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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $40,000
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Collection of approximately 8200 Ex-Libris (bookplates), as well as books and periodicals concerning Ex-Libris.
The collection offered here is divided into three subdivisions:
The first subdivision consists of approx. 4700 Ex-Libris created by Jewish artists or for Jewish book owners. This subdivision includes: · Ex-Libris created by important Jewish artists, including Ephraim Moshe Lilien (including rare Ex-Libris), Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko; Emil Orlik, Michael Fingsten and other artists. · Ex-Libris of Jewish institutes, universities and libraries from Israel and from abroad. · Original plate for an engraving by E.M. Lilien, “from the books of Reuven Breinin”. Sketches for Ex-Libris, by Emil Orlik. · Approx. 20 folders with prints, with original Ex-Libris (most of them signed), by artists and painters, most of which were printed in limited editions; including folders of the artists Carl Streller, Willi Geiger, Georg Jilovsky, Michael Fingsten, Arthur Paunzen, and others.
The second subdivision, “Samlung Paul Freier”, consists of Ex-Libris which were acquired as a complete collection compiled by the German collector Paul Freier. These Ex-Libris, approximately 3,500 in number, are arranged and classified according to the country of origin of the owners and by the names of the artists. This subdivision includes Ex-Libris of good quality, many of which are original and signed, as well as engravings by various international artists. This subdivision includes Ex-Libris with no Jewish connotation.
The third subdivision consists of about 140 books, catalogues and volumes of periodicals, all dealing with Ex-Libris. Among the books: books dedicated to Ex-Libris by specific artists, books dedicated to Ex-Libris by country of origin; volume of “Year Books” (Jahrbuch) - Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Exlibris und Gebrauchsgraphik (1910s – 1950s); volumes of the annual “Ex Libris Buchkunst und Angewandte Graphik”; volume of issues of the periodical “Zeitschrift für Bücherzeichen-Bibliothekenkunde und Gelehrtengeschichte”; and other catalogues and books, some of which are rare, printed in limited editions, with original Ex-Libris.
The collection offered here is divided into three subdivisions:
The first subdivision consists of approx. 4700 Ex-Libris created by Jewish artists or for Jewish book owners. This subdivision includes: · Ex-Libris created by important Jewish artists, including Ephraim Moshe Lilien (including rare Ex-Libris), Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko; Emil Orlik, Michael Fingsten and other artists. · Ex-Libris of Jewish institutes, universities and libraries from Israel and from abroad. · Original plate for an engraving by E.M. Lilien, “from the books of Reuven Breinin”. Sketches for Ex-Libris, by Emil Orlik. · Approx. 20 folders with prints, with original Ex-Libris (most of them signed), by artists and painters, most of which were printed in limited editions; including folders of the artists Carl Streller, Willi Geiger, Georg Jilovsky, Michael Fingsten, Arthur Paunzen, and others.
The second subdivision, “Samlung Paul Freier”, consists of Ex-Libris which were acquired as a complete collection compiled by the German collector Paul Freier. These Ex-Libris, approximately 3,500 in number, are arranged and classified according to the country of origin of the owners and by the names of the artists. This subdivision includes Ex-Libris of good quality, many of which are original and signed, as well as engravings by various international artists. This subdivision includes Ex-Libris with no Jewish connotation.
The third subdivision consists of about 140 books, catalogues and volumes of periodicals, all dealing with Ex-Libris. Among the books: books dedicated to Ex-Libris by specific artists, books dedicated to Ex-Libris by country of origin; volume of “Year Books” (Jahrbuch) - Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Exlibris und Gebrauchsgraphik (1910s – 1950s); volumes of the annual “Ex Libris Buchkunst und Angewandte Graphik”; volume of issues of the periodical “Zeitschrift für Bücherzeichen-Bibliothekenkunde und Gelehrtengeschichte”; and other catalogues and books, some of which are rare, printed in limited editions, with original Ex-Libris.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $10,000
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E. M. Lilien, Radierungen. Portfolio compiling ten engravings by Ephraim Moshe Lilien, signed in pencil. Only copy, printed in honor of the director of Österreichischer Lloyd shipping company. [Vienna], 1913. German.
Ten engravings created by Ephraim Moshe Lilien, depicting figures and views: Venice, pyramids in Egypt, Batir, Jerusalem (entrance to Temple Mount), Dome of the Rock, festival in Jerusalem, Abraham, street in Beirut, Khan in Beirut, street in Damascus. Printed on Kaiserl. Japan paper of good quality; each engraving is signed in the plate and hand signed by Lilien.
