Bidspirit auctions | MDLD Auction House Auction Dec 18, 2018
MDLD Auction House, Dec 18, 2018. 350 lots, estimates 60 $.
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Ben-Tzion Wax was born in Tel Aviv in 1936. He was one of the biggest collectors in Israel. He started collecting stamps at age 10, then coins, banknotes, famous signatures/autographs, art, judaica, old books, silver, and items pertaining to pre-State Israel. Wax even collected unique birds, massive fish tanks and more.
In 1983 he moved with his family to Ramot HaShavim. Ben-Tzion Wax died suddenly and unexpectedly in 2017, in the backyard of his home, among the animals he took care of and loved.
Lots in this catalog (350)
- Lot 1: The wedding invitation of Rabbi Dov Silberman from 1928.
- Lot 2: 18th century rabbinical handwritten letter; identity still unknown.
- Lot 3: 18th century Rabbinical handwritten letter; identity still unknown.
- Lot 4: 18th century Rabbinical handwritten letter; identity still unknown.
- Lot 5: Lot of 4 invitations of rabbes: 1.The wedding invitation of Miriam Yuta,
- Lot 6: The wedding invitation of Yisrael Shlita by R' Yechiel Leifer of Nadvorna and son in law of the Rav of Chalisa.
- Lot 7: One month before his death, R' Moshe Yehoshua Hager from Viznitz, invites to the wedding of his son,
- Lot 8: A letter from 1941 signed by R' Moshe Belavi, to Dr. Baruch Kirsch. R' Belavi was, at the time of the letter,
- Lot 9: The bar mitzvah invitation of Yehoshua, the grandson of R' Shmeryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky Shlita.
- Lot 11: 1. The logo of "Beit Haroshet", the Haifa factory in the time of the British Mandate, that produced matza. Very rare.
- Lot 10: R' Shmeryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky Shlita invites to the bar mitzvah of his grandson, Yitzchak.
- Lot 12: Rabbinical office of the Jewish community in Jerusalem, signed by R' Hillel Zaks
- Lot 13: Two bar mitzvah invitations for twins, Yehoshua and Heschel Yitzhak, grandsons of R' Avraham Chaim Rata.
- Lot 14: Wedding invitation of Isser Yehuda, grandson of R' Dzimitrovsky. The bride, Miriam,
- Lot 17: A handwritten letter from 1947, in excellent condition, by R' Shmuel Weinberg Shlita of Bnei Brak.
- Lot 15: Bar mitzvah invitation of Yaakov Yisrael, grandson of R' Chaim Kanievsky Shlita.
- Lot 16: A handwritten letter by the "Be'er Yakov", R' Yaakov Yissachar Ber Rosenbaum, The Admor of Nadvorna.
- Lot 20: 65 letters of The Chief Rabbinate of Eretz-Israel. They are all in excellent condition,
- Lot 19: Two receipts from Yeshivat "Torat Chaim" with the signature of R' Yosef Eliyahu Winograd in very good condition.
- Lot 18: Four signatures of R' Zalman Yosef Halevi Soloveitchik (1874-1942).
- Lot 21: Twelve receipts from Yeshivat "Torat Chaim" with signatures from important rabbis and heads of yeshivas. 1.
- Lot 24: 7 forms with signatures of R' Isser Zalman Melzer (1870-1953) and R' Zalman Zeleiznik (1887-1975).
- Lot 23: A beautiful, elaborate dedication by R' Yitzhak Isaac Halevi Yungreiss to R' Amram Halevi Yungreiss Shlita,
- Lot 22: Three documents with R' Tzvi Pesach Frank's (1873-1961) signature.
- Lot 25: In this lot, three items: 1. certificate of single status signed by Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman (Tel Aviv) 2.
- Lot 26: A rare receipt from Yeshivat Gur with signature of Avraham Mordechai Alter and the official stamp of the yeshiva.
- Lot 27: A rare certificate of divorce from 1932, in very good condition,
- Lot 28: A wedding certificate from 1954 with the signature of R' Pesach Kukis (Chief Rabbi of Bat Yam for more than 40 years).
- Lot 29: An important collection containing Egypt's rabbinical history. Among the lot: A signed letter by R' Dr. Moshe Ventura,
- Lot 30: Two engagement contracts ("Tenaim" documents): 1. 1931, Romania.
- Lot 32: A collection of documents and three Eretz Yisrael yearly calendars from R' Yechiel Michal Tuchachinsky.
