Documents auctions

[PIŁSUDSKA Wanda, daughter of the Marshal]. Postcard with a handwritten letter from Wanda Pilsudska (then a five-year-old girl) to Zofia Kadenacowa, Jozef Pilsudski's sister, dated. 26 XI 1923 in Warsaw. On the illustration page a cat family at play. Contents of the letter (written with an untrained child's hand): "Aunt Zulu, come. I'll tell you what songs and rhymes Hanka taught you. I kiss ...
[PIŁSUDSKI Józef, ROJA Bolesław, SOSNKOWSKI Kazimierz]. Postcard with handwritten signatures of three high-ranking Legion commanders, made on November 7, 1916 in Cracow. Postcard with a reproduction of a composition by Kazimierz Stabrowski (girl kissing a legionnaire), published by the "Mapi [!] Polski, Medali pamiątkowych i Widokówek Drukarnia Stanislaw Tomaszewski Publishing House" in C...
[POLSKIE Towarzystwo Tatrzańskie]. Legitimation of the Polish Tatra Society for 1938 issued to Stefan Cędrowski from Warsaw. Folded in half blank form. 10.8x12.8 cm. In the upper part overprint: "Polish Tatra Society", in the center "Legitymacja członkowska", in the lower part "1938" and "No 297/38 [handwritten]. On p. 2, photo with member's handwritten signature and oval stamp. "P. Towarzy...
SERBEÑSKI Antoni, OSTRZESZÓW. letter dated August 28, 1953; correspondence concerns a painting lost in 1939, depicting poppies and cornflowers against the background of the Polish countryside - Serbeński sent another view in its place: [...] please accept the small watercolor - I wish that this little thing, in a moment [...] difficult, will fulfill its role well [...]; st. bdb.; dimensions...
[touristcard, Vilnius 1]. "Tourist Card" issued by the Vilnius Land Tourist Propaganda Union, probably in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Four-page card form. 12.3x8.4 cm (when folded). On the first page, the colorful emblem of the Vilnius Land ZPT and the card's consecutive number 900. Inside, information about due discounts for the card holder (hotels, restaurants, theaters, buses, entertain...
Legitimation of the Polish Armed Forces in the USSR, Kermine 1942. signature of Col. L. Okulicki, size 10 x 7cm
Stanisław Toegel, Polish Soldier Abroad in 4 Colored Caricatures Publisher Antoni Markiewicz, Celle-Hamburg 1946. The drawings were created in 1945. Original cardboard portfolio. Colorful caricatures on the boards. Size 33 x 24.5 cm
[STAROWIEYSKI Franciszek]. Dedication by Franciszek Starowieyski on invitation to vernissage at Piano Nobile gallery on 12 XI 1999. Four-page invitation form. 20x14.7 cm. On the inside page, the artist's handwritten dedication "To Pawel F S [tied momogram]" and the date 1699. The exhibition presented F. Starowieyski's painting series "New York Paintings (1979-1981)". Attached, on a separate sh...
Kenkarte, General Government, Przemyśl 1942. size 14 x 10cm
[POLISH SKIING ASSOCIATION]. Legitimation of the Polish Ski Association issued to Stefania Szermianowska (?) of Zakopane on 9 August 1938 in Zakopane. Legitimation form. 11x7 cm, pp. [12], original fawn binding. Photo and signature of the owner. The validity of the document was extended to 31 X 1939. good condition.
[JozefPUTEK ]. Signature of Józef Putek as Minister of Posts and Telegraphs on an occasional philatelic carnet dated XII 1946. Folded in half carnet form. 11x15.1 cm, issued by the Polish Post, Telegraph and Telephone on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the peasant movement in Poland. Inside printed occasional text hand-signed by J. Putka and a series of three stamps with images of S. ...
[PROJECT for construction of a house, Novojelny district]. Building permit and project for the construction of a single-family residential house in the Novoyelni estate in the Dvortsov municipality, dated 1928. Project on 4 joined cards form. 34x21,3 cm. The investors were a married couple Konstanty and Helena Khoroshuch. On the first card a situational plan of the square where they intended t...
Legitimation of a participant of a trip to Gdansk, Gdynia and Hel, 1928. size 15 x 9cm
Patriotic Telegram, Zygmunt Krasinski, Ostrzeszow 1919. dimensions 20.5 x 26 cm
Binder with postcards, photos and documents from Lviv. In total ca. 205 pieces. Recommended viewing.