A cover was added to the engravings (sheet of paper, folded into two); portfolio's title is printed on it, as well as details as to printing and titles of engravings, in German. One copy only was printed in honor of Hofrat Albert Frankfurter, director of the Austrian shipping company Österreichischer Lloyd.
[4] pp + [10] engravings (size of engravings varies: approx. 31X28 cm – 47X39 cm); each engraving attached to passé-par-tout, 55X65 cm. Contained in the original cardboard portfolio. Spine and corners are cloth-covered. Printed inscription on the spine of the portfolio: Lilien. Engravings in good condition. Stains and some damages to margins of passé-par-tout leaves and cover. Damages to portfolio.
Ten engravings created by Ephraim Moshe Lilien, depicting figures and views: Venice, pyramids in Egypt, Batir, Jerusalem (entrance to Temple Mount), Dome of the Rock, festival in Jerusalem, Abraham, street in Beirut, Khan in Beirut, street in Damascus. Printed on Kaiserl. Japan paper of good quality; each engraving is signed in the plate and hand signed by Lilien.
A cover was added to the engravings (sheet of paper, folded into two); portfolio's title is printed on it, as well as details as to printing and titles of engravings, in German. One copy only was printed in honor of Hofrat Albert Frankfurter, director of the Austrian shipping company Österreichischer Lloyd.
[4] pp + [10] engravings (size of engravings varies: approx. 31X28 cm – 47X39 cm); each engraving attached to passé-par-tout, 55X65 cm. Contained in the original cardboard portfolio. Spine and corners are cloth-covered. Printed inscription on the spine of the portfolio: Lilien. Engravings in good condition. Stains and some damages to margins of passé-par-tout leaves and cover. Damages to portfolio.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $2,000
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Theben, Gedichte und Lithographien [Thebes, Poems and Lithographs], by Else Lasker-Schüler, Berlin: Qüerschnitt, 1923. German.
Ten poems by Else Lasker-Schüler (lithographic printing of the manuscript), accompanied by black and white lithographs created by Lasker-Schüler. Copy no. 100 of 250 copies; all of the lithographs and the colophon are hand-signed by Else Lasker-Schüler, in pencil.
“I was born in Thebes, Egypt, although I came into the world in Elberfeld in the Rhineland.” This is how Else Lasker-Schüler characterized her background. She refers to the character of Jussuf Prince of Thebes, her alter ego, who served her in her life and in her works. Prince Jussuf of Thebes first appears on the binding of her book "Hebrew Ballads" (1913), and later in her book "The Prince of Thebes". The same character is prominent in the illustrations accompanying the anthology of poems offered here.
"Living in Berlin from 1894 onwards, Lasker-Schüler must have visited the city's famous Egyptian Museum, where she would have seen the collection from the necropolis of Thebes…It is easy to imagine Lasker-Schüler standing, lost in wonder, before these works of art, their colors – blue, yellow and red – vividly expressive, and their themes, androgyny among them, subtle and sensitive. The impact of this culture is evident in many aspects of her work, especially in her adoption of the figure of Prince Jussuf of Thebes… Lasker-Schüler also cast into this ancient Egyptian figure the figure of the contemporary Arab or Bedouin who – like the poet herself – wandered from place to place, as well as the biblical figure of Joseph the Dreamer. She perceived Joseph as an image of the artist, betrayed because of his art his dreams and his imagination, but eventually achieving greatness. The figure of Joseph also embodied the motif of wandering and the constant search for a homeland… Through her choice of an androgynous persona both in her art and in her life, she rebelled against the conventions of her day, which assigned women a passive, marginal role that Lasker-Schüler refused to play. Through Jussuf she could portray herself as she wished to be: an artist unbound by cultural norms and prohibitions, a universal figure fusing the two sexes, the three monotheistic religions, the ancient and the modern…”. (From: Else Lasker-Schüler, A Poet Who Paints, by Irit Salmon, in: Else Lasker-Schüler, A Poet Who Paints, exhibition catalogue. Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, 2006)
[14] leaves, 32 cm. Fine binding, covered with blue cloth with gold embossing; bound with raffia strings (most of them missing). Illustration by Lasker-Schüler on front binding. Body of book in good condition. Some tears and damages to binding.
