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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday Feb 20th, 10am-6pm
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Feb 20 & 21, 2014
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Atlantis Casino & Resort
Paradise A Room
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502
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3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday February 23rd, 10am-1pm
c1800 This is a fabulous and unique collection of wood block prints that span 400 years and include such artists as Raphael and Van Dyck. There are over 500 different prints depicting various Biblical events, icons and several other historic moments. All are in very nice condition, having been stored in acid free plastic binders. The collection was compiled by a Russian Orthodox Archpriest named Michael PolskyFather Michael was born into the family of a psalm-reader in the stanitsa (Cossack village) of Novo-Troitskaya in the Kuban province in Russia. His ancestors had been church readers and chanters. Father Michael’s relatives on his mother’s side had been military people; his uncle was a Cossack who reached the rank of general and later died in Yugoslavia as a political monsingor. With the onset of the Bolshevik Revolution, the Church in Russia entered on a terrible, apocalyptic period. In 1920 in Ekaterinodar, Father Michael was ordained to the priesthood. The fact that he was ordained in the 1920s when the persecutions in Russia were at their height, speaks for itself. From his own experience he knew the evil of Communism and during the War, when apologists for the system were everywhere, he never changed his views. He seldom mentioned the Soviet Union without adding either horror, nightmare or madhouse. He met Patriarch Tikhon in person and was invited to stay with his Holiness in the Holy Trinity residence. Father Polskys wife and daughter remained in the South of Russia with relatives. In Moscow, Father Michael continued to preach Christianity; he constantly spoke out against atheism in various industrial centers and always spoke to the very heart of the working class. These public speeches brought personal success to the young missionary and saw a triumph of Orthodoxy among the so-called proletariat. Archbishop Illarion, who was in charge of missionary activity, gave Father Michael the right to speak in any church in the Moscow Diocese. During his time at the Holy Trinity residence, the Church was subjected to further acts of persecution - the confiscation of the Church valuables, the Living Church movement and the arrest of Patriarch Tikhon. Father Michael concelebrated with many other clergy at the last Liturgy served by the Patriarch, before his arrest. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment in the former Monastery of Solovki in the North of Russia turned into a frightful concentration camp by the Soviets. Here he met many people from all walks of life imprisoned for the same "crime"... belief in God. In 1927, after the end of his term in the concentration camp, he was sent for three years of internal exile in the Komi Autonomous Region, also in the Far North, which is populated by a tribe of Finnish origin called the Zyriani. Father Michael was dispatched together with Bishop Platon (Rudnieff), a vicar of the Moscow Diocese, who later died. In exile they learned of the Declaration of Metropolitan Sergius ( which among other things stated that the "joys and sorrows of the Soviet regime where the joys and sorrows of the Church of Christ") and decided not to accept his leadership of the Church. This is when Father Michael began serving in a secret church in a private apartment, using an Antimins (altar cloth) given to him by Bishop Platon. He served in this way for three years. Later, Father Michael was always careful not to reveal many details about these secret services in order to protect the identity of those still involved in similar activities in Russia. As the term of his exile drew to an end, Father Michael felt certain he would simply be sentenced to another term of imprisonment and exile until in the end, he would lose his resolve and join the official Church. So he formulated a plan to flee from his place of exile. After escaping, he lived without any proper identification documents, in an illegal situation. His plan was to travel round Russia using false papers under the guise of a glazier or stove-setter, but with an Antimins and sacred vessels hidden in his tool box, so that he could celebrate secret liturgies in houses where the appearance of a stove-setter or glazier belonging to the secret Church would not cause suspicion or alert the neighbors. This was 1929, the year of collectivization, when hundreds of thousands of Kulak peasant families were being forcibly sent to Siberia. Some had refused to go or left illegally, so the GPU put out a strict surveillance, trying to catch these fugitives who might be posing as wanderers or vagrants. This made travel particularly difficult for an illegal without proper papers. During the period of collectivization, he writes, I had the opportunity of meeting people who were prepared for total Christian self-sacrifice. People came to me and asked whether, from the Christian point of view, it was acceptable to join a collective farm. If it was not, they feared neither prison nor death itself. I was profoundly struck by the strength of such faith and the high level of spiritual development which these Russian people had achieved. I had to say that even in the collective farm one must not betray ones faith, must not take the icons off the walls of ones house with one’s own hands, must not give up going to church, but that if people refuse to join the collective farm for practical, economic reasons, then it is for these reasons that they will be suffering, not for the faith. The government can take away whatever it wants, just do not surrender your soul and your faith to it. However, neither did I constrain the consciences of those who resolved not to join the collective farm out of fear of a slavery which it was beyond their power to endure . In 1930, having reached Turkmenia, Father Michael made contact with Archbishop Seraphim (Zvezdinsky), a bishop of the underground Church, who was later killed. He blessed Father Michael, as one young, bold and strong in spirit, to cross the frontier illegally, despite the danger, in order to testify in the western world about the real situation of the Russian Church and about the secret Church which did not accept compromises with the Bolshevik government. Father Michael wrote of many trials with his trying to leave Russia. They were crowned by his crossing the frontier from the Soviet Union into Persia, which took place on 25th March, 1930. From Persia, Father Michael made his way to Jerusalem, where he venerated the holy places and made the acquaintance of Archbishop Anastassy (the future Metropolitan and Chief Hierarch of the Russian Church in Exile), who was then head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. He was then assigned to the parish in Beirut where he remained until 1938. In that year, he gave his report to the Assembly of hierarchs, clergy and laity of the Russian Church in Exile. It is with feelings of deep emotion, he said, that I am addressing this exalted gathering today. Some years ago I wondered whether God would judge it right for me to testify here about the sufferings of Russia from my own experiences. Fr. Michael passed away in San Francisco in 1956. This Lot also includes an early oil on canvas icon about 91/2 by 13 inches, crude. - HKA#65915
Auction Location:
3800 S Virginia St, Reno, Nevada, 89502, United States
Previewing Details:
Preview is available at our Reno office located at 3555 Airway Drive Suite #309 by appointment only, any
time prior to 2/21/2014. Call 775-852-8822 to schedule a preview. Space is limited. Preview is open to
the public on 2/20/2014 from 10:00am to 6:00pm at the Holabird-Kagin Americana Office.
