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83.  The registry book...

83. The registry book...

... of the Magyar Automobil Club (Hungarian Automobile Club). 

The first president of MAC – founded in 1900 – was Count Pál Szapáry, and the co-president was Count Mihály Károlyi, who later became the prime minister of Hungary. From 1907, the association became a member of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus. The registry mainly contains lists related to members' travels abroad, including customs certificates, temporary traffic permits etc. It also includes several official documents or their copies. The entries are from 1907 to 1912. At that time, the president of the club was Count Sándor Andrássy. Among the members, in addition to Archduke József, there were also representatives of the Odescalchi ducal family as well as the Dessewffy, Pallavicini, Wenckheim, Széchenyi, Lónyay, Sigray, Teleki, Zichy and Szapáry families. Furthermore, the names of Count Mihály Károlyi, Baron Mór Herczog, Manfréd Weiss, Adolf Kohner, Albert Wodianer, Emil Gerbeaud as well as former and later prime minister László Lukács and Count Móric Esterházy also appear on the lists.

92 written pages.

With:

Tátra-Adria verseny 1913.

Original, coloured aquarelle poster design of the Tatra-Adriatic race. Signed (unreadable) in the lower right corner.

Dimensions: 220 x 155 mm. Worn.

Contemporary cloth.

 

Starting price: 200 000,-

 A darab a Hereditas Antikvárium 2024. december 6-án lezajlott 14. árverésének tétele, amely az aukciót követően nem megvásárolható. / The item is the lot of the Hereditas Antikvárium’s 14th auction, which took place on 6 December 2024 and cannot be purchased following the auction.

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