Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
Extensive Collection of Postcards – Hotels and Hostels in Palestine – Late 19th Century to Late 20th Century
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $6,250
Including buyer's premium
Approx. 960 postcards depicting hotels, hostels, inns, sanatoriums and resthouses and holiday spots in Palestine (including undivided back postcards and real-photo postcards). Multiple publishers and places ("Levanon", Moscow; "Artzenu", Berlin; Eliahu Brothers; Ya'acov Ben-Dov; Monsohn; and others), late 19th to ca. 1980s.
Extensive collection depicting nearly one hundred years of tourism in Palestine in different periods, from the late Ottoman period, through Mandatory Palestine to the state of Israel.
Numerous rare postcards: postcards depicting the earliest modern hotels in Palestine – in Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa, Safed, Jericho and elsewhere; postcards depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine; postcards printed for hotels which have since gone out of business; postcards ink-stamped with official hotel stamps; etc. Especially notable are postcards depicting sanatoriums and resthouses run by the Histadrut (General Organization of Workers in Palestine/Israel), the various Kupat Cholim (HMO) organizations and insurance companies since the 1920s.
Approximately half the collection consists of postcards printed before the establishment of the state of Israel (including 40 undivided back postcards), and the other half consists of Israeli postcards dating to 1948-1980s. Arranged in two different albums and grouped by cities.
Partial list of depicted hotels:
• Jerusalem: Notre Dame de Jerusalem (undivided postcard); the Austrian hospice (undivided postcard); Grand New Hotel (undivided postcard); King David Hotel (dozens of different postcards); the YMCA (dozens of different postcards). • Tel Aviv: Hotel Ben-Nachum (rare postcard published by "Artzenu", berlin, reading: "Jew, write in Hebrew!"); San Remo Hotel; Hotel du Parc; Jerusalem Hotel; HaTzuk Hotel; and more. • Haifa: Hotel Carmel (undivided "Gruss aus" postcard); the Mount Carmel hospice run by the Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo (real-photo postcard); the Teltsch House hotel; the Savoy Hotel; and more. • Postcards from the Arza-Motza sanatorium; the resthouse Maale HaChamisha; the Kiryat Anavim guesthouse; and others. • Hundreds of additional hotels and vacation spots in Nazareth, Jericho, the Dead Sea, Safed and elsewhere.
Some 960 postcards, mostly 14X9 cm. Condition varies.
Enclosed: Color label for the Palace Hotel, a letterhead sketch for the Palatin Hotel, and more.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Extensive collection depicting nearly one hundred years of tourism in Palestine in different periods, from the late Ottoman period, through Mandatory Palestine to the state of Israel.
Numerous rare postcards: postcards depicting the earliest modern hotels in Palestine – in Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa, Safed, Jericho and elsewhere; postcards depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II's visit to Palestine; postcards printed for hotels which have since gone out of business; postcards ink-stamped with official hotel stamps; etc. Especially notable are postcards depicting sanatoriums and resthouses run by the Histadrut (General Organization of Workers in Palestine/Israel), the various Kupat Cholim (HMO) organizations and insurance companies since the 1920s.
Approximately half the collection consists of postcards printed before the establishment of the state of Israel (including 40 undivided back postcards), and the other half consists of Israeli postcards dating to 1948-1980s. Arranged in two different albums and grouped by cities.
Partial list of depicted hotels:
• Jerusalem: Notre Dame de Jerusalem (undivided postcard); the Austrian hospice (undivided postcard); Grand New Hotel (undivided postcard); King David Hotel (dozens of different postcards); the YMCA (dozens of different postcards). • Tel Aviv: Hotel Ben-Nachum (rare postcard published by "Artzenu", berlin, reading: "Jew, write in Hebrew!"); San Remo Hotel; Hotel du Parc; Jerusalem Hotel; HaTzuk Hotel; and more. • Haifa: Hotel Carmel (undivided "Gruss aus" postcard); the Mount Carmel hospice run by the Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo (real-photo postcard); the Teltsch House hotel; the Savoy Hotel; and more. • Postcards from the Arza-Motza sanatorium; the resthouse Maale HaChamisha; the Kiryat Anavim guesthouse; and others. • Hundreds of additional hotels and vacation spots in Nazareth, Jericho, the Dead Sea, Safed and elsewhere.
Some 960 postcards, mostly 14X9 cm. Condition varies.
Enclosed: Color label for the Palace Hotel, a letterhead sketch for the Palatin Hotel, and more.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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