Premier Collections Auction - June 6, 2025

Neal Auction is pleased to present the entire contents of Ida Manheim Antiques, 409 Royal Street. Ida Manheim was born into the antiques business. She is the third generation of the Manheim family of antiquarians. Her grandfather, Bernard Manheim, emigrated from Austria to New Orleans at the turn of the last century, opening an antique gallery and small cabinet shop at 409 Royal, Manheim Galleries, in 1919. Her father, Abe Manheim, joined Bernard in the family business. As a child of nine, Ida began accompanying her father on European buying trips; she would join the firm fulltime as a young...