Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $100
Sold for: $625
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Some 85 photographs of Palestine which belonged to a female soldier in the American army. Jerusalem and other places in Palestine (a number of photographs from Egypt), [mid 1940s].
About 65 of the photographs are in an album (mounted) and the others are loose. The photographs portray: American tent-camp in an olive orchard, worshippers at the Western Wall, Tower of David, Dome of the Rock, Foundation Stone, Bethesda Pool, YMCA building, King David Hotel, Rachel's Tomb, bridge on the Jordan River, banana grove in Jericho, Capernaum, fishermen in the Sea of Galilee, and more.
The photographs in the album are titled by hand on the album leaves (English) and are accompanied by quotations and references to verses from the Holy Scriptures.
The album also includes eight postcards, cards with pressed flowers and other decorative paper items. Some of the loose photographs are titled by hand on verso.
Enclosed: six autograph letters (English, in original envelopes), addresses to the soldier Dorothy Wells (apparently owner of the album), sent in 1944 and 1945 from different senders; American Red Cross Tours of the Holy Land, a bulletin on behalf of the Red Cross with a program of an organized tour to Palestine.
Total of about 85 photographs. Average size: approx. 9X6.5 cm. Album: approx. 19X21 cm. Good condition. Stains and some defects to some photographs. Album in good condition, with slight creases and stains to leaves. Some defects to binding.
About 65 of the photographs are in an album (mounted) and the others are loose. The photographs portray: American tent-camp in an olive orchard, worshippers at the Western Wall, Tower of David, Dome of the Rock, Foundation Stone, Bethesda Pool, YMCA building, King David Hotel, Rachel's Tomb, bridge on the Jordan River, banana grove in Jericho, Capernaum, fishermen in the Sea of Galilee, and more.
The photographs in the album are titled by hand on the album leaves (English) and are accompanied by quotations and references to verses from the Holy Scriptures.
The album also includes eight postcards, cards with pressed flowers and other decorative paper items. Some of the loose photographs are titled by hand on verso.
Enclosed: six autograph letters (English, in original envelopes), addresses to the soldier Dorothy Wells (apparently owner of the album), sent in 1944 and 1945 from different senders; American Red Cross Tours of the Holy Land, a bulletin on behalf of the Red Cross with a program of an organized tour to Palestine.
Total of about 85 photographs. Average size: approx. 9X6.5 cm. Album: approx. 19X21 cm. Good condition. Stains and some defects to some photographs. Album in good condition, with slight creases and stains to leaves. Some defects to binding.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $750
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Photo album of a Palmach soldier (apparently Aryeh Asheri-Anikster) who served in the Jerusalem area during the Independence War and later on joined IDF chain of command. Israel, 1945-1975 (about half of the photographs are from 1940s-50s).
Album with 178 photographs, among them 104 from the 1940s-50s, recording Palmach training, convoy accompaniment, armored vehicles, "Davidka" mortar, soldiers in "Jerusalem mountains and posts", "exit from Sheich Jarach in an armored vehicle", Mount Scopus, fallen Palmach soldiers, women in nurses' uniforms, and more (a number of later photographs, from infantry officers school). The rest of the album contains photographs from family events in Jerusalem and in other places, Independence Day and Jerusalem Day parties, some with the participation of rabbis. Most of the photographs are titled and dated.
178 photographs. Size of photographs varies; approx. 9X6.5 to approx. 12X18 cm. Mounted on the album leaves. Stains, creases and glue marks to some. Album: 25X17.5 cm. Good overall condition. Bound with a string. Leaves somewhat loose.
Album with 178 photographs, among them 104 from the 1940s-50s, recording Palmach training, convoy accompaniment, armored vehicles, "Davidka" mortar, soldiers in "Jerusalem mountains and posts", "exit from Sheich Jarach in an armored vehicle", Mount Scopus, fallen Palmach soldiers, women in nurses' uniforms, and more (a number of later photographs, from infantry officers school). The rest of the album contains photographs from family events in Jerusalem and in other places, Independence Day and Jerusalem Day parties, some with the participation of rabbis. Most of the photographs are titled and dated.
178 photographs. Size of photographs varies; approx. 9X6.5 to approx. 12X18 cm. Mounted on the album leaves. Stains, creases and glue marks to some. Album: 25X17.5 cm. Good overall condition. Bound with a string. Leaves somewhat loose.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
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A fighter throwing a hand grenade. Photofraph by Boris Carmi. Tel-Aviv, 1947.
