Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Feb 18, 2021
USA
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205
Terms of sale
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LOT 158:
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
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Sold for: $400
Start price:
$
300
Estimated price:
$400 - $600
Auction house commission: 25%
sales tax: 8.875% On lot's price, no sales tax on commission
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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
(Jacob De Cordova). Typed Document with manuscript additions. Signed by H. M. DeCordova.
Land sale document.
Three pages, with additional slip tipped in, folds. Folio.
Mason, Texas: 20th June 1853
This document records the sale of 640 acres of Texas land to Henry Braschler for $60. An appendix is added by a Kansas notary in 1884, stating that H. M. DeCordova - Jacob’s son - attested that he had witnessed the sale. Henry Maxwell DeCordova (1839-1921) was the mayor of Garden City, Kansas. Details concerning the exploits of H. M. DeCordova (including his killing of a man), available upon request.
