Auction 37 AUCTION 37 ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR
By HELIOS
Apr 2, 2023
HELIOS AUCTIONS 1050 Second Avenue Gallery # 52 New York, NY 10022 USA, United States
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LOT 57:

A PERSONAL GROOMING SET OF DR. ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART

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$ 2,000
Estimated price :
$2,500 - $3,000
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Auction took place on Apr 2, 2023 at HELIOS
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A PERSONAL GROOMING SET OF DR. ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART

A personal grooming set of Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart in the brown leather-covered case. Holds his name in gilt letters imprinted beside the handle. Includes five bronze-colored aluminum bottles with machine tops and stoppers, one still containing a perfumed liquid, two brushes with a similar aluminum finish, a leather-covered case with his gilt initials, two smaller leather boxes, four-round tins, and two aluminum powder or cream tins with small dishes fitted within. The upper lid is fitted with a mirror. Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892-1946) was an Austrian Nazi politician who served as Chancellor of Austria in 1938 for two days before the Anschluss. His positions in Nazi Germany included deputy governor to Hans Frank in the General Government of Occupied Poland and Reich commissioner for the German-occupied Netherlands. At the Nuremberg trials, Seyss-Inquart was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, sentenced to death, and executed.

Dimensions: Case dimensions: 11 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 10 1/4 in., (29.5 x 13.7 x 26 cm.)


Condition: Excellent, very minor scratches on handle area.

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