A photograph depicting a fighter throwing a hand grenade during the battle in Tel-Aviv, in "Volozhny" post opposite Abu Kabir. Signed on verso with photographer's ink-stamp: "ב. כרמי, Copyright B. Carmi" and titled (by hand).
18.5X25 cm. Good condition. Some wear.
A photograph depicting a fighter throwing a hand grenade during the battle in Tel-Aviv, in "Volozhny" post opposite Abu Kabir. Signed on verso with photographer's ink-stamp: "ב. כרמי, Copyright B. Carmi" and titled (by hand).
18.5X25 cm. Good condition. Some wear.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,750
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Twenty three photographs of IDF and "Haganah" soldiers in the War of Independence, from the archive of "Maariv" newspaper. Jerusalem, Nes Ziona, Nizanim and other places. [ca. 1947-1948].
Among the photographs: Soldiers in an Egyptian Spitfire aircraft which was shot down over Nes Ziona on 18.5.1948; Chief rabbi of Israel, Yitzchak Isaac Halevi Herzog, congratulates IDF soldiers in the handing of the flag ceremony on 6.7.1948; Three-volley salute on a grave of a fallen soldier in the northern front; Convoy of fighters carrying equipment on donkeys in the hills; IDF soldier training rappelling; Photograph of a "Haganah" post on top of the windmill in "Mishkenot Sha'ananim" neighborhood shortly before its bombardment; Children dig pits; and more.
The photographs are ink-stamped on verso by the photographers: "Ben Rothenberg"; "Hans H. Pinn"; "Eizenstark J.Y."; "A.J. Rosenblueth"; "Robert Mühlstok".
Handwritten inscriptions and ink-stamps on verso of most photographs.
Photographs approx. 9X14 - 16X18 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Some photographs with stains, creases, small holes and defects.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.
Among the photographs: Soldiers in an Egyptian Spitfire aircraft which was shot down over Nes Ziona on 18.5.1948; Chief rabbi of Israel, Yitzchak Isaac Halevi Herzog, congratulates IDF soldiers in the handing of the flag ceremony on 6.7.1948; Three-volley salute on a grave of a fallen soldier in the northern front; Convoy of fighters carrying equipment on donkeys in the hills; IDF soldier training rappelling; Photograph of a "Haganah" post on top of the windmill in "Mishkenot Sha'ananim" neighborhood shortly before its bombardment; Children dig pits; and more.
The photographs are ink-stamped on verso by the photographers: "Ben Rothenberg"; "Hans H. Pinn"; "Eizenstark J.Y."; "A.J. Rosenblueth"; "Robert Mühlstok".
Handwritten inscriptions and ink-stamps on verso of most photographs.
Photographs approx. 9X14 - 16X18 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Some photographs with stains, creases, small holes and defects.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $700
Sold for: $2,750
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Thirteen photographs of Jerusalem during the Independence War from the archive of "Maariv" newspaper. Jerusalem, [ca. 1947-1948].
Among the photographs: IDF forces move in an Arab neighborhood in the east of the city; Positioning a canon on wooden wheels in Jerusalem; a Jewish guard and Israeli flag at the entrance to the police station "Machne Yehudah"; Beit Mandelbaum after the bombardment by the Jordanian Legion; a Jewish young woman armed with a rifle and hand-grenades; Arab children at a stand for selling ammunition in the Old City; Soldiers carry coffins in a military funeral; and more.
Photographs are titled by hand and ink-stamped on verso. Eleven photographs are stamped "Eizenstark J.Y.".
Approx. 18X13 - 8X11 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.
Among the photographs: IDF forces move in an Arab neighborhood in the east of the city; Positioning a canon on wooden wheels in Jerusalem; a Jewish guard and Israeli flag at the entrance to the police station "Machne Yehudah"; Beit Mandelbaum after the bombardment by the Jordanian Legion; a Jewish young woman armed with a rifle and hand-grenades; Arab children at a stand for selling ammunition in the Old City; Soldiers carry coffins in a military funeral; and more.
Photographs are titled by hand and ink-stamped on verso. Eleven photographs are stamped "Eizenstark J.Y.".
Approx. 18X13 - 8X11 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
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18 press photographs from Palestine. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Netanya, Yagur, Sdot Yam and other places, 1939-1958 (most photographs from the second half of 1940s).
Among the photographs: British soldiers conduct searches in Kibutz Sdot Yam; British tanks search for mines near Kibutz Yagur; Jewish civilians and children arrested in a street, Jerusalem, following explosion of three control posts; military curfew in Netanya, and more.