Ten poems by Else Lasker-Schüler (lithographic printing of the manuscript), accompanied by black and white lithographs created by Lasker-Schüler. Copy no. 100 of 250 copies; all of the lithographs and the colophon are hand-signed by Else Lasker-Schüler, in pencil.
“I was born in Thebes, Egypt, although I came into the world in Elberfeld in the Rhineland.” This is how Else Lasker-Schüler characterized her background. She refers to the character of Jussuf Prince of Thebes, her alter ego, who served her in her life and in her works. Prince Jussuf of Thebes first appears on the binding of her book "Hebrew Ballads" (1913), and later in her book "The Prince of Thebes". The same character is prominent in the illustrations accompanying the anthology of poems offered here.
"Living in Berlin from 1894 onwards, Lasker-Schüler must have visited the city's famous Egyptian Museum, where she would have seen the collection from the necropolis of Thebes…It is easy to imagine Lasker-Schüler standing, lost in wonder, before these works of art, their colors – blue, yellow and red – vividly expressive, and their themes, androgyny among them, subtle and sensitive. The impact of this culture is evident in many aspects of her work, especially in her adoption of the figure of Prince Jussuf of Thebes… Lasker-Schüler also cast into this ancient Egyptian figure the figure of the contemporary Arab or Bedouin who – like the poet herself – wandered from place to place, as well as the biblical figure of Joseph the Dreamer. She perceived Joseph as an image of the artist, betrayed because of his art his dreams and his imagination, but eventually achieving greatness. The figure of Joseph also embodied the motif of wandering and the constant search for a homeland… Through her choice of an androgynous persona both in her art and in her life, she rebelled against the conventions of her day, which assigned women a passive, marginal role that Lasker-Schüler refused to play. Through Jussuf she could portray herself as she wished to be: an artist unbound by cultural norms and prohibitions, a universal figure fusing the two sexes, the three monotheistic religions, the ancient and the modern…”. (From: Else Lasker-Schüler, A Poet Who Paints, by Irit Salmon, in: Else Lasker-Schüler, A Poet Who Paints, exhibition catalogue. Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, 2006)
[14] leaves, 32 cm. Fine binding, covered with blue cloth with gold embossing; bound with raffia strings (most of them missing). Illustration by Lasker-Schüler on front binding. Body of book in good condition. Some tears and damages to binding.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $27,500
Including buyer's premium
Forty-four original drawings by Rosy Lilienfeld, (Franfkurt am Main 1896-Auschwitz 1942) – illustrating the story of Sabbatai Zevi. [Frankfurt], 1932-1933. Graphite on paper. Signed and dated.
Fine drawings, of mystic nature, depicting scenes from the life of the Messiah claimant Sabbatai Zevi and his followers.
Among the scenes: Sabbatai Zevi riding a horse; Sabbatai Zevi declaring himself a Messiah in front of people in a market place; Sabbatai Zevi’s name is revealed to Nathan of Gaza; Nathan of Gaza blesses Sabbatai Zevi; Meeting with the Turkish Sultan; and more.
German-Jewish artist Rosy Lilienfeld, was born in Frankfurt am Main. Her artistic work was much inspired by literary texts (she illustrated the novel “Job” by Joseph Roth, “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, and more), mainly of Jewish mystic nature and Hassidic and biblical stories. An edition of “The Legend of the Baalshem” by Martin Buber, illustrated by Lilienfeld, was published in 1935. In 1942 Lilienfeld was deported to Auschwitz where she was murdered.
44 drawings, approx. 34.5X27.5 cm. Mounted (with adhesive tape on four corners) to a passé-par-tout, 33X48 cm, and contained in a fine portfolio. Each drawing is titled in German (in print) on a piece of paper attached to the passé-par-tout. Overall good condition. Stains to passé-par-tout leaves and to some of the drawings. Several drawings detached or partly detached from passé-par-tout.
Fine drawings, of mystic nature, depicting scenes from the life of the Messiah claimant Sabbatai Zevi and his followers.
Among the scenes: Sabbatai Zevi riding a horse; Sabbatai Zevi declaring himself a Messiah in front of people in a market place; Sabbatai Zevi’s name is revealed to Nathan of Gaza; Nathan of Gaza blesses Sabbatai Zevi; Meeting with the Turkish Sultan; and more.
