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
July 19, 2022
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $150
Sold for: $225
Including buyer's premium
Lithographed "Shanah Tovah" greeting card, with views of the Temple site, Rishon LeZion and Rechovot. Frankfurt: Rosenblatt, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Elegant greeting card, with two folding flaps. Decorated with views of the Temple site, Rishon LeZion and Rechovot. Flaps inscribed with the German greeting: "Glück und Segen zum Neuen Jahre"; greeting in Hebrew in center of card: "Everyone inscribed for life in Jerusalem / May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year!". With inked stamp of the artist Yosef Zvi Geiger of Safed.
12X10.5 cm (folded). Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Tears along folds. Pen inscriptions. Abrasions on verso.
Elegant greeting card, with two folding flaps. Decorated with views of the Temple site, Rishon LeZion and Rechovot. Flaps inscribed with the German greeting: "Glück und Segen zum Neuen Jahre"; greeting in Hebrew in center of card: "Everyone inscribed for life in Jerusalem / May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year!". With inked stamp of the artist Yosef Zvi Geiger of Safed.
12X10.5 cm (folded). Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Tears along folds. Pen inscriptions. Abrasions on verso.
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"Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards and Postcards
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
"Shanah Tova" greeting card decorated with pressed flowers from Safed. 1910s
Elegant card, folded as an envelope, printed in red and decorated with pressed flowers from Safed. The card, which is dated 191_ (with space to fill in the year), includes lengthy poetic greeting in Hebrew, and brief greeting in English and German. With inked stamp of the artist Yosef Zvi Geiger of Safed.
Card (open): 21X12 cm. Good condition. Stains. Inscriptions; part of name of addressee and signature scraped off.
Elegant card, folded as an envelope, printed in red and decorated with pressed flowers from Safed. The card, which is dated 191_ (with space to fill in the year), includes lengthy poetic greeting in Hebrew, and brief greeting in English and German. With inked stamp of the artist Yosef Zvi Geiger of Safed.
Card (open): 21X12 cm. Good condition. Stains. Inscriptions; part of name of addressee and signature scraped off.
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"Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards and Postcards
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![Four "Shanah Tovah" postcards. Warsaw and New York: Reznik, [1920s].
Postcards depicting scenes from Jewish life,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/130_1.jpg "Four \"Shanah Tovah\" Postcards – Reznik Press, Warsaw and New York")
![Four "Shanah Tovah" postcards. Warsaw and New York: Reznik, [1920s].
Postcards depicting scenes from Jewish life,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/130_2.jpg "Four \"Shanah Tovah\" Postcards – Reznik Press, Warsaw and New York")
![Four "Shanah Tovah" postcards. Warsaw and New York: Reznik, [1920s].
Postcards depicting scenes from Jewish life,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/130_3.jpg "Four \"Shanah Tovah\" Postcards – Reznik Press, Warsaw and New York")
![Four "Shanah Tovah" postcards. Warsaw and New York: Reznik, [1920s].
Postcards depicting scenes from Jewish life,](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/130_4.jpg "Four \"Shanah Tovah\" Postcards – Reznik Press, Warsaw and New York")
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $200
Including buyer's premium
Four "Shanah Tovah" postcards. Warsaw and New York: Reznik, [1920s].
Postcards depicting scenes from Jewish life, and various imaginary scenes: "in the cinema", "Kiddush", a porter carrying presents for the new year (including "lands in Eretz Israel"), and the Messiah riding a white donkey, carrying "salvation and consolation". Three of the postcards feature rhymed Yiddish greetings; all four were sent from São Paulo in the 1920s and 1930s (no postmarks).
14X9 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Postcards depicting scenes from Jewish life, and various imaginary scenes: "in the cinema", "Kiddush", a porter carrying presents for the new year (including "lands in Eretz Israel"), and the Messiah riding a white donkey, carrying "salvation and consolation". Three of the postcards feature rhymed Yiddish greetings; all four were sent from São Paulo in the 1920s and 1930s (no postmarks).
14X9 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
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"Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards and Postcards
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Twelve "Shanah Tovah" postcards, mostly by Williamsburg Post Card Co. and the Hebrew Publishing Co. USA, [early decades of the 20th century].
Postcards featuring Jewish motifs, such as a whale, the Tablets of the Law, portraits of Zionist rabbis, scenes from Jewish life – Kol Nidre, Bar Mitzvah, Kiddush, and children flying Simchat Torah flags – and general motifs, typical to greeting cards of the era: a drive in an automobile, pigeons depicted in front of a floral backdrop (carrying a ticket to "a voyage to Palestine"), and more.
14X9 cm. Condition varies. Significant damage and stains to one postcard. Most postcards were used.
