after the 
sale has closed. If the invoice includes shipping costs, Hermann Historica will be handling the transportation. However, if shipping is not specified on the invoice, you must make your own delivery arrangements. We can recommend a number of reputable companies with whom we have worked successfully in the past. They are extremely professional and efficient in arranging for the goods to be picked up, then­ ­packed and shipped. These companies also handle customs clearance for export outside the EU. We will issue the necessary export permits for cultural artefacts and firearms.

On request, we are happy to obtain quotes for shipping from these partners on your behalf. Naturally, you may entrust your objects to another forwarding agent if you so prefer, provided this carrier also offers packaging services.

Our recommended partners are listed below. If you have any further questions, please send an email with the subject "Shipping - Hermann Historica" to contact@hermann-historica.com.

Kind regards,
Your Hermann Historica Team

When contacting our partners please always write "Shipping on behalf of Hermann Historica" into the subject line.

MBE Augsburg: https://aantique-muc.de/en/    +49 821 50819250
M2Logistik, Markt Schwaben: service@m2logistik.de, +49 8121 2230-0
Hasenkamp München: fineart@hasenkamp.de