Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $1,000
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Sixty-nine black and white high quality photographs from all over Eretz Israel, arranged in an album for JNF use. Unknown photographer. Eretz Israel, [1930s].
Every photograph is pasted on a separate paper; all the photographs are described on a printed label pasted on the paper: Safed, Haifa, a house in Chulda, Kiryat Anavim, the Mekor Baruch neighborhood of Jerusalem, the train station in Kfar Baruch, school for young women in Nahalal, women workers' farm in the Borochov neighborhood, beehives in Ein Charod, grape harvest in Rishon LeZion, Wadi Fo'ara (Gedura River), Mrs. Mond planting a tree in the Balfour Forest, Mrs. Chancellor planting a tree in the Balfour Forest, Czechoslovakian Consul planting a tree in the Masrik Forest, Kish speaking at a planting festival in Masrik Forest, Ussishkin speaking at the house-warming celebration of the JNF House, stonemasons in Jerusalem, concert in Migdal David, etc. Average size 16x11 cm. Very good condition. Some album leaves are empty; several photographs are missing. Album 25.5 cm, tied with a lace. Good condition.
Every photograph is pasted on a separate paper; all the photographs are described on a printed label pasted on the paper: Safed, Haifa, a house in Chulda, Kiryat Anavim, the Mekor Baruch neighborhood of Jerusalem, the train station in Kfar Baruch, school for young women in Nahalal, women workers' farm in the Borochov neighborhood, beehives in Ein Charod, grape harvest in Rishon LeZion, Wadi Fo'ara (Gedura River), Mrs. Mond planting a tree in the Balfour Forest, Mrs. Chancellor planting a tree in the Balfour Forest, Czechoslovakian Consul planting a tree in the Masrik Forest, Kish speaking at a planting festival in Masrik Forest, Ussishkin speaking at the house-warming celebration of the JNF House, stonemasons in Jerusalem, concert in Migdal David, etc. Average size 16x11 cm. Very good condition. Some album leaves are empty; several photographs are missing. Album 25.5 cm, tied with a lace. Good condition.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Forty-nine photographs on glass. Keren HaYesod, [c. 1925].
High quality photographs of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, landscapes and structures throughout the country, crate of oranges, additional photographs which depict the building and conquest of Eretz Israelג€™s communities and cities by Hebrew labor. The glass slides are placed within a wooden case; cover contains caption "Keren HaYesod". 8x8 cm. Good condition. One slide broken on upper section.
High quality photographs of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, landscapes and structures throughout the country, crate of oranges, additional photographs which depict the building and conquest of Eretz Israelג€™s communities and cities by Hebrew labor. The glass slides are placed within a wooden case; cover contains caption "Keren HaYesod". 8x8 cm. Good condition. One slide broken on upper section.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Sixteen photographs of construction workers. Tel Aviv and Zrifin, 1920s.
Impressive photographs of construction workers: excavation of stones, loading camels, preparing cement, and more. Amongst them: Photographs by "H. Brill" and a photograph documenting the construction of "Beit Elhanan Krosarsky" on 73 Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, designed by the architect Y.Z. Tabachnik (Tavori). One photograph is annotated on the reverse "Zrifin". All are divided on the back for use as a postcard. 9x14 cm. Good condition, varies. Stains, some have two cut corners.
Impressive photographs of construction workers: excavation of stones, loading camels, preparing cement, and more. Amongst them: Photographs by "H. Brill" and a photograph documenting the construction of "Beit Elhanan Krosarsky" on 73 Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, designed by the architect Y.Z. Tabachnik (Tavori). One photograph is annotated on the reverse "Zrifin". All are divided on the back for use as a postcard. 9x14 cm. Good condition, varies. Stains, some have two cut corners.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $250
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Photo album. South Africa (?) and Eretz Israel, [mid 1930s]. Family photographs and personal photographs, probably of a member of the HaBonim movement in South Africa. The owner participated in the second Maccabia in Tel Aviv in 1935. The opening ceremony is depicted in one of the photographs. The album includes a postcard designed by Franz Kraus: "Second Maccabia", printed by Manir, Sendler and Bersson, Bnei Brak. Additional photographs feature youth movement members in Tel Aviv, during sports activities and trips around the country. Album 22x15 cm, good condition. Photographs in good condition, some are detached from album sheets. Total of 100 photographs.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $200
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Five photographs documenting the opening ceremony of the Second Maccabiah. Tel Aviv, April, 1935.