German-Jewish artist Rosy Lilienfeld, was born in Frankfurt am Main. Her artistic work was much inspired by literary texts (she illustrated the novel “Job” by Joseph Roth, “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, and more), mainly of Jewish mystic nature and Hassidic and biblical stories. An edition of “The Legend of the Baalshem” by Martin Buber, illustrated by Lilienfeld, was published in 1935. In 1942 Lilienfeld was deported to Auschwitz where she was murdered.
44 drawings, approx. 34.5X27.5 cm. Mounted (with adhesive tape on four corners) to a passé-par-tout, 33X48 cm, and contained in a fine portfolio. Each drawing is titled in German (in print) on a piece of paper attached to the passé-par-tout. Overall good condition. Stains to passé-par-tout leaves and to some of the drawings. Several drawings detached or partly detached from passé-par-tout.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $3,000
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Teekent Het Joodsche Volks-Petitionement [Dutch: Sign the petition for the Jewish People], poster designed by Albert Hahn Jr. (signed in print: Poussin). [Holland, ca. 1918].
A fine illustrated poster, portraying a Jewish woman looking towards Eretz Israel. The poster was created, most probably, after World War I and towards the Paris Peace convention during which, among other topics, the future of Eretz Israel (post Ottoman period) was to be discussed. The poster calls to sign a petition supporting the main demands of Jewish organizations at the time: ensuring national rights to the Jewish minority in different countries and establishing a national home for the Jewish people in Eretz Israel.
50X66 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Restorations at margins. Some tears fastened with adhesive tape (on reverse of poster). Upper left corner missing and restored.
A fine illustrated poster, portraying a Jewish woman looking towards Eretz Israel. The poster was created, most probably, after World War I and towards the Paris Peace convention during which, among other topics, the future of Eretz Israel (post Ottoman period) was to be discussed. The poster calls to sign a petition supporting the main demands of Jewish organizations at the time: ensuring national rights to the Jewish minority in different countries and establishing a national home for the Jewish people in Eretz Israel.
50X66 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Restorations at margins. Some tears fastened with adhesive tape (on reverse of poster). Upper left corner missing and restored.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $2,500
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"Visit Palestine", a poster promoting tourism and immigration to Eretz Israel, designed by Franz Kraus. [No printer's details, 1936]. Signed in print.
A fine, colorful illustration, in lithographic printing – view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, during sunset. In front – the Temple Mount, with the Dome of the Rock, and in the background – houses of Jerusalem.
The poster was designed by Franz Kraus in 1936, during the days of the Fifth Aliyah, commissioned by The Tourist Development Association of Palestine, and is considered the most famous work by Kraus.
It seems that the poster offered here is not the final version of the poster - printed with some differences in colors and in a different size from the size mentioned in the catalogue “Franz Kraus: Posters” (catalogue of an exhibition in the Tel-Aviv Museum. Curator: David Tartakover. Tel-Aviv, 1981).
57X88.5 cm. Good condition. Numerous creases. Slight damages and tears at margins.
A fine, colorful illustration, in lithographic printing – view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, during sunset. In front – the Temple Mount, with the Dome of the Rock, and in the background – houses of Jerusalem.
The poster was designed by Franz Kraus in 1936, during the days of the Fifth Aliyah, commissioned by The Tourist Development Association of Palestine, and is considered the most famous work by Kraus.
It seems that the poster offered here is not the final version of the poster - printed with some differences in colors and in a different size from the size mentioned in the catalogue “Franz Kraus: Posters” (catalogue of an exhibition in the Tel-Aviv Museum. Curator: David Tartakover. Tel-Aviv, 1981).
57X88.5 cm. Good condition. Numerous creases. Slight damages and tears at margins.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $2,000
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"Maccabi! Ten Yad LeBinyan 'Kfar HaMaccabi' al Admat Hakeren Hakayemet LeIsrael!" [Hebrew: Maccabi – help build 'Kfar HaMaccabi' on JNF land]. Illustrated poster. "Beit Haroshet 'Manir' Sendler and Berson, Bnei Brak" Printing Press / "'Aharon' Advertisement Tel-Aviv", [ca. 1935]. Design: Franz Kraus (signed in print).
A fine colorful illustration created by Franz Kraus. In front, on the background of a town, appears a man wearing a white undershirt with the "Maccabi" emblem, raising a house in his hand.
The poster calls for donations to buy land for the establishment of Kibbutz Kfar HaMaccabi. The initiative to establish the kibbutz came from several "Maccabi HaTza'ir" members from Germany and Czechoslovakia (supported and assisted by Menachem Ussishkin who, during the first Maccabia, in 1932, raised the idea of Maccabia participants building a settlement in Eretz Israel). The JNF entrusted “Maccabi” World Union with raising the funds to purchase land for the kibbutz. The kibbutz was established in 1936 in Zevulun valley, near Kiryat Ata.