- Lot 31: Two signed documents, a wedding permit and a court ruling, signed by: R' Yosef Qafih (Rabbi Kapach),
- Lot 33: A letter from 1938 that was sent to the Jewish community in America,
- Lot 34: 1. An original pencil drawing, signed by the artist, of the chazzan R' Nissim Moshe Baruch (Sofia,
- Lot 35: Chabad: 111 pamphlets of Dvar Malchut (2012-2015) and a calendar from 1998\99
- Lot 37: An announcement of mourning by Hevra Kadisha in 1922 in Budapest. Very good condition.
- Lot 38: A very rare framed picture of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Shneerson, wife of the Admor Shlita.
- Lot 36: A poem\song in Hebrew of praise to King Stanislaw August Poniatowski (1732-1798).
- Lot 40: A bar mitzvah announcement from 1935 in the Friedenstempel Synogogue in the Charlottenburg neighborhood of Berlin.
- Lot 39: A Prayer Book (siddur) for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers from WW2, 1941, issued by H.M. Stationary Office,
- Lot 42: A photo album from '68 right commemorating and celebrating R' Shlomo Goren's induction as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv,
- Lot 43: Three items with Harav Chanan Porat's signature: Two stamped envelopes (one from 16/5/1948 and one from 5/6/97) and
- Lot 41: Two receipts from The American Central Relief Committee, one from 1923 and one from 1924.
- Lot 44: A fascinating inscribed book: Monarchia Hebraeorum from 1685. Condition is good;
- Lot 45: Tzedaka and Rachamim by R' Rachamim Melamed Cohen, with handwritten inscription and signature by author.
- Lot 47: Yearbook 1953 - Yiddish. Inscribed and signed by author, Avraham Mitelbarg to Aryeh Dulzin (Jewish Agency).
- Lot 46: Tehillim with exegesis from "Shalag", Samuel Leib Gordon (1865-1933)
- Lot 48: Inscription by Menachem Porush to head council of Ramat Gan in the days of Krinitzi. Eidut Yisrael U'L'Amim
- Lot 49: Avoda Tama . Jerusalem. R' Yehoshua Kaniel (1896-1970). Good condition; loose binding.
- Lot 51: Inscription by R' Zev Aryeh Rabiner to R' Yitzchak Pomerantz. 1953. Very good condition.
- Lot 50: Inscription by R' Yisrael Lau for a bar mitzvah. Very good condition.
- Lot 52: Mikhmannei Ouziel: Inscription by author, R' Ben-Zion Meir Uziel (1880-1953),
- Lot 53: HaMadot L'Cheker HaHalacha Part 1. Inscription by author, R' Moshe Avigdor Amiel. Good condition,
- Lot 54: HaMadot L'Cheker HaHalacha Part 2. Inscription by author to R' Yaakov Moshe Charlap. Good condition.
- Lot 55: Vayaged Moshe by R' Vizgan, with inscription and signature by author. Very good condition.
- Lot 56: Mashberei Yam by R' Mordechai Yaffe Schlesinger. Inscription by author to R' Raphael HaCohen Kook. Very good condition.
- Lot 57: Collection of religious books and booklets with authors' inscriptions: 1.
- Lot 58: Midrash Shmuel . 1713. Pirkei Avot with explanations by Rashi and Midrash Shmuel
- Lot 59: Eshel Avraham by R' Avraham Yaakov Neimark. With handwriting and signature by author.
- Lot 60: A beautiful set of five machzors designed by Bezalel (Jerusalem) Excellent condition. 1951. Original casing.
- Lot 63: Ba'al Shem Tov. Printed in New York, 1948 Stamp and signature of the Admor R' Chaim Yehuda Meir Hager of Visheve.
- Lot 61: A set of three beautiful machzors, designed by Bezalel (Jerusalem).
- Lot 62: Toldot Aharon, Amsterdam 1652 with Toldot Yaakov, first edition.
- Lot 64: Midrash Yavetz - Breishit, 1911. Signed by R' Benyamin Yerushalimsky, son of R' Moshe Nachum Yerushalimsky (1855-1916).
- Lot 67: Pessach Hagaddah, 2013, with an inscription by Miri Regev.
- Lot 65: Siddur Tefilat Yisrael . Vienna, 1871. Beautiful ivory cover, with gold edged pages. Halachot by R' Dr.
- Lot 66: A collection of books by R' Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook
- Lot 68: The Life of Man , R' Avraham Danzig (1748-1820), 1879.