Stanisław Toegel, Hitleriada Furiosa 1946. Publisher: Antoni Markiewicz, Celle-Hamburg 1946. 1.450 numbered copies were issued. Stanisław Toegel published his satirical drawings during the underground, among others in the satirical monthly magazine for Germans, published by the Home Army, entitled "Klabautermann". The author of the caricatures ended up in a POW camp after the capitulation of...
Invitation, Zloczow - Sports club ,, Janina ". Autumn dance party. Dimensions 11 x 17 cm.
Jewish Sports Club Rekord, Lviv 1938, size 15 x 18cm
Souvenir of the Construction of the Józef Piłsudski Mound in Sowiniec in Kraków, with the stamp of the Executive Department in Kraków, 1935.
[GRABSKI Władysław]. Ladislas Grabski. Président du Conseil des Ministres. Varsovie,. Visitor's ticket form. 5.6x9.2 cm. Identifying inscription in pencil on the back: "(1874-1938) economist, political activist, since 1904 associated with ND, 1905 deputy to State Duma, 1914-15 founder and president of Centr. Kom. Obywatelski, X-XI 1918 minister of agriculture, MP several times Minister. Tre...
[OCIEPKA Teofil]. Handwritten letter by Teofil Ociepka and a handwritten letter from his wife Julia (Julianna) to an unknown addressee in England, dated. 19 May 1966 in Janow. Two double-sided manuscripts on joined sheets of checked paper, form. 29.5x20.8 cm. The artist's letter concerns the interest in occultism of both sides of the ongoing correspondence. Ociepka writes: "I have an occult li...
January Uprising - appointment of Lieutenant Aleksander Krzyzanowski to the rank of Captain, issued by General Jan Wysocki (1809-1873), Lublin Province, June 30, 1863. Dimension 20 x 19.5cm. Aleksander KrzyzanowskiBorn 12.12.1826r. Surowica district of Sanok. He was an official of the Lviv city magistrate, a widower, a Catholic. In his statement (dated 1890) about joining the Mutual Aid Societ...
Bezirk Bialystok, Personalausweis, Czyzew 1943. 12 x 8cm dimensions
KOSSAK Jerzy. Letter dated April 15, 1948; condition bdb., original envelope attached (stamp torn out, soiled); 4 pp. (text on one); dimensions 215x305 mm; Dear Sir! In response to Sz. Pan's letter, I report that I could paint a picture of the content you asked for, in an indifferent technique, for five thousand zlotys. If you agree I will send within a week for an advance payment. I remain in...
Set of ca. 25 documents and leaflets from the Second Polish Republic. Leaflets of a propaganda and satirical nature.
Diploma for the Medal of Independence for Wladyslaw Herkner. Original signature of Jozef Pilsudski, 1932, dimensions 40 x 32 cm. Diploma in passepartou.
[POTWOROWSKI Piotr]. Short handwritten letter without date addressed to an unnamed "Miss Barbara". One-sided typed sheet form. 9x13.6 cm. The artist regrets that he did not meet the addressee in Sopot, where he arrived on Saturday, he hopes to meet in the future. Signature under the text with full name. Small trace of red pen, good condition. P. Potworowski (1898-1962) - painter and stage desi...
[WAJDA Andrzej]. Handwritten dedication by Andrzej Wajda on festival invitation dated 17 XI 1999. Invitation on double-sided printed card form. 13.8x10.7 cm. English text. The Polish Consulate and FilmArt invite to the inaugural screening of the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles ("Pan Tadeusz" by A. Wajda). On the left margin a handwritten dedication in black pen: "For Sarah Andrzej Wajda". ...
Polish Socialist Party membership card, 1937 dimension 10.5 cm x 7.5 cm
[ TouristCard, Vilnius 2]. "Tourist Card" issued by the Vilnius Land Tourist Propaganda Union in the 1930s. Eight-page card form. 11.5x8.6 cm (when folded). On the first page a single-color emblem of the Vilnius Land ZPT and an unfilled space for the expiration date. On the four inner pages the names of hotels, restaurants, stores, theaters, cinemas and transportation companies that give disco...
Set of three documents, two name day cards for Marshal Józef Piłsudski and one private letter addressed to Józef Piłsudski.