3555 Airway Dr. Suite 309
Reno, NV 89511
775-852-8822
Sales tax will apply, according to state law, for any items that ship to Nevada or California or are picked
up at our Reno, Nevada location, unless a current, valid re-sale certificate is provided at the time of
purchase.
Taxes:
| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
| NST |
7.725% |
Nevada Sales Tax: |
| CST |
9% |
California Sales Tax: |
Buyer's Premiums:
| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
| 0.00 |
Infinite |
19.5% |
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Shipping will be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. Additional shipping fees may be invoiced separately. The buyer is responsible for arranging and paying for shipment of large or special items. A $5 handling fee will be included in the shipping charge. The customer is responsible for all shipping charges. We do not ship any purchases until the auction invoice is paid in full. Purchases will be shipped via our approved, insured carriers: Federal Express or the US Postal Service. All items shipped Federal Express or USPS will be insured for the full value determined at auction by Holabird-Kagin Americana at no extra cost to the buyer. Federal Express shipments will be sent the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday following receipt of payment. Pick up is available from our Reno office the next business day after the auction. NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require special handling for which individual costs will be calculated and applied to the shipping charge on the invoice.
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February 2014 Auction
Absentee Bidding will end
Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 5pm PDT,
Internet bids accepted any time
Terms and Conditions
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From: To: Increment:
$0 $29 $1
$30 $95 $5
$100 $190 $10
$200 $475 $25
$500 $1,450 $50
$1,500 $3,400 $100
$3,500 $9,750 $250
$10,000 $max $500
9. Bid Reduction: All winning absentee bids will be reduced, if necessary, to the next bidding increment up from the last competing bid, as long as the minimum bid requirement has been met. For example, if you submit an absentee bid of $1000 and the next highest competing bid is $250, then you will win the lot for $275.
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12. All stock certificates, checks, warrants, and other financial documents sold herein are sold as antiquities, and have no financial, securities, or public trading value whatsoever.
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16. Sales Tax: Sales tax will apply, according to state law, for any items that ship to Nevada (7.725%) or California (9.0%) unless a current, valid resale certificate is faxed to us at 775-852-8866 before bids are placed.
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18. Payment: We accept Visa, Master Card, Money Order/Cashier’s Check, Personal Check, PayPal: HKAEbayRep@yahoo.com. A 3% discount is applied to the Buyer’s Premium on all sales. That discount will be reversed if payment is made with a credit card or through PayPal. All returned checks are subject to a $25 fee. Cash received in amounts greater than $10,000 is subject to the filing of IRS form 8300, as required by law.
19. Shipping: Shipping will be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. Additional shipping fees may be invoiced separately. The buyer is responsible for arranging and paying for shipment of large or special items. A $5 handling fee will be included in the shipping charge. The customer is responsible for all shipping charges. We do not ship any purchases until the auction invoice is paid in full. Purchases will be shipped via our approved, insured carriers: Federal Express or the US Postal Service. All items shipped Federal Express or USPS will be insured for the full value determined at auction by HKA at no extra cost to the buyer. Federal Express shipments will be sent the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday following receipt of payment. Pick up is available from our Reno office the next business day after the auction. NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require special handling for which individual costs will be calculated and applied to the shipping charge on the invoice.
20. Non-Payment: HKA reserves the right to cancel any invoice not paid in full within 15 days. A cancelled invoice does not relieve the bidder from their obligation to pay seller fees and buyer’s premiums compensating HKA for its services in conducting the auction. Interest shall run on all outstanding balances at the highest rate permitted by law. HKA shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the bidder, and any other of bidder’s property then held by HKA or its affiliates, to secure payment of the invoice, and with respect thereto HKA shall have all the rights of a secured creditor under the California Commercial Code, including but not limited to the right of sale. HKA may sell the lot(s) securing the invoice to any underbidders in the auction that the lot(s) appeared, or at subsequent private or public sale, or relist the lot(s) in a future auction conducted by HKA. A defaulting bidder agrees to pay for the reasonable costs of resale (including a 10% seller’s commission, if consigned to an auction conducted by HKA). The defaulting bidder is liable to pay any difference between his or her total original invoice for the lot(s), plus any applicable interest, and the net proceeds for the lot(s) if sold at private sale or the subsequent hammer price of the lot(s) less the 10% seller’s commissions, if sold at an HKA auction. If HKA refers any invoice to an attorney for collection, the bidder agrees to pay attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by HKA. Any bidder who fails to follow the terms of payment will be reported to icollector and may be barred from participating in future Holabird-Kagin Americana auctions.
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24. Neither Kagin’s, Inc. nor HKA shall be held responsible for any problem due to the bidders failure to follow the rules, terms and conditions of this sale, or any failure to bid due to the loss of the online auction process provided by any of the online auction networks; or missed bids, changed bids or cancelled due the bidders failure to follow the proper bidding procedure outlined herein.
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26. Neither Kagin’s, Inc. nor HKA shall be responsible for consequential damages, incidental damages, compensatory damages, or any other damages arising or claimed to be arising from the auction of
any lot. Bidder’s sole remedy for any proven act or omission shall be rescission of sale and refund of the amount paid by Bidder.
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