Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

A Bond – Carmel Original Winery – Palestine, 1920s

Opening: $100
Sold for: $225
Including buyer's premium
A bond issued by "S. Friedman & Sons, Carmel Original, Haifa & Petah-Tiqvah, Palestine. Distilleries and Cellars of Wine, Liquors and Cognacs" (Carmel Original Winery). Jerusalem: Lifshitz press, 1920s.?A blank bond in the amount of $100 in which the company promises to pay the specified amount and the interest to the holder of the bond. On the upper and lower part of the leaf, four photographs of the structures of the winery, the vineyard and the workers are printed.
The note is complete; the 20 interest coupons were not detached (on four coupons, the printed serial number does not match the number of the bond). ?Carmel Original winery was established in Haifa by Shimon Friedman, born in Tiberias, in 1889. In 1912 Friedman acquired a winery located in the Lachman Estate in Petach Tikva, the first stone house in this settlement, and turned it into a branch of the winery. The winery in Petach Tikva was managed by the Friedman family until 1964, when it was sold to Tnuva Company. In 1971 Tnuva sold the winery to Stock company, and under this ownership the winery was named "HaMartef" (the cellar). In 1990 the winery was sold again and its name was changed to Barkan Wineries.
33.5x50 cm. Good condition. Small tears along the edges. creases and minor stains.
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