Prominent Rothschild Family Treasures Sell for Over $62M at New York City Auction
The first-ever sale conducted in North America of such items as art and furniture from the collection of the famed Rothschild banking family has netted more than $62 million, Christie's said in a press release Wednesday.
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The Rothschild family is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild, a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking business in the 1760s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family