The story of the sale of a Pennsylvania German fraktur for a record $145,000 an Ephrata, Pa., auction on May 11 is a good example. First, the fraktur taufschein, or birth certificate, is rare ...

Julie Kresge is the new owner of the 18th century birth certificate, which is just as it should be since the item had originated with her family tree. According to Kresge, the fraktur is in a ...

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether American School, 19th Century’s total sales are ...

Julie Kresge knows something about fraktur, ... It was created as a birth certificate for Susanna Lily, who was born in 1793 and was Kresge’s great-great-great-great-grandmother.

Time was, they were as much a part of Pennsylvania Dutch households as schnitz un gnepp — elaborately designed birth and marriage certificates, book plates and house blessings, each lettered … ...

A FRAKTUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR CATHARINA LEBO, 1834; 33.02 x 41.91 cm. (13 x 16.5 in.) close. Medium watercolor on paper Size 33.02 x 41.91 cm. (13 x 16.5 in.) Description Keffiyeh truffaut disrupt ...

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART Birth and Baptismal Certificate for Anna Maria Oberle (born September 19, 1798), c. 1798. Attributed to Johannes Ernst Spangenberg, American, c ...

View Untitled Fraktur birth certificate for Daniel Mortz by Anonymous-American on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Anonymous-American.

Gain insight into the auction performance of American School, 18th Century . Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artist's sale price according ...

A small watercolor of a colonial lady on horseback and brandishing a tulip set another Americana record on Oct. 20, when a collector paid $110,000 for this Pennsylvania German fraktur. (Fraktur ...