Clara Von Hirsch silk fan

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Permalink Reply by Saul Jay Singer on November 16, 2009 at 9:42am

Sounds very interesting; who are the other signers?

I have a letter written by the Baron himself. His signature is not worth much, and I suspect his wife's is less so, but the uniqueness of your item -- and, of course, the other signers -- may up its value.

If you are interested, I can recommend some highly dependable Israeli auction houses to sell your item, if you are interested. Best of luck.

Saul

Permalink Reply by jean-carle hudon on November 16, 2009 at 3:11pm

Saul,
I have found some signatures such as Ondricek, a violinist of international repute in the late XIXth century, the playwright Bauernfeld, woman writer Ossip Schubin (M. Hirshner), actresses Hermine Claar-Delia and Charlotte Wolter, composer Anton Rubinstein, banker Theodor Dreifus and his wife Charlotte ( maiden name Von Stein)
Madame Leo Herzel
Otto Roquette (writer)
Carl Schonfeld
Rudolph Schonfeld
Robert Woldmuller ( aka Duboc) Writer
Max Bing (actor, not sure)
Rosalie Schonfeld
Finkel Radetzky
Jarny
Dr Schlesinger
Albert Figdor ( philanthropist and collector)
Wilhelm Lubke
and a few more I can't make out, such as Malmina?Donnunferl?Piperly?
Two Kremer signatures, Doppler?, Wurzbal?
Someone who would know who's who in Vienna at that time could probably cross reference the autographs better than I can, they mostly seem to be either artist of some note, or very weel off ( Hirsch, Dreifus and Figdor).
And yes, I would very much appreciate any reference to Israeli auction houses as many of the signature seem to belong to significant jewish members of the late XIXth century Austrian intelligentzia and artistic community.
Thanks again,
Jean-Carle

Permalink Reply by Saul Jay Singer on February 23, 2010 at 6:08am

I am so sorry it took so long for me to reply to this; I am playing significant catch-up with my emails!

As I've just indicated to another member of our Judaica group, you should contact Yakov Tsachor at TEL-AVIV STAMPS (tastps@netvision.net.il) to ask if he's interested in your item. He can also give you a good ballpark estimate of value.

Good luck!

Permalink Reply by jean-carle hudon on February 23, 2010 at 4:28pm

Thank you for the reference. I will follow up with this.
JC