Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction Dec 21, 2021
Kedem, Dec 21, 2021. 389 lots.
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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
Lots in this catalog (389)
- Lot 1: Elegant Inkstand with Bust of Theodor Herzl – Austria, Early 20th Century
- Lot 2: Protocol of the Katowice Conference – Hebrew Edition, 1884 – "Printed as a Manuscript"
- Lot 3: Album of Postcards Handwritten by Leo Motzkin – Sent to his Fiancée Paula Rosenblum during the Years 1898-1899 –
- Lot 4: Two Postcards from the Third Zionist Congress – Autograph Letters Signed by Leo Motzkin,
- Lot 5: Two Early Zionist Items – Booklet printed for the Sixth Maccabean Convention of the Order of Ancient Maccabeans /
- Lot 6: Beit HeChalutz – Articles and Statistics about the Borochov Training Commune in Lodz – Lodz, 1934 – Photographs
- Lot 7: Gregor Rabinowitz, Portraits from the Founding Conference of the Jewish Agency – 24 Lithographs – Zurich,
- Lot 8: Keren Hayesod – Collection of Certificates, Receipts and Other Paper Items
- Lot 9: Handwritten Certificate of Honor – Slonim JNF Committee,
- Lot 10: Collection of Calendars – JNF in Italy, 1929-1993
- Lot 11: Collection of Certificates and Receipts for Donations of Trees to JNF Forests
- Lot 12: Silver Box – "Tzedakah" – Gift of the Birmingham JNF Commission – Birmingham, 1954
- Lot 13: Collection Box for the Tel Hai Fund – Palestine, 1930s
- Lot 14: The Revisionist Movement – Collection of Stamps, Receipts and Paper Labels – 1930s-1940s
- Lot 15: Large Collection of Broadsides, Booklets,
- Lot 16: "List of Terms of the Post and Telegraph Offices of the Ottoman Empire" – Bilingual Book,
- Lot 17: The Franciscan Printing Press, Jerusalem – Publications Catalogue, 1910
- Lot 18: Two Broadsides from the days of the "War of Languages, " 1913 – The Technion and the Reali School of Haifa
- Lot 19: The Hadassah Training School for Nurses – Two Diplomas (One on Vellum) Signed by Henrietta Szold – Jerusalem,
- Lot 20: British Trilingual Propaganda Broadside – Allenby's Conquest of Jerusalem, 1917 – Arabic, French and English
- Lot 21: "Notice Illustrée sur Al-Haram Al-Sharif Jerusalem,
- Lot 22: "Economic Atlas of Palestine" – Davis Trietsch – Berlin, 1926
- Lot 23: Three Hebrew Maps of Palestine – Early 1920s
- Lot 24: Altneuland, Illustrated Monthly – First Four Issues – Warsaw, 1919 – Maps of Palestine – Yiddish
- Lot 25: Two Booklets with a Map of Tel Aviv – "The Sheinfeld Map", the First Map of Tel Aviv – 1923-1924
- Lot 26: Street Directory of Tel Aviv and Commercial Guide of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem – 1930s – Maps
- Lot 27: The Colony Netanya – Two Booklets for Donors and Tourists – Palestine, 1928 and 1937 – Cover Design by Ze'ev Raban,
- Lot 28: Third Palestine Near-East Exhibition – Logo Designed by Pesach Ir-Shai – Jaffa, 1926
- Lot 29: Programme of the Palestine General Agricultural Show, 1927 – Hebrew, Arabic, and English
- Lot 30: The Flying Camel – Humorous Haggadah for the Levant Fair – Tel-Aviv, 1932
- Lot 31: Assorted Collection of Ephemera – Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine – Autograph Postcard by Leon Simon / Visiting Card
- Lot 32: Collection of Paper Items – Educational Institutions in Palestine and Europe, 1920s-1950s – Diplomas, Grade Sheets,
- Lot 33: Collections of Programmes, Tickets and Photographs – Concerts and Musical Shows in Israel – 1920s-1960s
- Lot 34: Collection of Ephemera from Hotels in Palestine/Israel – Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Elsewhere, 1920s-50s
- Lot 35: Fundraising Campaigns in Palestine/Israel, 1940s-1950s – Labels, Receipts, Stamps and Other Paper Items
