Auction 65 · Lot 228
Carved pentagonal base with depressed pen channel, two hinged-lidded inkwells, featuring prominent fisherman statuette. Carved on base: “Made in DP Camp Germany 1949.”
- Estimate
- $800–$1,200
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
D.P. CAMP WOODEN DESK CADDY.
Publication
1949
summary
Manufactured by an unknown survivor in the workshops of a Displaced Persons Camp, Germany. The figure of a fisherman requires explanation.