Enclosed: "Shanah Tovah" greeting card, decorated with flowers and birds; gilt.
Postcards featuring Jewish motifs, such as a whale, the Tablets of the Law, portraits of Zionist rabbis, scenes from Jewish life – Kol Nidre, Bar Mitzvah, Kiddush, and children flying Simchat Torah flags – and general motifs, typical to greeting cards of the era: a drive in an automobile, pigeons depicted in front of a floral backdrop (carrying a ticket to "a voyage to Palestine"), and more.
14X9 cm. Condition varies. Significant damage and stains to one postcard. Most postcards were used.
Enclosed: "Shanah Tovah" greeting card, decorated with flowers and birds; gilt.
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"Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards and Postcards
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Fourteen "Shanah Tovah" greeting cards. Printed in Germany, some for "Tsentral" publishing house, Warsaw, and some for the American Jewish market, [early decades of the 20th century].
Most postcards depict scenes from Jewish life, with some featuring rhymed Yiddish greetings; others are decorated with romantic images of children, birds and flowers. All postcards are printed with "A Happy New Year" greetings in Hebrew, English and German.
14X9 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. One duplicate postcard. Some of the postcards were used.
Most postcards depict scenes from Jewish life, with some featuring rhymed Yiddish greetings; others are decorated with romantic images of children, birds and flowers. All postcards are printed with "A Happy New Year" greetings in Hebrew, English and German.
14X9 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. One duplicate postcard. Some of the postcards were used.
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"Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards and Postcards
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $300
Unsold
Some 30 "Shanah Tovah" greeting cards and postcards. Various publishers and places of publication, [early decades of the 20th century].
Included: postcards and greeting cards depicting scenes from Jewish life – prayers of the High Holy Days, Blowing the shofar, a marriage ceremony, a family on its way to the synagogue, "Birkat Habanim", and more; Biblical scenes such as the burning bush, Jacob's Dream, and others; postcards and greeting cards bearing common birds and flower motifs; pop-up cards; greeting cards decorated with scraps; and more.
Size and condition vary. Most in good-fair condition. Minor blemishes. Most were used.
Included: postcards and greeting cards depicting scenes from Jewish life – prayers of the High Holy Days, Blowing the shofar, a marriage ceremony, a family on its way to the synagogue, "Birkat Habanim", and more; Biblical scenes such as the burning bush, Jacob's Dream, and others; postcards and greeting cards bearing common birds and flower motifs; pop-up cards; greeting cards decorated with scraps; and more.
Size and condition vary. Most in good-fair condition. Minor blemishes. Most were used.
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"Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards and Postcards
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Nine photographic and illustrated greeting cards, depicting views of the Holy Land. [Palestine, first half of the 20th century].
Included: • Greeting card depicting Rachel's Tomb, printed as a checkered embroidery chart. S. Zuckerman Press, Jerusalem. • Four photographic greeting cards depicting the Western Wall, Tel Aviv port, and the "Roaring Lion" monument (commemorating the battle of Tel Hai). • Greeting card wishing a "successful year of labor and defense", portraying a Jewish Watchman ("Shomer"). • And more.
Size and condition vary.
Included: • Greeting card depicting Rachel's Tomb, printed as a checkered embroidery chart. S. Zuckerman Press, Jerusalem. • Four photographic greeting cards depicting the Western Wall, Tel Aviv port, and the "Roaring Lion" monument (commemorating the battle of Tel Hai). • Greeting card wishing a "successful year of labor and defense", portraying a Jewish Watchman ("Shomer"). • And more.
Size and condition vary.
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"Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards and Postcards
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $400
Unsold
Five medals. Europe, USA and Palestine, 18th to 20th centuries.
1. Token of English merchant and revolutionary Thomas Spence (1750-1814,) with a portrait of Lord George Gordon (1751-1793), after whom the anti-Catholic riots of 1780 in London, known as the Gordon Riots, were named. Gordon converted to Judaism, and spent the later years of his life as an observant Jew.
Obverse: portrait of Lord George Gordon, wearing a hat, facing left; legend: "Ld Geo Gordon Died In Newgate Nov I 1793." Reverse: "T. Spence Book Seller Dealer in Prints & Coins N. 8 Little Turnstile Holborn London."
Diameter: 29 mm.
2. Medal commemorating the 70th birthday of rabbi Isaac Noah Mannheimer (1793-1865). [Austria?, 1863].
Obverse: portrait of Isaac Mannheimer, wearing a hat, facing left; legend: "Dr. I. N. Mannheimer Prediger der Israelit. Gemeinde in Wien / Geb. Z. Kopenhagen 17 Oct. 1793." Reverse: the verse "I brought tidings of righteousness in a great assembly. Behold, I will not withhold my lips, O Lord, You know" (Psalms 40:10; Hebrew) and the legend "Zum Siebzigsten Geburtstage"
Diameter: 50 mm.
