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. 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%
| Bank Details | |
| Account Holder: | Hermann Historica GmbH |
| IBAN: | DE44 7025 0150 0023 3780 03 |
| BIC: | BYLADEM1KMS |
| Bank: |
KSK München Starnberg Ebersberg |
Catalogue Shop
The most convenient way to order a catalogue is via our online catalogue shop. For upcoming auctions you can also use our pdf order form. Download the form, complete it and send it back by email, fax or snail mail.
Shipping cost for catalogue orders can be found HERE
Beneficiary:
Hermann Historica GmbH, Bretonischer Ring 3, 85630 Grasbrunn / Munich, Germany
Reference:
Order number
| Bank Details | |
| Account Holder: | Hermann Historica GmbH |
| IBAN: | DE44 7025 0150 0023 3780 03 |
| BIC: | BYLADEM1KMS |
| Bank: |
KSK München Starnberg Ebersberg |
In-House Shipping vs. Third-Party Shipping
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
FIREARMS SHIPMENT
Shipping firearms of ANY age beyond Germanies borders is not an easy task. All major parcel carriers - DHL, FEDEX and UPS - refuse almost entirely to carry firearms internationally, including look-alikes, toy guns or any other item remotely looking like a gun. The only exception being:
Matchlock, wheellock, flintlock firearms, needle-fire and single-shot percussion arms:
Under the condition that these firearms do NOT need an import license in the target country we can ship them by UPS.
Firearms requiring a license in Germany:
- within Germany via "Overnite" or DHL with identity check.
- to most destinations within the EU with either "Overnite", "Waffenkurier Neu" or "OxLogistics" - depending on destination. Depending on the destination we might be forced to disassemble the guns and send them in two separate shipments, doubling shipping cost (at present to Portugal, France, Belgium Italy, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia).
- Spain: at the moment we have no possibility to ship to Spain. We recommend to use Waffen Bock.
- Switzerland: Overnite
- Baltic States, Slovakia: due to the war in Ukraine we cannot ship to these countries by courier, status as per June 1, 2025. Air Cargo is the only option, albeit an expensive one.
- Air Cargo is also the only option to Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and any country outside the EU. Please ask for current rates prior to making a bid!
- USA: unfortunately our importer in Maryland, MMB Imports, will seize offering import services as of January 1st, 2026. We therefore can no longer offer this option. We can serve US customers only through a German exporter, Michael Merrill, whom we strongly suggest to get in touch with. The import will have to be organized by the US buyer. You can reach Michael under ttumail@aol.com and ask for details and cost.
Since rates and possible destinations change frequently it is highly recommended to check with us ahead of the auction that you would like to place your bids in!