- Lot 36: The Zionist Pacifist Zvi Moshe Garti of Haifa – A Rich and Fascinating Archive – Printed Booklets,
- Lot 37: Four Mourning Posters Printed Following the Death of Illegal Immigrants – MV Struma,
- Lot 38: Certificate of an Illegal Immigrant – The "Exodus" – Poppendorf Displaced Persons Camp, 1947
- Lot 39: Embroidered Souvenir – Cyprus Detention Camps
- Lot 40: Three Works in Stone – Made by Detainees in Cyprus Detention Camps
- Lot 41: "Book of the Internment and the Exile" – Kenya,
- Lot 42: "Message from the Supreme Commander of the Etzel" – Menachem Begin's Declaration of Independence Speech – Jerusalem,
- Lot 43: The Christian Science Monitor – Issue of May 15,
- Lot 44: Dvar HaShavua – Bound Volume of Issues – Tel-Aviv, 1948
- Lot 45: Ouster of David Ben-Gurion from Mapai – Summons to appear before the Party's High Court,
- Lot 46: Dosh – Seven Political Caricatures
- Lot 47: Large Collection of Photographs – WWI Palestine – Apparently from the Photo Album of a Soldier in the Jewish Legion –
- Lot 48: Four Booklets Published for Jewish Soldiers in WWI – Prayer Books – Germany, France and the USA, 1914-1917
- Lot 49: Collection of Booklets and Journals – The Jewish Brigade and Jewish Units in the British Army – 1940s
- Lot 50: Five Song Anthologies for Jewish Soldiers in the British Army – Passover and Spring Songs – 1940s
- Lot 51: Booklet Issued by the 462nd Hebrew Transport Company, Marking the Anniversary of the Sinking of SS Erinpura – May, 1944
- Lot 52: Special Order of the Day to Allied Forces in the Mediterranean Theatre, WWII – Surrender of Axis Forces – May 2nd, 1945
- Lot 53: Souvenir of Palestine – Embroidered Fabric with the Australian Rising Sun Badge, 1941
- Lot 54: The Dreyfus Affair – Large Collection of Postcards
- Lot 55: "Psst…!" Weekly of Anti-Semitic and Anti-Dreyfusard Political Cartoons – All Issues of the First Year, Paris, 1898-99
- Lot 56: "People of the ‘Bloc, '" Two Booklets of Anti-Semitic Political Cartoons – The Dreyfus Affair – Paris,
- Lot 57: Jewish Directory for Greater Berlin,
- Lot 58: "Professor Einstein Meeting": Albert Einstein's Speech at the Royal Albert Hall – Entrance Ticket – London, October 3,
- Lot 59: Antisemitic Sign – "Jews Will Not Be Served Here"
- Lot 60: Postcard Booklet – "The Black Album" – An Early Visual Documentation of Nazi Crimes on European Soil, April 1940
- Lot 61: "From the Abyss" – Collection of Resistance Poems Written under Nazi Occupation,
- Lot 62: "The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising" by Bernard Mark – Moscow, 1944 – Cover Design by Mieczysław Berman
- Lot 63: Collection of Photographs – She'erit HaPletah in Europe – Hashomer HaTza'ir in Jordenbad DP Camp, Ziegenhain DP Camp,
- Lot 64: Collection of Photographs – "She'erit Hapletah" in Europe – Photographs from DP Camps
- Lot 65: Album of Photographs and Documents – US Army Interpreter in Post-Holocaust Bavaria
- Lot 66: Collection of Passports and Certificates Issued to Jewish Refugees in Europe, 1945-1949
- Lot 67: Collection of Books, Booklets and Periodicals Printed for "She'erit Hapletah" – Germany and Austria, 1945-1950
- Lot 68: Pictorial Review – Rescue Committee in the Displaced Persons Camps, Germany, 1948
- Lot 69: "Survivors", Engravings and Etchings by Monique Frélaut – Portraits of Holocaust Survivors – Paris,
- Lot 70: "The Holocaust in the Fields of Poligon" – Manuscript of a Long Work on the Holocaust (Typescript) – Yiddish / Drafts
- Lot 71: Three Legal Documents Pertaining to the Jews of Italy – 1698,
- Lot 72: Privilege Awarded to Two Jewish Jewelers – Modena, 1762 – Manuscript on Vellum
- Lot 73: Edicts and Regulations Regarding Jews in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1868
- Lot 74: "Der Vollständige Landadvokat" – Legal Handbook, With Texts of Jewish Marital Contracts – Brünn,