- Lot 69: ladino
- Lot 70: R' Akiva
- Lot 71: מסילת ישרים
- Lot 72: Tashbaz, Part 3, Amsterdam 1738. Missing binding and moth damage. Four covers.
- Lot 74: Ben Hamelech V'HaNazir , Zhitomir (Ukraine), 1873. New binding, some stains but otherwise good condition.
- Lot 73: Taam Zekenim, Frankfort, 1854. Missing binding and some moth damage.
- Lot 75: Arugas HaBosem . Amsterdam, 1730. New binding, some moth damage. Otherwise very good condition.
- Lot 78: Matzmiach Yeshua, 1781. Moth damage but otherwise good condition.
- Lot 76: Tzida Baruch , first edition, Prague, 1786. Moth damage. Decent condition.
- Lot 77: Five Books of Moses. Berlin, 1701. Good condition.
- Lot 79: Midrash Rabot, Franfkfort. Rare edition. New binding, some tears in the page corners and some moth damage.
- Lot 81: A Jewish food card
- Lot 82: An important collection related to Adolf Eichmann: 1. A letter signed by Gideon Hausner,
- Lot 80: Talmud Yerushalmi: Mesechet Shabat. Zhitomir (Ukraine), 1860. Moth damage, without binding.
- Lot 83: A nazi, anti semitic book, Juden hinter Stalin , by Dr. R. Komoss, 1939. In it,
- Lot 85: Rare document of a Holocaust survivor of "Poale Zion" (Workers of Zion)
- Lot 86: Three handwritten (and signed) letters by Elie Wiesel, on his personal Boston University stationary,
- Lot 84: Very rare- An antisemitic caricature, portraying Jews being the ones behind Communism.
- Lot 87: Bezalel - photo album encased in an olive wood cover. On the front is written: "Bethlehem" and has a drawing of camels.
- Lot 90: Yitzchak Rabin lot! 1. Package honoring the memory of Rabin: includes a first day issued stamp and envelope. 2.
- Lot 89: Bezalel - Photo album with decorative copper plaque with image of Herzl.
- Lot 88: Bezalel - Photo album with a decorative copper plaque with the image of Migdal David.
- Lot 91: A graduate's certificate awarded to Eliezer Pomerantz from the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium,
- Lot 93: "Hebrew Stage" - a complete album with pictures of actors. From the 30's.
- Lot 94: Three items related to Eliezer Ben Yehuda and Hemda Ben Yehuda, his second wife (she was the sister of Devora,
- Lot 92: Collection from Shalom Medina (1915-2002) from his personal archives. Israel, from 1948.
- Lot 96: גלויות מאוירות - מועדי ישראל - חנן פישר- שנות החמישים
- Lot 95: Four sweet and special postcards from Israel in the 1950's. Beautiful, very colorful drawings of children and flowers.
- Lot 97: Very rare post card. Printed in Russia. Colorful, detailed illustrations of national and religious (Jewish) characters.
- Lot 98: A photograph of Kibbutz Arlozorov Kaunas from 1934 before the Second Aliyah
- Lot 100: Post cards: caricatures of British soldiers in Egypt.
- Lot 101: An extremely rare postcard, handwritten and signed, by Dr. Adam Graber. Warsaw, 1916.
- Lot 99: A program for a play of the Jewish Theatre in Kaunas (second largest city in Lithuania).
- Lot 102: Two photographs from the establishment of "HeChalutz" in Grodno (Hrodna).
- Lot 104: Two pocket photo albums with original black and white photographs from the training camps in Brazil,
- Lot 105: Two photographs: One of Jewish children in a sports club from Leipzig, Germany.
- Lot 103: Photographs from the training camp of HeChalutz in Grodno.
- Lot 106: Two ideological booklets. One by Yonatan Ratosh (1908-1981), an Israeli poet and founder of the Canaanite movement.
- Lot 108: Nine booklets from Keren Kayemet L'Yisrael and Keren HaYesod ,
- Lot 107: Holy Land fluers et vues . Flowers from the Holy Land.
- Lot 109: A handmade photograph album made of embroidered leather. Australian soldiers in Alexandria, Egypt and in Asmara,
- Lot 111: One lira banknote. Anglo-Palestine. Condition VF. Red number F086116
- Lot 110: Two coins, 25 mil. Aluminum. First coin under Jewish rule since Bar Kochba revolt. VG. תש"ט VG-fine
- Lot 112: Five Ottoman banknotes consisting of: two 1 lira, two 10 Qirsh, one 20 Qirsh.