On verso of most of the photographs appear ink-stamps of news agencies, information notes for the press (English) and handwritten captions.
Size and condition vary. Average size: approx.. 17.5X23.5 cm. Good overall condition.
Among the photographs: British soldiers conduct searches in Kibutz Sdot Yam; British tanks search for mines near Kibutz Yagur; Jewish civilians and children arrested in a street, Jerusalem, following explosion of three control posts; military curfew in Netanya, and more.
On verso of most of the photographs appear ink-stamps of news agencies, information notes for the press (English) and handwritten captions.
Size and condition vary. Average size: approx.. 17.5X23.5 cm. Good overall condition.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $150
Sold for: $550
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11 press photographs of Tel Aviv from the time of the British Mandate and the Israeli War of Independence (most photographs are from the end of the British Mandate). Tel Aviv, 1945-1948.
Photographs include:
British soldiers patrol a street where stones were thrown; a British flower truck burning; a mob raids the British food chain "Spinney"; sale of milk during a British curfew intermission; British soldiers investigate suspects for being involved in underground actions (on a wall in the background - graffiti supporting the Soviet Union); the old central bus station after an Egyptian air raid (on May 18,1948); bathers on the beach during a temporary truce (photograph by Beno Rothenberg, signed with his ink stamp); and more.
Most of the photographs are described on the reverse on a press information label (English). Ink stamps appear on some: "Keystone", "New York Times Photos", and other ink stamps.
Size and condition vary. Average size: 20.5X15.5 cm. Fair-good overall condition.
Photographs include:
British soldiers patrol a street where stones were thrown; a British flower truck burning; a mob raids the British food chain "Spinney"; sale of milk during a British curfew intermission; British soldiers investigate suspects for being involved in underground actions (on a wall in the background - graffiti supporting the Soviet Union); the old central bus station after an Egyptian air raid (on May 18,1948); bathers on the beach during a temporary truce (photograph by Beno Rothenberg, signed with his ink stamp); and more.
Most of the photographs are described on the reverse on a press information label (English). Ink stamps appear on some: "Keystone", "New York Times Photos", and other ink stamps.
Size and condition vary. Average size: 20.5X15.5 cm. Fair-good overall condition.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
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39 photographs of ETZEL and LEHI detainees in Gilgil, Kenya. [Gilgil, 1947-1948].
The photographs depict: theater shows, the synagogue in the camp, football team, raising the flag of Israel in a sports court, dormitories, detainees near an aircraft upon their return to the country, and more.
Size and condition vary. Average size: 9X6 cm. Good overall condition. Slight defects and stains to some of the photographs (mainly at margins and on verso). Ink stamps on verso of some photographs.
The photographs depict: theater shows, the synagogue in the camp, football team, raising the flag of Israel in a sports court, dormitories, detainees near an aircraft upon their return to the country, and more.
Size and condition vary. Average size: 9X6 cm. Good overall condition. Slight defects and stains to some of the photographs (mainly at margins and on verso). Ink stamps on verso of some photographs.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $500
Sold for: $813
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60 press photographs from the Six Day War period. Jerusalem, El-Arish, Quneitra, Aman, Gaza Strip and other location. June 1967 (several earlier or later photographs).
Among the photographs: Israeli tanks advance toward Beit Iksa; IDF soldiers raise the Israeli flag after the occupation of El-Arish; boys digging defense pits in Tel-Aviv; IDF soldiers on the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem; Israeli missiles ship in the Tiran Straits; Israeli fighter aircraft above Amman; Moshe Dayan and Levi Eshkol with IDF officers on the Syrian border; Israeli soldier looking at Jordanian prisoners on the Allenby Bridge; Photograph of Yitzchak Rabin, Moshe Dayan and Uzi Narkis entering the Old City; President Zalman Shazar at the Western Wall during the war; and more.
Ink-stamps and information labels on verso of most of the photographs. Several photographs with pen inscription on verso. One photograph appears in two copies. Most photographs are out of focus.
Size and condition vary. Average size: approx. 24X18 cm. Good overall condition.
Among the photographs: Israeli tanks advance toward Beit Iksa; IDF soldiers raise the Israeli flag after the occupation of El-Arish; boys digging defense pits in Tel-Aviv; IDF soldiers on the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem; Israeli missiles ship in the Tiran Straits; Israeli fighter aircraft above Amman; Moshe Dayan and Levi Eshkol with IDF officers on the Syrian border; Israeli soldier looking at Jordanian prisoners on the Allenby Bridge; Photograph of Yitzchak Rabin, Moshe Dayan and Uzi Narkis entering the Old City; President Zalman Shazar at the Western Wall during the war; and more.