- Lot 75: Two Patents of Nobility, Signed by Holy Roman Emperors Charles VI and Joseph II – Handwritten on Vellum,
- Lot 76: Scrapbook – Springer Family – Vienna, Late 19th Century
- Lot 77: Manuscript – Poems and Stories, Parody Based on the Passover Haggadah and More – Druskininkai, Early 20th Century
- Lot 78: Collection of Photographs – Hebrew Schools – Lithuania and Belarus, 1920s-1930s – The Hebrew Gymnasium in Marijampolė,
- Lot 79: Instruction in the Mosaic Religion Translated by Isaac Leeser – Fundaments of Judaism – Philadelphia,
- Lot 80: "The Jewish Faith" by Grace Aguilar (First Edition) – Copy belonging to the Etting Family of Baltimore,
- Lot 81: The Divine Service of American Israelites for the New Year – First Reform Machzor Printed in the United States,
- Lot 82: Reform Hymn Book by Penina Moise – Published by Congregation Beth Elohim,
- Lot 83: American Jewry – Twelve Books, 19th-20th Centuries – Early Editions of Books by Isaac Leeser,
- Lot 84: Eliyahu Sidi (b. 1936) – Mikveh Israel Synagogue Building, Philadelphia – Watercolor on Paper
- Lot 85: Declaration of Common Aims of the Mid-European Nations – Bilingual Poster Issued by Twelve Representatives of
- Lot 86: Decorated Ceramic Wedding Plate – Pennsylvania, 1955
- Lot 87: Issue of the Yiddish Publication "Yungvarg" by the Toronto Workmen's Circle – Camp Yungvelt Summer Colony – Toronto,
- Lot 88: "Alexander's Hebrew Ritual…" – Guide to the Main Principles of the Jewish Faith by Levi Alexander – London,
- Lot 89: A Jewish Calendar for Sixty-Four Years, by Elias Hayim Lindo – London, 1838
- Lot 90: Catalog of Types and Decorations – German and Hebrew – Frankfurt, 1834
- Lot 91: Illustrated Guide to the Holy Places in Palestine and Vicinity – Facsimile – with Notes by Cecil Roth – London, 1929
- Lot 92: Elegies for the Ninth of Ab – Oxford, 1920 – Two Copies Formerly Owned by Cecil Roth
- Lot 93: The Birds' Head Haggadah – Facsimile Edition, Tarshish Publishing House – Jerusalem, 1965-67
- Lot 94: "Song of Solomon" – Salomon Rossi – Musical Scores for Hebrew Prayers and Liturgical Poems – Paris, 1876
- Lot 95: "In Heaven and on Earth" – A Tish'a B'Av Story in Yiddish – Lviv, 1893 – Miniature Booklet
- Lot 96: Karaite Siddur – Vilna, 1891-1892 – Four Volumes
- Lot 97: Collection of Books of Poetry, Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy – The "Haskalah" Movement – Europe, 1765-1868
- Lot 98: Three Books by Michael Levi Rodkinson – Berlin and Pressburg, 1883-84
- Lot 99: Five Books in Hebrew and Yiddish – Printed in London – Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
- Lot 100: Ephraim Deinard – Collection of Books – Europe and the United States, 1875-1920
- Lot 101: Eight Literary Anthologies in Hebrew – St. Petersburg, Berdichev, Warsaw, Berlin, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, 1881-1943
- Lot 102: Collection of Hebrew Books – History of the Jewish People, Scholarly Works and Festschrifts – Palestine,
- Lot 103: Varied Collection of Books – Zionism, Hebrew Literature, Education, Rare Editions – Inscribed by Poet Elisheva,
- Lot 104: Shai Agnon – "And the Rugged shall be made Level" – Published by Y.H. Brenner – Jaffa, 1912
- Lot 105: Shai Agnon – "And the Rugged shall be made Level" – Published by Y.H. Brenner – Jaffa, 1912
- Lot 106: "Tsveyuntsvantsik" – Book by Yehiel Dinur (Ka-Tsetnik) Warsaw, 1931 – Original Wrappers – Rare
- Lot 107: Autograph Envelope addressed by Hans Christian Andersen – Denmark
- Lot 108: Visions and Melodies, by Shaul Tchernichovsky – Two Parts, First Edition – Warsaw, 1898-1901 – Inscribed by the Author
- Lot 109: Collection of Books Inscribed by the Authors – Shaul Tchernichovsky, Zalman Shneur, Itamar Ben-Avi,