50.5X70 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some stains. Tears, mostly at margins (some tears at folding marks).
A fine colorful illustration created by Franz Kraus. In front, on the background of a town, appears a man wearing a white undershirt with the "Maccabi" emblem, raising a house in his hand.
The poster calls for donations to buy land for the establishment of Kibbutz Kfar HaMaccabi. The initiative to establish the kibbutz came from several "Maccabi HaTza'ir" members from Germany and Czechoslovakia (supported and assisted by Menachem Ussishkin who, during the first Maccabia, in 1932, raised the idea of Maccabia participants building a settlement in Eretz Israel). The JNF entrusted “Maccabi” World Union with raising the funds to purchase land for the kibbutz. The kibbutz was established in 1936 in Zevulun valley, near Kiryat Ata.
50.5X70 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some stains. Tears, mostly at margins (some tears at folding marks).
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $6,250
Including buyer's premium
Curchill Al Bnei HaYishuv HaOmdim Al Mishmar HaMoledet [Hebrew: Churchill about Those Guarding the Homeland], a poster calling Jews in Eretz Israel to enlist to the British army. "HaPo'el HaTza'ir" Cooperative Printing Press Ltd., Tel-Aviv, [early 1940s]. Design: Otte Wallisch. Signed in print: MW [Atelier Machner-Wallisch].
A portrait of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain appears on the upper part of poster with a quote from an address to "those guarding the homeland" (Hebrew): "Jews were the first victims of Hitler, and were always in the forefront of the opposition to the Nazi aggressor. Jewish communities all over the world contributed to the Allied Forces… I am grateful for the assistance of Jews in Eretz Israel… the government of the United Kingdom risked its survival in the dark days of 1940 in order to fulfill its obligations in the Middle East…against Nazi Germany".
Below the quote appears a triangular flag with the Hebrew initials גע (Gedudim Ivri'im) topped with a Menorah [logo of the enlistment center of the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Council]. On the lower part of the poster appears the Hebrew inscription "The Homeland is Calling to You, Enlist!"
When World War II broke out and during the war, many members of the Jewish Yishuv in Eretz Israel joined the British Army in order to fight Germany. Late in 1939 the National Institutes in Eretz Israel organized a roll-call to examine the willingness to join the British Army. Some 40,000 young people expressed their wish to fight with the British forces. At first the British were reluctant to draft Jews but over time, and in view of the German threat, they agreed. The Jewish Brigade was formed in 1944.
47.5X64 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Creases and stains. Some tears at margins and folding marks; open tear at right margin. Mounted on acid-free paper.
A portrait of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain appears on the upper part of poster with a quote from an address to "those guarding the homeland" (Hebrew): "Jews were the first victims of Hitler, and were always in the forefront of the opposition to the Nazi aggressor. Jewish communities all over the world contributed to the Allied Forces… I am grateful for the assistance of Jews in Eretz Israel… the government of the United Kingdom risked its survival in the dark days of 1940 in order to fulfill its obligations in the Middle East…against Nazi Germany".
Below the quote appears a triangular flag with the Hebrew initials גע (Gedudim Ivri'im) topped with a Menorah [logo of the enlistment center of the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Council]. On the lower part of the poster appears the Hebrew inscription "The Homeland is Calling to You, Enlist!"
When World War II broke out and during the war, many members of the Jewish Yishuv in Eretz Israel joined the British Army in order to fight Germany. Late in 1939 the National Institutes in Eretz Israel organized a roll-call to examine the willingness to join the British Army. Some 40,000 young people expressed their wish to fight with the British forces. At first the British were reluctant to draft Jews but over time, and in view of the German threat, they agreed. The Jewish Brigade was formed in 1944.
47.5X64 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Creases and stains. Some tears at margins and folding marks; open tear at right margin. Mounted on acid-free paper.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $2,000
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Zechor et Altalena Al Nishka VeHayale'a [Hebrew: Remember Altalena, its Weapons and Fighters], illustrated poster. No indication of illustrator or printer, [ca.1949].
Fine illustration depicting the ship "Altalena" at sea. Printed in red, blue and black. The poster was printed, most probably, on behalf of Herut Movement, following the attack on "Altalena" off the Tel-Aviv shore.