3. Medal commemorating the establishment of the colony Rishon LeZion (1882).
Obverse: view of the colony, the year 5642 (1882), and the verse "The first one to Zion, behold, behold them, and for Jerusalem I will give a herald" (Hebrew; Isaiah, 41:27), from which the name "Rishon LeZion" is derived (literally: "first one to Zion"); and the legend "Colony Rishon LeZion" (Hebrew).
Reverse: two arched gates, one featuring a sowing farmer and the other a prayer in the Western Wall. Above the figures appear the verses: "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget" (Hebrew; Psalms, 137:5) / O that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion (Hebrew; Psalms, 14:7).
Diameter: 28 mm. Suspension loop.
4. Medal minted for the Palestine pavilion in the Paris Colonial Exhibition in 1931.
Obverse: depiction of the Palestine pavilion, and the legend "Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris 1931."
Reverse: olive branch, and the legend "Palestine" (in Hebrew, English and Arabic.) marked: "L. Bazor."
Diameter: 32 mm.
5. Medal minted for the 50th anniversary of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver.
Obverse: "National Jewish Hospital at Denver Golden Anniversary." Reverse: "None may enter who can pay, None can pay who enter, 50 years of health & hope 1899-1949."
Diameter: 28 mm.
Condition varies.
1. Token of English merchant and revolutionary Thomas Spence (1750-1814,) with a portrait of Lord George Gordon (1751-1793), after whom the anti-Catholic riots of 1780 in London, known as the Gordon Riots, were named. Gordon converted to Judaism, and spent the later years of his life as an observant Jew.
Obverse: portrait of Lord George Gordon, wearing a hat, facing left; legend: "Ld Geo Gordon Died In Newgate Nov I 1793." Reverse: "T. Spence Book Seller Dealer in Prints & Coins N. 8 Little Turnstile Holborn London."
Diameter: 29 mm.
2. Medal commemorating the 70th birthday of rabbi Isaac Noah Mannheimer (1793-1865). [Austria?, 1863].
Obverse: portrait of Isaac Mannheimer, wearing a hat, facing left; legend: "Dr. I. N. Mannheimer Prediger der Israelit. Gemeinde in Wien / Geb. Z. Kopenhagen 17 Oct. 1793." Reverse: the verse "I brought tidings of righteousness in a great assembly. Behold, I will not withhold my lips, O Lord, You know" (Psalms 40:10; Hebrew) and the legend "Zum Siebzigsten Geburtstage"
Diameter: 50 mm.
3. Medal commemorating the establishment of the colony Rishon LeZion (1882).
Obverse: view of the colony, the year 5642 (1882), and the verse "The first one to Zion, behold, behold them, and for Jerusalem I will give a herald" (Hebrew; Isaiah, 41:27), from which the name "Rishon LeZion" is derived (literally: "first one to Zion"); and the legend "Colony Rishon LeZion" (Hebrew).
Reverse: two arched gates, one featuring a sowing farmer and the other a prayer in the Western Wall. Above the figures appear the verses: "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget" (Hebrew; Psalms, 137:5) / O that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion (Hebrew; Psalms, 14:7).
Diameter: 28 mm. Suspension loop.
4. Medal minted for the Palestine pavilion in the Paris Colonial Exhibition in 1931.
Obverse: depiction of the Palestine pavilion, and the legend "Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris 1931."
Reverse: olive branch, and the legend "Palestine" (in Hebrew, English and Arabic.) marked: "L. Bazor."
Diameter: 32 mm.
5. Medal minted for the 50th anniversary of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver.
Obverse: "National Jewish Hospital at Denver Golden Anniversary." Reverse: "None may enter who can pay, None can pay who enter, 50 years of health & hope 1899-1949."
Diameter: 28 mm.
Condition varies.
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Medals, Pins and Badges, Share Certificates, Numismatics
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $163
Including buyer's premium
Four medals and a pin, "HaKoah" and "HaGibor" sports organizations:
1. Pin of "HaGibor", Inlaid with blue and white enamel; the organization's name is flanked by a Star of David, and the year 1914. Manufacturer indicated on verso: August G. Tham (an official manufacturer of various decorations for the Nazi party).
2-4. Three medals awarded as prizes at swimming competitions of "HaKoah" club in the years 1926, 1927 and 1928. Obverse: "HaKoah" emblem surrounded by a wreath, the inscription "S.C. 'Hakoah' Schwimmfest" and the designation of the year. Reverse: on two medals – the digit I, on the third – the inscription POLO.