- Lot 113: 5 lira banknote from Anglo-Palestine bank. Blue # 187471. Grading VF.
- Lot 114: A banknote in the amount of 50 new shekels. 2014. Bank of Israel. Four brown stripes. Grading F.
- Lot 115: A banknote in the amount of 50 shekels. Bank of Israel. 1978. Four brown stripes. Grading F.
- Lot 116: A banknote in the amount of one Eretz Yisrael lira. Anglo-Palestine Bank Intl. Perspex F. Grading VG. Red # 740364
- Lot 118: 5 Egyptian pound banknote. 1958. Grading UN. From the days of King Farouk.
- Lot 119: שטר 50 שקלים "בן גוריון". מסדרת 1978. עם ארבעה פסים שחורים בצידו האחורי. מצב VF
- Lot 121: 100 new banknotes, about 5 Ukrainian coupons, after the fall of the USSR. From 1994. Grading UNC
- Lot 122: Three unique banknotes: One Israeli lira banknote, 1955. Mistake: without a serial number. Grading F.
- Lot 123: Five banknotes: 1. Canadian dollar, 1923, green stamp, #C5840379, grading VG 2. Canadian dollar, 1923, black stamp,
- Lot 124: Three rare banknotes from Nicaragua: Communist Revolution began in the country in 1979.
- Lot 125: Bronze medallion. 80mm, 175g. From Carregal do Sal, Portugal.
- Lot 126: Thirty eight asimonim in a decorative Chinese chest. One asimon from Bezek,
- Lot 127: A collection of three banknotes of a scenery/landscape series.
- Lot 128: Full series of five Israeli banknotes, 1958.
- Lot 129: Eight medallions from a series of ancient cities in Israel. Four made of silver; four of bronze. Very good condition.
- Lot 131: A set of medallions: 25 years to the State of Israel 1. silver medallion, 935, 47g. 2.
- Lot 130: An early mock-up by security efforts to detect and identify the 5 lira banknote "HaPoel", 1958 (PROF no 11/893).
- Lot 132: Silver 999 medallion - Reuven Rubin. Designed by Salvador Dali. Number 1116 of 1250. 107g.
- Lot 135: 50nis banknote from 2007. PMG grading: 66 Gem Unc
- Lot 134: Banknote of 200 shekels. 2015. PMG grading of 65, signed by Karnit Flug.
- Lot 133: 41 play coins, from casinos from Israel and all over the world. Very good condition.
- Lot 139: Bank of Israel bill for 5 Israeli liras. #000088 (low). PMG grading: 64
- Lot 137: Silver dollar bill. Big, black vulture. 1899. VG
- Lot 138: Bank of Israel banknote of 5 Israeli liras. #000099. PMG with a grading of 64
- Lot 142: Banknote of 500 pruta, 1955. Grading UNC. serial number: מ861272
- Lot 140: 100 nis banknote. 1986. Single signature, Bank Governer, Moshe Mandelbaum. Grading UNC. #1160553504
- Lot 141: Banknote of 200 nis, Series א', Zalman Shazar. 1991. Grading UNC. #2080181932
- Lot 143: A special 50 nis banknote commemorating 50 years of the State of Israel. Portrait of Shai Agnon. 1988.
- Lot 144: Two banknotes from Bank Leumi: 1. about 1 lira, #N512435, grading G, faded but complete, two writings on the bill. 2.
- Lot 146: Bank note from Russia for 1000 rubles. From 1919.
- Lot 145: Banknote for one Eretz Yisrael lira. 1948. Anglo Palestine. number: E637393. Grading VG-Fine. Bill is complete,
- Lot 148: Banknote of 2 dollars with the portrait of Judah Benjamin, the first Jew to be elected to the U.S.
- Lot 147: A prestigious framed award (with encased medallion) and seven Jersalem of Gold medallions.
- Lot 150: Special mementos from jubilee celebration of Israel including coins and medallions.
- Lot 149: אוסף אריה דולצ'ין
- Lot 151: 192 banknotes from Eretz Yisrael.
- Lot 152: 18 international reply coupons. From varying countries (Australia, Britain, U.S.A., Israel) and years (1951, 1952,
- Lot 153: Two consecutive memorabilia banknotes. Bank of Israel. Serial numbers 363 and 364. Packaged; condition is like new.