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Auction archive: Lot number 332

BISMARCK, Otto, Fürst von (1815-1898) Autograph letter signe...

Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$1,423 - US$2,033
Price realised:
£7,800
ca. US$15,863
Auction archive: Lot number 332

BISMARCK, Otto, Fürst von (1815-1898) Autograph letter signe...

Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$1,423 - US$2,033
Price realised:
£7,800
ca. US$15,863
Beschreibung:

BISMARCK, Otto, Fürst von (1815-1898). Autograph letter signed ('vBismarck') to the banker Gerson von Bleichröder, Berlin, 31 May 1885, giving him instructions for the disposal of a substantial sum raised from overseas trade and intended for a proposed foundation, 'die Ihnen von der Seehandlung für die beabsichtigte Stiftung zugegangenen Fonds von ca. 120000 M. nach Maßgabe der sich Ihnen bietendeen Gelegenheit in den von Ihnen vorgeschlagenen Prioritäten anzulegen', one page, 4to , stamped by recipient at head.
BISMARCK, Otto, Fürst von (1815-1898). Autograph letter signed ('vBismarck') to the banker Gerson von Bleichröder, Berlin, 31 May 1885, giving him instructions for the disposal of a substantial sum raised from overseas trade and intended for a proposed foundation, 'die Ihnen von der Seehandlung für die beabsichtigte Stiftung zugegangenen Fonds von ca. 120000 M. nach Maßgabe der sich Ihnen bietendeen Gelegenheit in den von Ihnen vorgeschlagenen Prioritäten anzulegen', one page, 4to , stamped by recipient at head. Bleichröder, who acted as the Berlin branch for Rothschilds, was both Bismarck's private banker and looked after loans and credit transfers for the Prussian state and later the German Empire; he organised the finance for the Austro-Prussian War in 1866. Bleichröder was ennobled at Bismarck's instance in 1872.

Auction archive: Lot number 332
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jul 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
3 July 2007, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

BISMARCK, Otto, Fürst von (1815-1898). Autograph letter signed ('vBismarck') to the banker Gerson von Bleichröder, Berlin, 31 May 1885, giving him instructions for the disposal of a substantial sum raised from overseas trade and intended for a proposed foundation, 'die Ihnen von der Seehandlung für die beabsichtigte Stiftung zugegangenen Fonds von ca. 120000 M. nach Maßgabe der sich Ihnen bietendeen Gelegenheit in den von Ihnen vorgeschlagenen Prioritäten anzulegen', one page, 4to , stamped by recipient at head.
BISMARCK, Otto, Fürst von (1815-1898). Autograph letter signed ('vBismarck') to the banker Gerson von Bleichröder, Berlin, 31 May 1885, giving him instructions for the disposal of a substantial sum raised from overseas trade and intended for a proposed foundation, 'die Ihnen von der Seehandlung für die beabsichtigte Stiftung zugegangenen Fonds von ca. 120000 M. nach Maßgabe der sich Ihnen bietendeen Gelegenheit in den von Ihnen vorgeschlagenen Prioritäten anzulegen', one page, 4to , stamped by recipient at head. Bleichröder, who acted as the Berlin branch for Rothschilds, was both Bismarck's private banker and looked after loans and credit transfers for the Prussian state and later the German Empire; he organised the finance for the Austro-Prussian War in 1866. Bleichröder was ennobled at Bismarck's instance in 1872.

Auction archive: Lot number 332
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jul 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
3 July 2007, London, King Street
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