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921 - THE DEMIDOFF FAMILY’S TAGUIL MINING WORKS
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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THE DEMIDOFF FAMILY’S TAGUIL MINING WORKS Documentary archives of the Public Limited Company for the Mining and Mechanical Works of Nizhny Taguil and Lunievka, owned by the heirs of P.P. Demidoff, Prince of San Donato. [France, 1920s–1940s] The archives include, in particular: Register of provisional share certificates of the public limited company, recording the certificates issued to shareholders upon the company’s incorporation or in connection with share subscriptions. This register may have included the certificate numbers, the number and nominal value of the shares, as well as other necessary information. Minutes, extracts and registers of shareholders’ meetings. The company was nationalised following the Russian Revolution of 1917. Some documents bear the stamp of the Russian Consulate-General in Paris. Shareholders included: Elim Pavlovich Demidoff (1868–1943) – A Russian diplomat from the Demidoff family, Prince of San Donato and current State Councillor. Eldest son of Pavel Pavlovich Demidoff and Princess Maria Mechtcherskaya. Known for his support of the Russian chess movement. Prince Paul Karageorgievich of Yugoslavia (1893–1976) – Regent of Yugoslavia from 9 October 1934 to 27 March 1941, during the minority of King Peter II. The members of the Noghera family – Counts Nicolas, Albert, Ivan and Amedeo, and Countess Elena. Abram Yudelevich (Yuryevich) Dobry (1867–1936) – Russian industrialist and public figure. Director of several factories and companies in the sugar industry, as well as head of the Kyiv branch of the Russian Bank for Foreign Trade. The shareholders also included other, lesser-known descendants of noble families of the Russian Empire, notably the Struve, Raïevski, Radkov-Rojkov and Kestlin families. Institutional shareholders included the Russian Bank for Foreign Trade and the Bank of the Caucasus. At the buyer’s request, we would be happy to provide a general report on the condition of the lot described above. However, as we are not professional conservators or restorers, we strongly advise potential buyers to carry out their own inspection or to consult a specialist of their choice to obtain a comprehensive assessment of the lot’s condition. Descriptions of items provided in the catalogue or by correspondence are for information purposes only and should not be regarded as a definitive assessment. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD ‘AS IS’, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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About the sale RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS: Antique books § Autographs, rare editions, photographs § Works on paper
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 2:30 PM
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