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    Sale 5917

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    23 February 1998

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    Lot 187

    Mercedes-Benz; a collection of pocket knives having triple star inset motif to handles, some in original leather cases, together with a pre-war enamelled ''Nurburgring'' car badge. (9)

    Price realised

    GBP 345

    Estimate

    GBP 300 - GBP 400

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    Hans Simons - A collection of motor racing mementos including a photograph album compiled by Kurt Keifer detailing his racing career 1927-1934, and including a test-drive for Auto Union in 1935; inscribed to flyleaf "Frau Irene Simons gewidmet von Kurt Kiefer" captioned and annotated in white crayon. Together with a scrap and photograph album (photos loose), and typescript letter from Zschopauer Motorenwerke , DKW, with congratulations on his success with DKW in the Bergrennen 1930; manuscript letters to Kurt Kiefer and related material including manuscript list of his racing successes; and a mounted photo with his team drivers, signed autographed by Hans Simons, Paul Pietsch and Hans Levy dated 1932. (3)

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