Antikva Nova Kodl is a gallery and auction house that has been founded on the Kodl family's tradition of collecting art that was started in the second half of the 19th century by Ing. arch. Jan Kodl (1855-1903), a collector, patron of the arts and contractor in the South Bohemian own of Pisek. His son Ing.arch Jiri Kodl (1889-1954) followed in his footsteps, a well respected architect, he was a member of cultural group Manes, and a great collector and close friend of many of the cultural and political avant-garde of Czechoslovakia between the two world wars. During communism the collecting tradition was continued by his son Pavel Kodl, an expert on Czech art from the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century, until his death expert consultant of Antikva Nova Kodl. It is on this tradition that the current gallery and auction house, led by fourth generation PhDr. Martin Kodl, a graduate of Charles University and certified expert specialising in Czech art from the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century has it's foundation. Our gallery puts great emphasis on a high level of expertise and guarantee of authenticity on pieces of art sold.

This level of professionalism is not only guaranteed by PhDr. Martin Kodl, but by a range of top Czech art experts as well, such as PhDr. Naděžda Blažíčková-Horová, MUDr. Jaroslav Dostál, PhDr. František Dvořák, PhDr. Eliška Fučíková, PhDr. Jiří Kohoutek, PhDr. František Krejčí, PhDr. Vladimír Kříž, PhDr. Vojtěch Lahoda, PhDr. Mahulena Nešlehová, PhDr. Jana Orlíková-Brabcová, PhDr. Pavla Pečínková, PhDr. Roman Prahl, PhDr. Naďa Řeháková, PhDr. Karel Srp, PhDr. Jaromír Šíp, Mgr. Tomáš Winter, PhDr. Michael Zachař, PhDr. Jaromír Zemina among many others.