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Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 4, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Five press photographs of fighters of the Arab armies, two of them from the War of Independence. Palestine and Jordan, 1940s (one of them is possibly earlier or later).
1. Photograph of a soldier of the Arab Legion at an English base near Iraq, guarding the bombs of the "Royal Air Force". 1941.
2. Photograph of Kamel Arekat, the leader of the Jerusalemite organization "al-Futawa", raising the flag of the organization before a formation of fighters (ca. 1946-1947).
3. Photograph of a Syrian soldier of the Arab Liberation Army in the north of Palestine. 3.4.1948. Handwritten on verso of the photograph: "Photo Robert Capa".
4. Photograph of a soldier (presumably of the Arab Legion) sitting on ruins at the entrance to a house in Jerusalem. 14.7.1948.
5. Portrait photograph of a soldier wearing the uniform of the Arab Legion (date and place are not noted).
Writing and stamps on verso. Information note for the press is mounted on verso of one photograph.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. A small tear to the edge of one of them. Barcode sticker on verso of two of the photographs. One photograph has a newspaper clipping mounted on verso.
1. Photograph of a soldier of the Arab Legion at an English base near Iraq, guarding the bombs of the "Royal Air Force". 1941.
2. Photograph of Kamel Arekat, the leader of the Jerusalemite organization "al-Futawa", raising the flag of the organization before a formation of fighters (ca. 1946-1947).
3. Photograph of a Syrian soldier of the Arab Liberation Army in the north of Palestine. 3.4.1948. Handwritten on verso of the photograph: "Photo Robert Capa".
4. Photograph of a soldier (presumably of the Arab Legion) sitting on ruins at the entrance to a house in Jerusalem. 14.7.1948.
5. Portrait photograph of a soldier wearing the uniform of the Arab Legion (date and place are not noted).
Writing and stamps on verso. Information note for the press is mounted on verso of one photograph.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. A small tear to the edge of one of them. Barcode sticker on verso of two of the photographs. One photograph has a newspaper clipping mounted on verso.
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Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 4, 2019
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Two press photographs documenting Kibbutz Kfar Etzion, 1946 and 1967.
1. A photograph of two settlers riding on donkeys carrying heavy equipment on the road leading to Kfar Etzion. On verso of the photograph, a newspaper clipping is mounted, from an article which accompanied the photograph, with a date stamp – July 10, 1946.
2. A view of Kibbutz Kfar Etzion. On verso of the photograph, a press information note is mounted, dated 30.12.1967.
Kfar Etzion was first established in 1927, was abandoned several times over the years and was reestablished after the Six-Day-War.
Size of photographs: approx. 18x23 cm and 20.5x25.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Creases and minor blemishes. On verso of the photographs there are stamps, handwritten notes and barcode stickers.
1. A photograph of two settlers riding on donkeys carrying heavy equipment on the road leading to Kfar Etzion. On verso of the photograph, a newspaper clipping is mounted, from an article which accompanied the photograph, with a date stamp – July 10, 1946.
2. A view of Kibbutz Kfar Etzion. On verso of the photograph, a press information note is mounted, dated 30.12.1967.
Kfar Etzion was first established in 1927, was abandoned several times over the years and was reestablished after the Six-Day-War.
Size of photographs: approx. 18x23 cm and 20.5x25.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Creases and minor blemishes. On verso of the photographs there are stamps, handwritten notes and barcode stickers.
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Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 4, 2019
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Press photograph of Egyptian pilots returning to their base after a raid on Jewish positions during the War of Independence. Palestine, May 1948.
The photograph shows eight pilots and soldiers, with a Spitfire of the Egyptian air force in the background.
On verso of the photograph, there is a press information note (English) dated, May 31, 1948, and beneath it, a stamp of the "Planet News Ltd" agency and a stamp with the date, June 1, 1948.
Approx. 20.5x15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases and blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The photograph shows eight pilots and soldiers, with a Spitfire of the Egyptian air force in the background.
On verso of the photograph, there is a press information note (English) dated, May 31, 1948, and beneath it, a stamp of the "Planet News Ltd" agency and a stamp with the date, June 1, 1948.
Approx. 20.5x15.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor creases and blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 4, 2019
Opening: $100
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Collection of photographs and negatives by Rudolf Jonas documenting a tree-planting ceremony on Tu BiShvat (the 15th of Shvat), attended by the Mayor of Haifa Shabtai Levi. [1950].
Twelve photographs, all stamped on verso with the photographer's stamp "Rudolf Jonas, Jerusalem": * A procession of school students walking to where the ceremony takes place. * Raising the flag. * The Mayor of Haifa Shabtai Levi planting the first tree. * And more.
Each photograph is accompanied by the original negative. The collection includes three additional negative, without their photographs.
Rudolf Jonas (1898-1972), studied law in Berlin and Marburg, where he got to know the Zionist Movement and under its influence, visited Palestine in the middle of the 1920s, documenting it with his camera. In 1933, he immigrated to Palestine, living in Jerusalem, where he worked as an amateur photographer on behalf of Keren HaYesod. After the War of Independence, he moved to Haifa where he continued working as a photographer.
12 photographs + 15 negatives, average size: 6x6 cm. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Twelve photographs, all stamped on verso with the photographer's stamp "Rudolf Jonas, Jerusalem": * A procession of school students walking to where the ceremony takes place. * Raising the flag. * The Mayor of Haifa Shabtai Levi planting the first tree. * And more.
Each photograph is accompanied by the original negative. The collection includes three additional negative, without their photographs.
Rudolf Jonas (1898-1972), studied law in Berlin and Marburg, where he got to know the Zionist Movement and under its influence, visited Palestine in the middle of the 1920s, documenting it with his camera. In 1933, he immigrated to Palestine, living in Jerusalem, where he worked as an amateur photographer on behalf of Keren HaYesod. After the War of Independence, he moved to Haifa where he continued working as a photographer.
12 photographs + 15 negatives, average size: 6x6 cm. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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