Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
Early Zionist Poster - Herzl and the First Zionist Congresses - Warsaw, 1902
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Ayner fun di tzionistishe velt kongressen in Basel [one of the world Zionist congresses in Basel]. A poster published by Binyamin Halevi Teplizki. Printed by J. Sikorski, Warsaw, [1902]. Yiddish and some Hebrew (Censorship authorization in Russian from February 1902).
Early and rare poster calling to support Zionism and the Zionist Movement. A photograph of the participants of the First Zionist Congress in Basel appears in the center of the poster (in front are seen, among others, Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau and Max Emanuel Mandelstam). Printed below this photograph are names of delegates to the congress, and above the photograph appears the title "Ayner fun di tzionistishe velt kongressen in Basel" [one of the World Zionist congresses in Basel], verses from Psalms and "Ki Gadol Dr. Matityahu Herzl LaYehudim…".
On the right and left sides of the photograph appear printed texts related to Zionism. Among the texts: verses of "Hatikva" (in Yiddish) with musical notes; verses of the poem "Dort wo die Zeder" ["Where the cedars are", poem by Yitzchak Feld composed in the spirit of "Hibat Zion" movement and popular among the supporters of the Zionist movement); the goal of the "Basel Plan" ("Zionism seeks to establish a home for the Jewish people in Palestine secured under public law"); and more.
90X61.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains and mold damage. Folding marks and creases. Tears along folding lines and at margins, among them open tears (large pieces are lacking to upper and lower margins) affecting text. The poster was professionally restored and mounted on acid-free paper.
Early and rare poster calling to support Zionism and the Zionist Movement. A photograph of the participants of the First Zionist Congress in Basel appears in the center of the poster (in front are seen, among others, Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau and Max Emanuel Mandelstam). Printed below this photograph are names of delegates to the congress, and above the photograph appears the title "Ayner fun di tzionistishe velt kongressen in Basel" [one of the World Zionist congresses in Basel], verses from Psalms and "Ki Gadol Dr. Matityahu Herzl LaYehudim…".
On the right and left sides of the photograph appear printed texts related to Zionism. Among the texts: verses of "Hatikva" (in Yiddish) with musical notes; verses of the poem "Dort wo die Zeder" ["Where the cedars are", poem by Yitzchak Feld composed in the spirit of "Hibat Zion" movement and popular among the supporters of the Zionist movement); the goal of the "Basel Plan" ("Zionism seeks to establish a home for the Jewish people in Palestine secured under public law"); and more.
90X61.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains and mold damage. Folding marks and creases. Tears along folding lines and at margins, among them open tears (large pieces are lacking to upper and lower margins) affecting text. The poster was professionally restored and mounted on acid-free paper.