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Curiosities Sell Big at Jewish-Themed Auctions

30.1.2020

In his article "Marilyn Monroe’s Menorah And Other Curiosities Sell Big At Jewish-Themed Auctions", Tsadik Kaplan mentions Kedem's succesful two-part January 2020 auction.

He shines a light on three items sold in the auction - a painting of the Temple Mount by Jacob Steinhardt, a JNF poster depicting the Seven Species, and a children’s book illustrated by the famous Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzky.

 

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Letter dated 1938 by Freud to be auctioned off in Jerusalem

4.11.2019

An article announces the upcoming sale of a letter handwritten and signed by Sigmund Freud (auction 69, lot 138). 

 

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Postcard discovered of David Ben-Gurion writing, ‘State of Israel has been born "!

9.5.2019

An article mentions the sale of an autograph postcard by David Ben-Gurion, written a day after Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of the State of Israel – May 15, 1948 (auction 66, lot 163). 

 

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Early account of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising emerges

2.5.2019

The article "'We won’t die as slaves’: Early account of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising emerges", announces the sale of an early Yiddish-language report of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (auction 66, lot 153).

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Einstein letter warning of German anti-Semitism was sold at Kedem for nearly $40,000

14.11.2018

An autograph letter by Albert Einstein, warning of the dangers of growing anti-Semitism years before the Nazis rose to power, was sold at Kedem for nearly $40,000, more than double its estimate value (auction 63, item 176) - an article in The Times of Israel.

 

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Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Kiddush cup is up for auction

16.4.2018

An article announces the upcoming sale of a cup used by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Birkat HaMazon and Havdala (auction 61, lot 78)

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A Posek or a Kabbalist: Is There Really a Difference?

8.11.2016

In the article "A Posek or a Kabbalist: Is There Really a Difference?", Raizel Druxman mentions manuscripts of the Chatam Sofer and Rabbi Chaim Vital up for sale at Kedem.

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Flag from iconic ‘Exodus’ refugee ship to dock in US museum

21.1.2016

The Israeli flag that flew from the ‘Exodus’ refugee ship was sold for 144,000$ and donated by the buyers, two Jewish American brothers, to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington - an article in The Times of Israel.

 

The flag was to be auctioned publicly at Kedem, but was withdrawn after the brothers reached an agreement to buy it and then donate it to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

Meron Eren, co-founder of Kedem, was quoted saying "My personal preference is to always have national institutions as the buyers of historical items…".

 

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