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 63
Johann Henrich Otto(Lancaster and Northumberland C
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for
$1,638
Sold Price includes BP
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| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
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| $500,000 | $50,000 |
Johann Henrich Otto(Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania, active 1762-1797) - Taufschein, hand-drawn watercolor and ink on laid paper dated 1740, for Anna Margaretha Hunzer(born 1715 and came to Lancaster County in 1740), with red and black script flanked by elaborate stylized green, yellow, and red flowers and vines over 2 parrots flanking a pineapple, signed center lower right, 13" x 16" (losses). This is possibly the earliest known Otto fraktur. Provenance: Horst Auctions, 1994. For similar examples, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, plate 23; and Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 186.
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