"Maccabi-Atid-Tel Aviv" Group; Groups from Lithuania and Libya; motorcycles entering the court, and more. Two are signed by photographer Ephraim Erde (1905-1987) "Photography Ephraim - Foto erde". Divided on the reverse for use as a postcard, 14x9 cm. Good condition. One torn and pasted with adhesive tape. Stains, ownership ink- stamps.
"Maccabi-Atid-Tel Aviv" Group; Groups from Lithuania and Libya; motorcycles entering the court, and more. Two are signed by photographer Ephraim Erde (1905-1987) "Photography Ephraim - Foto erde". Divided on the reverse for use as a postcard, 14x9 cm. Good condition. One torn and pasted with adhesive tape. Stains, ownership ink- stamps.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $120
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1. Photograph of a group of pupils with a flag on a rowboat sailing in the Yarkon river. [Possibly members of the Yordei Yam Zevulun society, Tel Aviv, ca. 1928]. 13.5x8.5 cm.
2. Photograph of a multi-participants parade. It seems like the old Maccabi court in Tel Aviv [Maccabi Street], 1920s. 14x9 cm.
Both photographs are divided on the reverse for use as a postcard, annotated in pen (later annotation). Ownership ink stamps. Minor stains.
2. Photograph of a multi-participants parade. It seems like the old Maccabi court in Tel Aviv [Maccabi Street], 1920s. 14x9 cm.
Both photographs are divided on the reverse for use as a postcard, annotated in pen (later annotation). Ownership ink stamps. Minor stains.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $180
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Photograph of the building of the Anglo-Palestine Bank's first branch in Tel Aviv, located at the corner of Herzl and Yehuda HaLevi streets, [1937].
The building was designed by Shani (Yehoshua) Steinbock, one of the founders of the Association of Engineers & Architects in Palestine. The photograph shows the building after its expansion in 1937. The photographerג€™s ink stamp appears on the reverse.
Kalter, (1903-1995) was one of the most important modern architecture photographers in Israel, who mainly worked for architects and various publications. He perpetuated the best of the International Style (Bauhaus) in Eretz Israel. 28x23.5 cm. Very good condition.
The building was designed by Shani (Yehoshua) Steinbock, one of the founders of the Association of Engineers & Architects in Palestine. The photograph shows the building after its expansion in 1937. The photographerג€™s ink stamp appears on the reverse.
Kalter, (1903-1995) was one of the most important modern architecture photographers in Israel, who mainly worked for architects and various publications. He perpetuated the best of the International Style (Bauhaus) in Eretz Israel. 28x23.5 cm. Very good condition.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Sixty-three black and white photographs, by photographer Adelbert Bartlett. Eretz Israel and its Surroundings, ca. 1928-1934.
Bartlett (1887-1966), an American photographer, was director of the Near-East Relief Fund in Los Angeles. His work in the Middle East on behalf of this fund yielded the photograph collection presented here.
Unique photographs of the Samaria area, Nazareth, Jerusalem (the Dome of the Rock, Allenby Hotel, Jaffa Gate and other sites), Acre, Megiddo, Tiberias, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Cairo, Beirut, Sidon and Cyprus. All photographs are signed on the reverse or ink-stamped by the photographer, annotated in pencil, some in great detail, in print. 25.5x20.2 cm. Fair-good to very good condition. Tears at borders of some photographs.
The University of California in Los Angeles maintains a significant part of the photographer's archive.