Ink-stamps and information labels on verso of most of the photographs. Several photographs with pen inscription on verso. One photograph appears in two copies. Most photographs are out of focus.
Size and condition vary. Average size: approx. 24X18 cm. Good overall condition.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Six photographs of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, from the period of signing the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, 1977-1978.
1-4. Four press photographs recording the visit of Sadat in Israel in 1977, two years prior to the peace treaty with Egypt.
5. A photograph recording the famous handshake between Begin, Carter and Sadat after signing the Camp David agreements, 1978.
6. Photograph portraying Begin and Sadat shaking hands in Camp David, 1978. Signed on the reverse: "Photography - Moshe Milner, Government Press Office".
6 photographs, approx. 18X13 cm. Good condition. Scribbles and many inscriptions in pen and pencil on the reverse, (preparations for print) and markings in pen to edges of one of the photographs.
1-4. Four press photographs recording the visit of Sadat in Israel in 1977, two years prior to the peace treaty with Egypt.
5. A photograph recording the famous handshake between Begin, Carter and Sadat after signing the Camp David agreements, 1978.
6. Photograph portraying Begin and Sadat shaking hands in Camp David, 1978. Signed on the reverse: "Photography - Moshe Milner, Government Press Office".
6 photographs, approx. 18X13 cm. Good condition. Scribbles and many inscriptions in pen and pencil on the reverse, (preparations for print) and markings in pen to edges of one of the photographs.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 9, 2018
Opening: $400
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About 75 photographs, documenting demonstration in Israel, from the archive of "Maariv" newspaper. Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and other places, 1971 (few photographs are earlier).
Among the photographed events: demonstration opposite the Knesset against withdrawal from the occupied territories; demonstration of "Bnei Yehuda" soccer team fans against "Sports Association"; Beitar activists try to burst into the Temple Mount and hoist the Israeli flag; confrontations between policemen and demonstrators in Beit Dagan; demonstrations in Jerusalem of orthodox Jews against autopsies; demonstration of "Neturei Karta" in "Mea Shearim"; Demonstration and fast for Russian Jews (most probably in the framework of "Let my People Go" movement); a demonstration in London supporting Iraqi Jews, (with participation of Haim Topol and Dalia Lavi); and more.
One photograph appears in two copies. Most photographs are titled, dated by hand and ink-stamped on verso.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: "Maariv" Newspaper archive.
Among the photographed events: demonstration opposite the Knesset against withdrawal from the occupied territories; demonstration of "Bnei Yehuda" soccer team fans against "Sports Association"; Beitar activists try to burst into the Temple Mount and hoist the Israeli flag; confrontations between policemen and demonstrators in Beit Dagan; demonstrations in Jerusalem of orthodox Jews against autopsies; demonstration of "Neturei Karta" in "Mea Shearim"; Demonstration and fast for Russian Jews (most probably in the framework of "Let my People Go" movement); a demonstration in London supporting Iraqi Jews, (with participation of Haim Topol and Dalia Lavi); and more.
One photograph appears in two copies. Most photographs are titled, dated by hand and ink-stamped on verso.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: "Maariv" Newspaper archive.
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Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
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33 press photographs, from the archive of "Maariv" newspaper. Israel, 1972-1980.
Photographs depicting "Black Panthers" and "Kachol Lavan" demonstrations, in protest against racial discrimination and discrimination against those living in peripheral areas. The photographs depict, among others, confrontations with the police during demonstrations in Shchunat HaTikva, in Shalom Shabazi neighborhood and in Mevasseret Yerushalayim and raising protest signs about poor neighborhoods. Most photographs are ink-stamped on verso, titled and dated.
Average size 22X16.5 cm (some smaller or larger). Condition varies, good overall condition.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.
Photographs depicting "Black Panthers" and "Kachol Lavan" demonstrations, in protest against racial discrimination and discrimination against those living in peripheral areas. The photographs depict, among others, confrontations with the police during demonstrations in Shchunat HaTikva, in Shalom Shabazi neighborhood and in Mevasseret Yerushalayim and raising protest signs about poor neighborhoods. Most photographs are ink-stamped on verso, titled and dated.
Average size 22X16.5 cm (some smaller or larger). Condition varies, good overall condition.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.
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