"Altalena", named after the pseudonym of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, was purchased in the United States in the summer of 1947 by the "Hebrew committee for the Liberation of the Nation". At first the ship was meant for illegal immigrants to Eretz Israel but later on it was decided to load it with weapons as well. In June, 1948, the ship sailed to the shores of Israel with 900 immigrants and significant quantities of military equipment. In the meantime IDF was established and the Etzel was dismantled. Prior to Altalena's arrival there were extreme disputes between Etzel leadership and the Government of Israel. Etzel representatives insisted that the weapons and military equipment on the ship be dispatched to Etzel units which fought with the IDF and to Etzel battalions in the Jerusalem area (where Etzel was independent and not part of IDF), however the government required that military equipment be transferred solely to the IDF.
When “Altalena” arrived at the Kfar Vitkin shore, on June 20, 1948, the Alexandroni Division surrounded the area and Etzel members were ordered to hand over the weapons unloaded from the ship to IDF authorities. Etzel refusal to this demand was followed by exchange of fire between IDF and Etzel, and the ship left the shore and sailed to Tel-Aviv. Upon arrival at the Tel-Aviv coastline, on June 22, the fighting between IDF and Etzel resumed and the ship was hit and caught fire. The “Altalena” affair led to intensive disagreements and public debates and years later, there are still different versions regarding the exact turn of events.
50X70 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some foxing. Some tears at margins. Three corners are missing, restored. Mounted on acid-free paper.
Fine illustration depicting the ship "Altalena" at sea. Printed in red, blue and black. The poster was printed, most probably, on behalf of Herut Movement, following the attack on "Altalena" off the Tel-Aviv shore.
"Altalena", named after the pseudonym of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, was purchased in the United States in the summer of 1947 by the "Hebrew committee for the Liberation of the Nation". At first the ship was meant for illegal immigrants to Eretz Israel but later on it was decided to load it with weapons as well. In June, 1948, the ship sailed to the shores of Israel with 900 immigrants and significant quantities of military equipment. In the meantime IDF was established and the Etzel was dismantled. Prior to Altalena's arrival there were extreme disputes between Etzel leadership and the Government of Israel. Etzel representatives insisted that the weapons and military equipment on the ship be dispatched to Etzel units which fought with the IDF and to Etzel battalions in the Jerusalem area (where Etzel was independent and not part of IDF), however the government required that military equipment be transferred solely to the IDF.
When “Altalena” arrived at the Kfar Vitkin shore, on June 20, 1948, the Alexandroni Division surrounded the area and Etzel members were ordered to hand over the weapons unloaded from the ship to IDF authorities. Etzel refusal to this demand was followed by exchange of fire between IDF and Etzel, and the ship left the shore and sailed to Tel-Aviv. Upon arrival at the Tel-Aviv coastline, on June 22, the fighting between IDF and Etzel resumed and the ship was hit and caught fire. The “Altalena” affair led to intensive disagreements and public debates and years later, there are still different versions regarding the exact turn of events.
50X70 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some foxing. Some tears at margins. Three corners are missing, restored. Mounted on acid-free paper.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
36 colorful cards, illustrated by Peretz Ruschkewitz. [Issued by "HaIgud LeMa'an Tozeret HaAretz" (Association for Local Products)]. Advertising agency: Dr. Shlezinger, Tel-Aviv. Lithographic printing Monsohn, Jerusalem, [late 1930s or early 1940s].
A series of cards divided into nine sub-series. Each sub-series consists of four cards. Each series promotes local products and industry: "Tel-Aviv" (cinema, hairdressing salon, and more); "Ramot Hashavim" (a fresh egg, a chicken of good quality, and more); "Lamehadrin Bamezonot" (Atara Chocolate, 'Sova' Cakes, and more); "LeBa'aley Ta'am Adin" [for connoisseurs] (Men's fashion, 'Meshi Sachs', and more); "Latzeme'im" [for the thirsty] ('Asis' juice, 'Tasas" lemonade, and more); "De'ag Leatidcha" [secure your future] (insurance for children, Maccabi 'Atid', and more); "Shapper et B’riutcha” [improve your health] (‘Sova’ Bread, Skin Ointment ‘Astar’, and more); “Akeret HaBayit HaNevonah” [the intelligent housewife] (Cacao ‘Aka’, ‘Leshed’ Oil by ‘Yitzhar’ and more); as well as a series sponsored by the city of Tel-Aviv – “Hizaharu miTeunot Rechov” [avoid street accidents] (Do not throw fruit peels in the street, bicycle rider drive slowly, always ride on the side of the street, and more).
