(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

AUCTION 35 | Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 at 1:00

Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 3

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

JACOB H. SCHIFF. “To the Land of the Rising Sun.” Commemorative album. Elaborate silver binding in Art-Noveau syle. Commissioned by Schiff for Agnes Neustadt, who, together with her husband, Siegmund, accompanied the Schiffs on an ocean-voyage to Japan in 1906. Front cover of binding portrays the ocean liner S.S. Manchuria, the departure port of San Francisco and the arrival port of arrival, Yokohama. With a silver clasp, lock and key. Hallmarked Posen (Germany) 800 wih a crown and half moon. Rear cover with five green semi-precious stones set in a circular floral shell attached by silver bars. Housed in silk pouch. *Accompanied by: Schiff, Jacob H. Our Trip to Japan. Published as a “surprise to the author.” Inscribed: “with kindest thoughts, Jacob H. Schiff.” 1907.

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $900

Jacob H. Schiff (1847-1920) emigrated in 1865 to the United States and worked in various brokerage firms. In 1875 he married the daughter of Solomon Loeb, chief of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. He succeeded his father-in-law in 1885 and became one of the most powerful financiers in the United States. One of his most spectacular bond issue was for a loan of $200,000,000 to Japan at the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05. Schiff was enraged by the anti-Semitism he saw to be endemic to Russia and so sought to assist Japan in the war-effort. A trip to the Land of the Rising Sun thus ensued.