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• He holds a Magister Artium degree in Art History, Byzantine Studies, and Bavarian History from LMU Munich, and his master's thesis was published as "The Fan Culture at the Royal Bavarian Court Between 1850 and 1914". Ranftl has extensive experience in the auction business and international art market, specifically in the areas of furniture, objets d'art, and gilded bronze. He has also published and lectured on 18th-century ebenists and fans, and is currently the curator of the German Fan Museum (Barisch Foundation) in Bielefeld.

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• She holds a Magister Artium degree in German, Art History, and Byzantine Studies from LMU Munich, and a dissertation on "The Autonomous Figurative Sculptures of Johann Joachim Kaendler and His Workshop between 1731 and 1748". She has a long history of involvement in the international art market, with a specialty in early German porcelains, and has published and lectured extensively on early Meissen porcelain.

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• He holds a Magister Artium degree in Art History, History and Philosophy, with a dissertation on Sicilian Baroque painting. His publications and international lectures cover German and Italian painting from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century, 17th to 18th century designers and porcelain painters, and early modern festive, court and table culture.