Sotheby catalogue. Collection of Rothschild family, 1937, Plates with pencil notes on final auction prices.
Catalogue of the Magnificent Contents of 148 Piccadilly, W.1. Sold by order of Victor Rothschild, Esq. Comprising the superb Dutch and Flemish cabinet paintings, the valuable French XVIII century furniture, the fine carvings, crystal, glass, porcelain, cloisonné, tapestries, chandeliers, and works of art. which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. on Monday the 19th of April 1937, and three following days.
London: Sotheby & Co, 1937. 4to (255 x 180 mm), 171, [1]pp., coloured frontis., 62 plates (some folding), 791 lots. The Rothschild sale was one of the greatest pre-war Sotheby sales, the catalogue contains some fascinating illustrations of rooms as they were furnished before the dispersal.
Plates with pencil notes on final auction prices.
Condition: covers almost detached, lastworn, rubbed, stained, spine is missing but binding is tight;
Last page detached from block, slightly stained
Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild GBE, GM, FRS (31 October 1910 – 20 March 1990) was a British banker, scientist, intelligence officer during World War II, and later a senior executive with Royal Dutch Shell and N M Rothschild & Sons, and an advisor to the Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher governments of the UK. He was a member of the prominent Rothschild family.