Fraktur and Related Works on Paper: The Pioneer Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley
Fri, Oct 8, 2004 09:00AM EDT
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Lot 6
Early Ephrata Artist(Berks, Lebanon and Lancastero
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for
$1,495
Sold Price includes BP
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| $0 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $20,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
Early Ephrata Artist(Berks, Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, active 1780-1786) - Fraktur birth certificate, hand-drawn and printed watercolor and ink on laid paper for Cathariena Effer, 1785, Dauphin County, Lebanon Township, with 2 floral trees forming an arch enclosing script flanked by trumpeting angels, parrots, and mermaids, executed in shades of green, red, yellow, and blue, infill by Christian Mertel, 13" x 16 1/2"(staining, losses). Pictured in Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 240. For similar examples, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, plates 295 and 296; Papers for Birth Dayes by Corinne and Russell Earnest, pages 212-214; and Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans by Klaus Stopp, vol. II, page 235.
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