Corporation GND

Name

Oberndörffer

Coin dealer Mr Oberndörffer of Munich.

Refers to the company of Nathan Abraham Oberndörffer (1760-1829), originally of Ansbach, who is attested from 1780 as a dealer of watches, jewellery, gems, silver bullion, and coins.

The company was contuinued by his sons Samson Nathan O. (1791-1866) and Joseph Nathan O. (1793-1866). The third son Joel Nathan Oberndörffer (1799-1843) started his business in Munich in 1829. Following his death in 1843 the business was taken over by his surviving brothers including the youngest, Maier (Mayer) O. (1801-1849), from 1845. The latter ran an independent firm which was continued following his own death in 1849 as  M. Oberndörffer jun.  

Joseph Nathan O. established a branch in Vienna, and the eldest brother Samson Nathan O. ran the Oberndörffer bank and shop in Munich until his death in 1862. In this year Abraham Merzbacher (1812-1885) and Max Wilmersdörfer (1824-1903) joined as share holders, and continued the company after the death of Samson Nathan O. In 1866 the company stopped dealing in antiquiteis, and in 1873 in coins.

Lit.: M. Barth - E. M. Pegan, JNG 65, 2015, pp. 234-237; E. Dünninger - B. Fabian - I. Holtmeier, Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände. Bayern. Teil 1 (München) p. 272 no. 2.15.

Types

Vendor (to Museum) Info, Vendor (to prev. Owner) Info

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