THE ESTATE OF LEO HERSHKOWITZ Doyle is honored to offer property from the estate of celebrated New York historian and professor, Dr. Leo Hershkowitz. Dr. Hershkowitz, who taught history for decades at Queens College and in later years at New York University, was an inveterate collector of all things related to New York City. An urban archaeologist, Hershkowitz is known to have dug for artifacts on the site of the World Trade Center before building began in 1968. The highlight of the collection is the most beautiful map of New York produced in the Colonial era. Bernard Ratzer’s Plan of the City of New York of January 1776 was issued at a time of major English interest in New York during the months preceding the opening battles of the American Revolution (est. $80,000-100,000). Additional property from the collection will be offered in the sales of American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts on April 18, Prints & Multiples on May 1, and others.
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