5. Hexagonal medal. Obverse: the emblem of "Hakoah" club, and the inscriptions "Schw. Kl. 'Hakoah' 1931, Holub-Cup II."
Size varies. Overall good condition.
1. Pin of "HaGibor", Inlaid with blue and white enamel; the organization's name is flanked by a Star of David, and the year 1914. Manufacturer indicated on verso: August G. Tham (an official manufacturer of various decorations for the Nazi party).
2-4. Three medals awarded as prizes at swimming competitions of "HaKoah" club in the years 1926, 1927 and 1928. Obverse: "HaKoah" emblem surrounded by a wreath, the inscription "S.C. 'Hakoah' Schwimmfest" and the designation of the year. Reverse: on two medals – the digit I, on the third – the inscription POLO.
5. Hexagonal medal. Obverse: the emblem of "Hakoah" club, and the inscriptions "Schw. Kl. 'Hakoah' 1931, Holub-Cup II."
Size varies. Overall good condition.
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Medals, Pins and Badges, Share Certificates, Numismatics
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Certificate, photograph and two medals issued by Betar Movement chapters in China. Tianjin and Harbin, 1931-1943.
1. Group photograph of Betar Movement youth in Tianjin, 1931. The youth are wearing the movement's uniform, and some are wearing ribbons, ranks and pins. The text on top reads "Tianjin chapter of World 'Brit Trumpeldor', 24.5.1931" (Russian).
20.5X15 cm.
2. Medal issued by Betar movement in China, to the winner in a running competition in 1934. Obverse: Betar emblem; legend: "Inter Betar, Shanghai, Tientsin, Harbin". Reverse: name of the competition.
Approx. 3X3 cm.
3. Certificate issued by Betar youth movement in Harbin, granted for winning second place in a running competition. Harbin, China, 6.6.1943. Russian (with the legend "Brit HaNo'ar HaIvri al shem Yosef Trumpeldor" in Hebrew). Ink-stamped with Betar Harbin stamp, and signed by Betar sports committee members.
[1] f., 28 cm.
4. Medal awarded to a winner in the abovementioned competition. Obverse: Betar mblem, with the legend "Betar" in Hebrew and Russian, Reverse: the name of the winner, the branch and date of competition. Approx. 2.5X3 cm. Stains.
Enclosed: A pin designed as a monogram of the letters 'ס and 'ש; possibly issued by Betar in Tianjin (the pin and the photograph come from the same source).
Condition varies. Overall good condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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![Four pins and badges. [Palestine, early-middle 1920s].
• Badge for participants of the Haifa Shavuot celebration (1932), •](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/166.jpg "Four Pins and Badges – Zionism and Palestine – Early-Middle 1920s – Ca")
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $163
Including buyer's premium
Four pins and badges. [Palestine, early-middle 1920s].
• Badge for participants of the Haifa Shavuot celebration (1932), • Driver cap badge of "HaMekasher" transportation cooperative, designed by Ze'ev Raban (see lot 343). • "Speak Hebrew!" pin (round, pale blue and white). • Star of David pin, with the letter Aleph at its center; upper margins designed to resemble a wall battlement; tapering lower margins.
Size and condition vary.
• Badge for participants of the Haifa Shavuot celebration (1932), • Driver cap badge of "HaMekasher" transportation cooperative, designed by Ze'ev Raban (see lot 343). • "Speak Hebrew!" pin (round, pale blue and white). • Star of David pin, with the letter Aleph at its center; upper margins designed to resemble a wall battlement; tapering lower margins.
Size and condition vary.
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![Twelve pins – youth movements, cities, defense organizations, and more. [Palestine and the USA, ca. 1930s-1960s].
Included](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/167.jpg "Collection of Pins – Palestine and the USA, 1930s-1960s")
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $225
Including buyer's premium
Twelve pins – youth movements, cities, defense organizations, and more. [Palestine and the USA, ca. 1930s-1960s].
Included : • a silver pin issued in commemoration of Henrietta Szold, designed by Meir Gur Aryeh, 1945. • Pin issued for of the Levant Fair, 1936. • Pin issued for the "Shavuot" celebration in Haifa, 1933. • Two pins "For the Defense of the People." • A pin bearing the emblem of "HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed". • Two pins of the "Friends of Israel" Club, Los Angeles. • And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
Included : • a silver pin issued in commemoration of Henrietta Szold, designed by Meir Gur Aryeh, 1945. • Pin issued for of the Levant Fair, 1936. • Pin issued for the "Shavuot" celebration in Haifa, 1933. • Two pins "For the Defense of the People." • A pin bearing the emblem of "HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed". • Two pins of the "Friends of Israel" Club, Los Angeles. • And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
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