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**Rare Original 1932 German Weimar Era Sales Contract (Kauf-Vertrag) - Wiesbaden Teacher**
Up for sale is an authentic, original German installment sales contract booklet (**Kauf-Vertrag**) dated **January 29, 1932**, at the very end of the Weimar Republic era. This document captures an interesting historical transaction involving a schoolteacher in Wiesbaden, Germany.
The booklet consists of a printed Fraktur-script legal agreement template with neat, handwritten ink details filling out the terms of the sale.
**Key Document Details:**
* **The Seller:** Julius Enders.
* **The Buyer:** Herr Lehrer (Teacher) **Adolf Hücker**, residing at Waldstraße 89 in **Wiesbaden**.
* **The Item Purchased:** Written as a **"Stork-Kardan"** (likely a high-end vintage bicycle or light motorized vehicle featuring a cardan shaft / shaft-drive system, popular in early 20th-century Germany).
* **Financial Terms:** The total purchase price was **820 Marks**. It details a down payment (**Anzahlung**) of **340 Marks** due by February 15, 1932, with the remaining balance of **480 Marks** split into **12 monthly installments of 40 Marks each**, starting March 5, 1932.
* **Legal Terms & Signatures:** The contract explicitly notes that the item remains the property of the seller until fully paid. It restricts the buyer from removing the vehicle from Wiesbaden without written permission. Signed at the conclusion by the buyer, Adolf Hücker, on January 29, 1932. The final page contains an unwritten payment ledger table.
* **Condition:** Very good vintage condition considering its age. The booklet is clean and completely intact. It shows standard age-appropriate edge wear, light corner creases, and minor rust-toning around the original metal staples in the spine. The handwritten ink text remains dark, crisp, and beautifully legible. Please view all high-resolution pictures closely to judge the exact physical state.
**Shipping & Handling:**
* Shipped in a protective, acid-free sleeve.
* Packaged securely inside a rigid hardboard mailer or cardboard-backed envelope to guarantee it arrives completely flat and undamaged.
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