Charming illustrations by Peretz Ruschkewitz are printed on the cards (each card is signed in print), in colorful lithographic printing. On the reverse appear the details of the publisher and printer.
8.5X6 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Some tears to several cards.
A series of cards divided into nine sub-series. Each sub-series consists of four cards. Each series promotes local products and industry: "Tel-Aviv" (cinema, hairdressing salon, and more); "Ramot Hashavim" (a fresh egg, a chicken of good quality, and more); "Lamehadrin Bamezonot" (Atara Chocolate, 'Sova' Cakes, and more); "LeBa'aley Ta'am Adin" [for connoisseurs] (Men's fashion, 'Meshi Sachs', and more); "Latzeme'im" [for the thirsty] ('Asis' juice, 'Tasas" lemonade, and more); "De'ag Leatidcha" [secure your future] (insurance for children, Maccabi 'Atid', and more); "Shapper et B’riutcha” [improve your health] (‘Sova’ Bread, Skin Ointment ‘Astar’, and more); “Akeret HaBayit HaNevonah” [the intelligent housewife] (Cacao ‘Aka’, ‘Leshed’ Oil by ‘Yitzhar’ and more); as well as a series sponsored by the city of Tel-Aviv – “Hizaharu miTeunot Rechov” [avoid street accidents] (Do not throw fruit peels in the street, bicycle rider drive slowly, always ride on the side of the street, and more).
Charming illustrations by Peretz Ruschkewitz are printed on the cards (each card is signed in print), in colorful lithographic printing. On the reverse appear the details of the publisher and printer.
8.5X6 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Some tears to several cards.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $12,000
Unsold
A long scroll, designed as a roll of photographic film, with 18 illustrated scenes (watercolor, charcoal and pencil), in honor of the wedding of Felix Daniel Pinczower and Hilde Kamerling. [Berlin], February 3, 1935. German and some Hebrew.
On the scroll, nearly seven meters long, appear 18 illustrated scenes from the lives of the couple (mainly the groom). The large and colorful illustrations depict the couple on their wedding day (climbing a ladder), Pinczower's journey to Eretz Israel to cover the second Maccabiah (held in the same year), a family at the Sabbath table, front of the Kamerling furniture store in Berlin, Pinczower running wearing an undershirt with a Star of David, and more.
The scroll opens with "Fortsetzung folgts G.w. Bein 25 hoch das Brautpaar" and ends with the humorous inscription "Der Lauf ins glück, ein Tonfilm der Pinczower Film-comp / Hauptrollen: Hilde Kamerling, Felix Pinczower u.a.m. / Bilder, Texte, Regie: Jac Tramer" ["Race for luck" – film with sound, Pinczower Film-comp / Starring: Hilde Kamerling and Felix Pinczower / picture, text, director: Jac Tramer]. Date appears at the end of the scroll.
Felix Daniel Pinczower (1901-1993), born in Berlin, amateur sportsman, member of "Hakoach" Berlin; worked as a sports journalist and published in the newspaper Jüdisches familienblatt. As part of his journalistic work he was sent to cover the second Maccabiah, held in Tel-Aviv in 1935. He also covered the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Pinczower immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1939, together with his wife (after being arrested on Kristallnacht for five weeks). In Eretz Israel he made his living selling books. He authored a book titled "The Jewish Runner" (Der jüdische Läufer) published in Berlin in 1937, which was translated to Hebrew and published in Jerusalem in 1994.
Hilde Pinczower, neé Kamerling (1908-2010), born in Berlin, was one of the first women who studied dentistry in the 1930s, and finished her studies in the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Humboldt University) in Berlin. After their immigration to Eretz Israel, she worked as a dentist.
The information about the couple is based on the website of the Association of Israelis of Central European Origin.
Length: 680 cm, width: 50 cm. Overall good condition. Dry paper. Tears at margins. Rough tears at the end of the scroll (one of the tears is of 45 cm.). Some of the tears are restored with adhesive tape.
On the scroll, nearly seven meters long, appear 18 illustrated scenes from the lives of the couple (mainly the groom). The large and colorful illustrations depict the couple on their wedding day (climbing a ladder), Pinczower's journey to Eretz Israel to cover the second Maccabiah (held in the same year), a family at the Sabbath table, front of the Kamerling furniture store in Berlin, Pinczower running wearing an undershirt with a Star of David, and more.