KRAKOW. Legitimation of Wladyslaw Susul as a member of the Grzegórzec Sports Club in Cracow for 1928, p. 4, stamp: Grzegórzec Sports Club in Cracow; st. db., soiling, dimensions approx. 80x118 mm.
Sports Club , "Goeal", Lviv 1939, size 28 x 20cm
[WYSOCKI Stanislas]. Stanislas de Wysocki, Consul d'Autriche Hongrie. Visitor's ticket form. 6.2x10.2 cm. On the back, pencil inscription identifying: "son of Antoni Wysocki (1850-1898) landowner, member of the Council of State, diplomat". Very good condition.
I. Sports Club , "Lot", Batorka 1937, dimension 16 x 19cm
[LIMANOWSKI Bolesław]. Bolesław Limanowski. Visitor's ticket form. 5.8x9 cm. Identifying inscription in pencil on the back: "(1835-1935), socialist activist, publicist, historian and sociologist. In 1881 he founded in Switzerland Stow. Socialist. Lud. Poland, in 1842 co-founder of the PPS". Local minor stains, otherwise good condition.
[KonstantySKIRMUNT ]. Konstanty Skirmunt. Minister of Foreign Affairs. Visitor's ticket form. 5.7x9.7 cm. Identifying inscription in pencil on the back: "(1866-1949) diplomat, 1909-17 member of the Russian Council of State, 1917-19 Kom. Narod. Pol. in Paris, 1919-21 deputy in Rome (to the Quirinal), VI 1921-VII 1922 Min. of Foreign Affairs, 1922-34 deputy (from 1929 ambassador) in London [...]...
January Uprising - proclamation, Lviv 1863, size 18 x 13cm
[TARNOWSKI Juliusz]. Juliusz Tarnowski. Visitor's ticket form. 4.3x7.8 cm. Identifying inscription in pencil on the back: "(1864-1917) economic and social activist, landowner, conservative, one of the leaders of the Stronnictwo Polityki Realne. (1864-1917) economic and social activist, landowner, conservative, one of the leaders of the Party of Real Politics, 1916-7 president of the presidium ...
[KOSSAK Wojciech]. Wojciech Kossak. Bristol Hotel. Visitor's ticket form. 5.3x10 cm. On the back handwritten in ink by the artist's hand: "I am very sorry and please do not deny me the pleasure of seeing Dear Sir in my studio from 9 to 4 p.p. Dedicated to W. Kossak", "-- III. 31" and a pencil identifying inscription: "(1856-1942) painter son of Juliusz". Very good condition.
A set of 49 RAILWAY TICKETS from the 1960s onward.
Legitymacja Klub Wioślarski ,,Gryf", Bydgoszcz, 1931. wym. 9,5 x 13cm
Workbook, Slupsk 1936, dimensions 14.5 x 10.5cm
Legitimation Polish Landscape Society, Warsaw. Dimensions 8 x 12.5cm
[SZYMBORSKA Wisława]. Die-cut with handwritten note by Wislawa Szymborska, late 1995. Sheet of light yellow stiff paper form. 10.7x14.8 cm. Cut out from a postcard (?) a basket with flowers, next to a wish: 15 hours of knowledge, health, $26 million, Munich malt, mullein, etc., and a handwritten note: "wishes for r. 1996 W.S.". Preserved original envelope addressed by the poet's hand. Very go...
Souvenir of the Construction of the Józef Piłsudski Mound in Sowiniec in Kraków, with the stamp of the Executive Department in Kraków, 29.06.1935. At the bottom, the seal of the Mound Construction Committee.
Passport of the Republic of Poland, Katowice 1939. Dimension 14 x 10cm
MEHOFFER Joseph. Postal card dated May 7, 1945; Polish Post stamp already affixed on occupation blank; military censorship stamp; Mehoffer writes: May you [...] let these things go as you can, so long as you have the rescue you need at present. Nowadays, people sell paintings sometimes forced by circumstances - below value - and such a sale, made in Czestochowa, will not have much effect on th...
Dimensions: 32 x 28 cm Condition as shown in the photos.
