Kestenbaum & Company
(ROTHSCHILD)

Auction 35 · Lot 284

(ROTHSCHILD)

Estimate
$2,000–$3,000
Hammer price
$2,100

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Description

Autograph Letter Signed of Carlo Barone Rothschild, Napoli, 8 October, 1832, on stationery with watermark of Rothschild family coat of arms, enblazoned with motto “Concordia, Integritas, Industria.” * Letter with return address of “Bn. S[alomon] M[ayer] de Rothschild, Verona Bridge, Verona, 4 April 1854,” in English. * Autograph Letter Signed of S[alomon] Rothschild, Roedelheim, 26.6.1868. * With: Six letters addressed to various Rothschild family-members (five to the Paris branch and one to Nathan Mayer Rothschild, London)

summary

Karl [Carlo] Mayer Rothschild (1788-1855) - one of the five sons of the founder of the famed financial dynasty, Mayer Amschel (1744-1812) of Frankfort a/Main - founded the Italian branch of the banking firm in Naples in 1821. Salomon Mayer Rothschild (1774-1855) - another of the five sons of Mayer Amschel - headed the Austrian branch of the Rothschild Bank. Amsel Salomon Rothschild (1803-1874), succeeded his father Salomon Mayer in Vienna. In 1861 he was appointed to the Austrian House of Lords. See EJ, Vol. XIV, cols.334-338
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