Person

Schulthess-Rechberg-Paravicini, Eric von (04.01.1914 - 11.08.1986)

Merchant, board member of Bank Leu. Vice-President of the administrative board of Zurich Insurances..

A member of the Zurich based families Schulthess-Rechberg (father) and Bodmer (mother).

Coin collector. Schulthess-Rechberg-Paravicini built several important coin collections and was the heir of the coin collection formed in the 19th centuty by the Zurich branch of his family.

His numismatic collections were sold partly anonymous, partly under the initials ESR starting in 1961. The quite huge collection of Swiss coins, likely the most importnat one in private hands, was sold between 2001 and 2007 as the Sammlung Schweiz collection.

Lit.:

Collection ESR
- Römische Münzen, Sammlung ESR, Adolph Hess AG, Luzern/Bank Leu AG, Zurich, Auction 17, 23 March 1961.

Anonymous
[Sammlung Konstanz]: Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 73: Münzen und Medaillen, Schweiz - Deutschland, Sammlung Konstanz, Renaissancemedaillen, Bergbauprägungen

Schweizer Medaillen aus altem Privatbesitz
- part 1, Bank Leu AG, Numismatik, Auction 35, 12 October 1983
- part 2, Bank Leu AG, Numismatik, Auction 49, 13 October 1986
- part 3, Bank Leu AG, Numismatik, Auction 43, 12 May 1987

Published in one volume with additions, indices, and a register: U. Friedländer, Schweizer Medaillen aus altem Privatbesitz. Zurich: Bank Leu (1989).

Sammlung Schweiz
- Sammlung Schweiz, part 1: Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich, Auction 82, 23 October 2001
- Sammlung Schweiz, part 2: Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich, Auction 84, 22 October 2002
- Sammlung Schweiz, part 3: Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich, Auction 88, 20 October 2003
- Sammlung Schweiz, part 4, LHS Numismatik AG, Zurich, Auction 94, 24 October 2005
- Sammlung Schweiz, part 5, LHS Numismatik AG, Zurich, Auction 101, 23 October 2007

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24.05.2024