SCOTLAND. Letter from a Polish soldier to his daughter sent from Scotland, where he remained after 1945 (date of posting: 21.12.1946); p. 4, letter illustrated with a drawing of the barracks where he lived, in the contents a very detailed description of the barracks, attached a handwritten watercolor (the Camaldolese church in Bielany); hardly visible traces of folding of the letter, st. db., ...
II RP anti-Semitic leaflet of the Christian National Union, Lviv dimension 23.5 x 15.5cm
[SZYMANEK Piotr]. Piotr Szymanek. Governor of Lodz. Visitor's ticket form. 6.7x10.6 cm. On the back, handwritten name-day wishes for an unnamed person, signed and dated. Sept. 29, 1947 1947. minor local stains, otherwise good condition. P. Szymanek (1895-1975) - Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1947. From March 8, 1947 to May 26, 1950 he held the office of Lodz Governor.
[JanPUZYNA ]. Signature of Cardinal Jan Puzyna under the bishop's letter addressed to Piotr Marc in Jeleśnia. Wladyslaw Bandurski's signature there. Document dated. 4 II 1903 in Cracow. One-sided manuscript on ark. 33.5x20.7 cm, second sheet blank, correspondence paper of Cardinal Puzyna. Text written in secretary's hand, under the text the cardinal's round seal and his and W. Bandurski's sig...
MEHOFFER Joseph. Letter dated March 21, 1944.; the artist thanks you for the parcels of twine, with which there were terrible troubles in Cracow and it was needed for Mrs. Mitschen; he asks for a bill [...] without delaying, because bills always have to be balanced, otherwise a shame; he goes on to write about the paper samples sent: This larger one [...] is the perfect drawing paper that I us...
[PIŁSUDSKA Aleksandra]. Postcard addressed to Marshal Aleksandra Pilsudska, dated. July 3, 1935. Postcard with correspondence from Jozefa Pflögel in Koźmin Poznań requesting employment. Card with postal stamps. Good condition.
Diploma for Capt. Stanislaw Jasinski for winning first place in the military rifle shooting competition for the championship of the 20 p.p. Krakow Land. The document bears the stamp of the 20th infantry regiment, Krakow, 1930. Dimension 29 x 37 cm.
Czeslaw MILOSZ. Commemorative envelope, International Book Day(Internationales Jahr des Buches 1972), autographed by C. Milosz; condition bdb; dimensions 164x95 mm.
Prince Caesar Giedroyc - fire insurance policy, Vilnius 1889. Russian fire insurance policy in the amount of 3600 rubles, issued to Prince Giedroyc. Dimensions 46 x 37 cm. Folded paper. Prince Caesar Giedroyc (1836-1899).
Original conspiratorial print from 1943. Notice of investigation in connection with activities to the detriment of the Polish State and Nation. Dimensions 30 x 21 cm. Loss of lower left corner.
ID card, Bialystok 1924, dimensions 15.5 x 10.5cm
[TEPA Francis]. Francis Tepa. Visitor's ticket form. 5.3x8.9 cm. Identifying inscription in pencil on the back: "(1828-89 painter, portraitist, active in Lviv, miniature portraits and life-size portraits of himself and great Poles, studies of Ruthenians, highlanders and Jews, from 1870 member of Dyr. Tow. Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych in Lviv". Local stains, light crease of lower left corner, g...
TORUŃ. Kenkarta issued on 24.10.1944 to Leszek Skonieczny residing in Torun; photo p.b., stamp: Der Polizeidirektor..., pasted-in list issued by the Municipal Board of the Population Registration Office (18.04.1945), recognizing L. Skonieczny as a registered resident of Torun, entitled to reside in the city; 4 pp, softcover, spine tears, lower corners bent, yellow spots, dimensions 103x148 mm.
[PIŁSUDSKI Józef]. Envelope addressed to Marshal Jozef Pilsudski at Belvedere. Envelope on handmade paper printed on the back: "Tow. Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych Kraków, Pl. Szczepański L. 4", with stamp and postmark addressed typewritten: "To Mr. Marshal of Poland Jozef Pilsudski Warsaw Belvedere". Good condition.
MEHOFFER Joseph. Letter dated December 17, 1945; he writes: It's been a long time since you had a letter from me, because [...] on the one hand my wife's illness, [...] on the other hand arranging my exhibition, which included several dozen things, including several large paintings, cartons, portraits, etc. I was properly tired of all this [...]; from the letter it appears that Iwański also c...