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

