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Lot 104

Johann Henrich Otto(Lancaster and Northumberland C

Estimate: $500 - $1,000
Sold for
$977.50
Sold Price includes BP

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$500 $50
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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 and colored on a printed form, dated 1793, for Chatharina Tiemer, with central script surrounded by typical bright red, green, and yellow parrots, birds, stylized flowers, stars, and trailing vines, 13 1/2" x 16 1/2"(losses). This certificate is the second known copy and therefor a rare example. For information and a similar example, see The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans by Klaus Stopp, vol. II, page 144.