- Lot 110: Early Postcard Handwritten and Signed by Shai Agnon (who Signed "S.Y. Czaczkes") – Wiesbaden,
- Lot 111: Shai Agnon – Collection of Autograph Letters Signed – Jerusalem, 1940s to 1960s
- Lot 112: Shai Agnon – "BiLevav Yamim" and "HaShanim HaTovot" – Early Booklets – Inscribed by Agnon to Shelomo Dov Goitein
- Lot 113: "With Pushkin's 'Stone Guest'" – Lengthy Article Handwritten by Leah Goldberg,
- Lot 114: Autograph Poem by Leah Goldberg – "R.M. Rilke"
- Lot 115: Leah Goldberg – Collection of Postcards and Letters from Her Trips to Europe – Brief Impressions of Paris, Copenhagen,
- Lot 116: Uri Zvi Greenberg – Two Letters with his Signature, 1967 – "We were a generation filled with poetry,
- Lot 117: Aaron Zeitlin – Three Handwritten Poems – to Zalman Shazar, Geula Cohen, and his father,
- Lot 118: Baruch Kurzweil and Ephraim Broido – Exchange of Letters,
- Lot 119: Martin Buber – Collection of Autograph Letters / Drafts of Two Articles with His Handwritten Corrections
- Lot 120: Isaiah Berlin – Collection of Letters to Ephraim Broido, Editor of the Journal "Molad, " 1950s-1980s
- Lot 121: Five Books by Writer and Philosopher Salomo Friedlaender (Mynona) – Germany,
- Lot 122: "HaNevi'im Veha'Am" by Nathan Mileikowsky-Netanyahu – Inscribed by Mileikowsky
- Lot 123: Autograph Draft of an Article by Berl Katznelson – Response to the First Public Speech by the High Commissioner of
- Lot 124: "The Revolt" by Menachem Begin – Deluxe Edition, Autographed by Menachem Begin – Jerusalem, 1950
- Lot 125: Letter Handwritten and Signed by David Ben-Gurion – Request for Assistance with Conversion – Sde Boker, 1960
- Lot 126: "The War of the Paratroopers" – Copy Signed by Meir Har-Zion – Tel Aviv, 1968
- Lot 127: Five Books Signed by Moshe Dayan
- Lot 128: Lease Contract and Deed of Mortgage Signed by Moshe and Ruth Dayan – Nahalal,
- Lot 129: Lengthy Letter, Handwritten and Signed by Moshe Dayan to Ruth Schwartz (Dayan) – Nahalal, 1935 – "Everything is dirty,
- Lot 130: Ruth and Moshe Dayan – Two Autograph Letters – London, 1935
- Lot 131: Letter, Handwritten and Signed by Moshe Dayan, Addressed to Ruth Dayan – Israel, 1971
- Lot 132: Ruth and Moshe Dayan – Photograph by Lou Landauer, Inscribed by Ruth Dayan – Nahalal, 1935
- Lot 133: Ruth Dayan – English Autobiography Signed by the Author – Jerusalem, 1973 / Military Pass Issued to Ruth Dayan,
- Lot 134: Ruth Dayan and Maskit Fashion House – Large Collection of Letters, Documents, Photographs, Catalogues,
- Lot 135: Letter from Chief of Staff Yigael Yadin to Moshe Dayan – Signed by Yadin – Sent on the Day of his Retirement from the
- Lot 136: Collection of Letters from Leila Mantoura, Addressed to Ruth Dayan – 1977-95
- Lot 137: Albert Schweitzer – Six Paper Items with Presentation Inscriptions to Members of the Dayan Family,
- Lot 138: Seven Books – Inscribed to Moshe Dayan
- Lot 139: Six Books Inscribed to Ruth and Moshe Dayan – Inscribed by Yehonatan Geffen, Avraham Shlonsky,
- Lot 140: Avraham Haba – The Book of Ruth, Micrography on an Egg – Presented to Ruth Dayan
- Lot 141: Collection of Spinning Tops – Europe and Palestine – 19th and 20th Centuries
- Lot 142: Four Vessels – Armenian Ceramics – Karakashian-Balian Workshop
- Lot 143: Pitcher and Vase – Armenian Ceramics
- Lot 144: Music Box – HaTikvah – "Title Page for the State of Israel" by Arthur Szyk
- Lot 145: Minimalist Hanukkah Lamp – Moshe Murro – Israel, 1950s
- Lot 146: Bronze-Bound Bible, Product of Pal-Bell – Israel, early 1950s
- Lot 147: Round Brass Box – Product of Pal-Bell – Ze'ev Raban
- Lot 148: Twelve Rugs – Prominent Zionist Figures – Portrait of Chaim Nachman Bialik – Jerusalem, 1900s and 1910s
- Lot 149: Four Rugs – Theodor Herzl
- Lot 150: Forged Herzl Rug – Stalin/Herzl's Portraits – USSR and Israel