Lots #224-236 - Documents, manuscripts
 From the heritage of Petschauer Attila
(Budapest, 1904 - Ukrajna, Davidovka 1944), olympic fencing champion (Amsterdam, 1928, Los Angeles, 1932 and Berlin, 1936.), victim of the Holocaust. His life inspired the movie Sunshine by Szabó István.

All starting prices are stated in Hungarian Forints (HUF)

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All the items are in very good condition unless otherwise stated.

224.           Childhood photo of Petschauer Attila. Size: 10,5 X 6,5cm.

 2000.-

225.           Various documents issued or addressed to Petschauer Attila. (Free railway ticket, Hermann gentlemen tailors, address report form, Palatinus entry ticket, 2 insurance bonds) (Altogether 7 .) Slightly worn.

4000.-

226.           Business card with the name Petschauer Attila. (Inner associate of Az Est newspaper.)

2000.-

227.           Photo postcard with the Petschauer family shop, family members and employees. Unused, 1910s.

15.000.-

228.           Letter of condolences written on Est letterhead paper on the death of his mother. Signed by all colleagues at the editorial. (More than 70 signatures!)

20.000.-

229.           Photo postcard from 1925, from an opponent of Petschauer Attila, dedications and signature.

6000.-

230.           Bethlen István prime minister and his wife, invitation for tea from May 1929.

12.000.-

231.           Palicsfürdő, photo of the fencing competition team, supporters and judge members. Around 1930.

4000.-

232.           Letter from Vitéz Littay lieutenant-general, in original letterhead envelope and paper, hand signed, thanking for a writing of Petschauer Attila. Kassa, 1938.

5000.-

233.           Album. Writings of Petschauer Attila (with his own illustrations), his own collection. These writings were published in 1939 Est newspapers, after the first anti-Jewish regulations somtimes surprising articles.

60.000.-

234.           Printed caricature of Petschauer Attila. Signed by Szűr-Szabó József graphic artist. Size: 16 X 12 cm.

1500.-

235.           Humorous aquarelle by Ehrenfeld Miklós, in which the Budapesti City Theater artists express their thanks to „Petschauer Mester” for his help in training the fencing scenes of The Three Musketeers. Signed by Péchy Erzsi, Kertész Gábor, Sziklai József and others. 1930. Size: 41 X 27 cm. SPECIAL, UNIQUE!

50.000.-

236.           Newspaper article from the „Világ” daily (November 1946), recovering new details of the sufferings and death of Petschauer Attila. (Somewhat different from that introduced by the movie!)

8000.-

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