Bartlett (1887-1966), an American photographer, was director of the Near-East Relief Fund in Los Angeles. His work in the Middle East on behalf of this fund yielded the photograph collection presented here.
Unique photographs of the Samaria area, Nazareth, Jerusalem (the Dome of the Rock, Allenby Hotel, Jaffa Gate and other sites), Acre, Megiddo, Tiberias, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Cairo, Beirut, Sidon and Cyprus. All photographs are signed on the reverse or ink-stamped by the photographer, annotated in pencil, some in great detail, in print. 25.5x20.2 cm. Fair-good to very good condition. Tears at borders of some photographs.
The University of California in Los Angeles maintains a significant part of the photographer's archive.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $150
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Palֳ₪stina Ansichten, von denkwֳ¼rdigen Stֳ₪tten des heiligen Landes und Dֳ¶rfern Jֳ¼discher Bauern. Berlin: Hugo Schildberger, 1896.
Small photograph-booklet, of the 1896 Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung - industry fair that took place in Berlin in 1896. Includes a folded plate with nine photographs of sites in Eretz Israel: Jaffa port, Western Wall, sites in Jerusalem. 17 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to cover.
Small photograph-booklet, of the 1896 Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung - industry fair that took place in Berlin in 1896. Includes a folded plate with nine photographs of sites in Eretz Israel: Jaffa port, Western Wall, sites in Jerusalem. 17 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to cover.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $120
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Three photographs documenting a group trip to Jerusalem and its surroundings, [1920s].
The guide may possibly have been Ze'ev Vilnay. In one photograph the Mount of Olives is seen from the direction of the Old City. One is annotated by hand "Trip to Jerusalem. In the mountains." Divided back for postcard use. 9x14 cm. Good condition. Right corners are cut. Stains at borders.
The guide may possibly have been Ze'ev Vilnay. In one photograph the Mount of Olives is seen from the direction of the Old City. One is annotated by hand "Trip to Jerusalem. In the mountains." Divided back for postcard use. 9x14 cm. Good condition. Right corners are cut. Stains at borders.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Album of Jerusalem, Published and Copyright by J. Shweig, Art-Photographer, Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Azriel Printing Press, [1930s].
A dozen plates with printed photographs by Shweig (1902-1984). Each plate is annotated in Hebrew, Arabic and English. Bound in a folder titled "Jerusalem" in Hebrew, English and Arabic and hand-painted. 33 cm. Good condition. Stains to folder. Minor foxing-marks.
A dozen plates with printed photographs by Shweig (1902-1984). Each plate is annotated in Hebrew, Arabic and English. Bound in a folder titled "Jerusalem" in Hebrew, English and Arabic and hand-painted. 33 cm. Good condition. Stains to folder. Minor foxing-marks.
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Photography, 20th Century
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Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
December 7, 2011
Opening: $150
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Photograph of the crowd who participated in the funeral of Ya'akov Yisrael De Haan. [Jerusalem, 1924]. Handwritten description on back of photograph.
De Haan (1881-1924), lawyer, journalist and poet, native of Netherlands. Zionist activist who became religious, immigrated to Eretz Israel and joined the circles of the Eidah HaCharedit in Jerusalem. Amongst other activities, he organized a Charedi envoy to the Amir Abdullah King of Jordan, as part of his efforts to foil the Zionist plan. His murder is considered the first political murder in Eretz Israel. 9x14 cm. Divided like a postcard. Good condition, wear and tear to margins.
De Haan (1881-1924), lawyer, journalist and poet, native of Netherlands. Zionist activist who became religious, immigrated to Eretz Israel and joined the circles of the Eidah HaCharedit in Jerusalem. Amongst other activities, he organized a Charedi envoy to the Amir Abdullah King of Jordan, as part of his efforts to foil the Zionist plan. His murder is considered the first political murder in Eretz Israel. 9x14 cm. Divided like a postcard. Good condition, wear and tear to margins.
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