The scroll opens with "Fortsetzung folgts G.w. Bein 25 hoch das Brautpaar" and ends with the humorous inscription "Der Lauf ins glück, ein Tonfilm der Pinczower Film-comp / Hauptrollen: Hilde Kamerling, Felix Pinczower u.a.m. / Bilder, Texte, Regie: Jac Tramer" ["Race for luck" – film with sound, Pinczower Film-comp / Starring: Hilde Kamerling and Felix Pinczower / picture, text, director: Jac Tramer]. Date appears at the end of the scroll.
Felix Daniel Pinczower (1901-1993), born in Berlin, amateur sportsman, member of "Hakoach" Berlin; worked as a sports journalist and published in the newspaper Jüdisches familienblatt. As part of his journalistic work he was sent to cover the second Maccabiah, held in Tel-Aviv in 1935. He also covered the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Pinczower immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1939, together with his wife (after being arrested on Kristallnacht for five weeks). In Eretz Israel he made his living selling books. He authored a book titled "The Jewish Runner" (Der jüdische Läufer) published in Berlin in 1937, which was translated to Hebrew and published in Jerusalem in 1994.
Hilde Pinczower, neé Kamerling (1908-2010), born in Berlin, was one of the first women who studied dentistry in the 1930s, and finished her studies in the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Humboldt University) in Berlin. After their immigration to Eretz Israel, she worked as a dentist.
The information about the couple is based on the website of the Association of Israelis of Central European Origin.
Length: 680 cm, width: 50 cm. Overall good condition. Dry paper. Tears at margins. Rough tears at the end of the scroll (one of the tears is of 45 cm.). Some of the tears are restored with adhesive tape.
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Auction 48 - Rare and Important Items
December 2, 2015
Opening: $1,800
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The Palestine News / Hadashot MeHa’aretz, Hebrew edition of the Weekly Newspaper of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force of the British Army in Occupied Enemy Territory. Published every Friday. G.H.O. Palestine. Price: One Egyptian Piastre. Jerusalem-Cairo, April 4, 1918 through April 10, 1919.
Volume of issues nos. 1-53 (53 issues; no other issues printed) + 10 "supplement" issues.
“Hadashot MeHa’aretz”, the Hebrew edition of the British military weekly "The Palestine News", was the first newspaper published in Eretz Israel after the British occupation, after all local newspapers were banned by the Ottoman authorities. The newspaper was printed in Jerusalem and was first published on April 4, 1918. The editorial staff, however, was ordered by the British to operate from Cairo. At the time, the newspaper’s subscribers numbered 13 and the number of readers was not much higher. The newspaper, which editorially maintained a mild Zionist attitude, was published weekly, every Friday. A total of 53 issues were published between April 1918 and April 1919, when the newspaper was closed by order of the British authorities. Two months later, in June 1919, the first issue of the daily “Hadashot Ha’aretz” – the civilian offshoot of “Hadashot MeHa’aretz” – was published in Jerusalem. In December 1919 the word “Hadashot” was omitted and the title became “Ha’aretz”, which continues to be published to this day.
Volume, 41 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Some tears and wear. Adhesive tape to several issues. Ownership inscriptions on some of the last issues.
Volume of issues nos. 1-53 (53 issues; no other issues printed) + 10 "supplement" issues.
“Hadashot MeHa’aretz”, the Hebrew edition of the British military weekly "The Palestine News", was the first newspaper published in Eretz Israel after the British occupation, after all local newspapers were banned by the Ottoman authorities. The newspaper was printed in Jerusalem and was first published on April 4, 1918. The editorial staff, however, was ordered by the British to operate from Cairo. At the time, the newspaper’s subscribers numbered 13 and the number of readers was not much higher. The newspaper, which editorially maintained a mild Zionist attitude, was published weekly, every Friday. A total of 53 issues were published between April 1918 and April 1919, when the newspaper was closed by order of the British authorities. Two months later, in June 1919, the first issue of the daily “Hadashot Ha’aretz” – the civilian offshoot of “Hadashot MeHa’aretz” – was published in Jerusalem. In December 1919 the word “Hadashot” was omitted and the title became “Ha’aretz”, which continues to be published to this day.
Volume, 41 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Some tears and wear. Adhesive tape to several issues. Ownership inscriptions on some of the last issues.
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