Consular Invoices
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jacques Seligmann & Co
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content: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records
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content: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records / Series 7: Financial Files and Shipping Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1953
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jacqself, Subseries 7.4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The invoices are arranged chronologically. This series has been scanned in entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This subseries houses consular invoices of the American Consulate General in Paris and Brussels that declare ownership in relation to tariffs and exporting works of art "more than 100 years old." These official government documents detail all works of art exported to the United States (or other countries) by Jacques Seligmann & Co., between 1920 and 1953. They provide important provenance information, such as physical description, (often in great detail), age, from whom acquired, date of acquisition, and assessed market value. They also contain information about shipping. The invoices provide researchers with a perspective of the overall quantity and nature of the firm's purchases and shipments for this period.