Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $2,000
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Souvenirs d'Orient, album pittoresque des sites, villes et ruines les plus remarquables de la Terre-Sainte, photographié et édité par Félix Bonfils. Published by Chez l'auteur, Alais (Gard), France 1887.
“Souvenir from the East”, one hundred photographs from a journey to Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Greece and Turkey. 50 Cardboard boards, 2 photographs pasted on each board, described in French. 48 photographs from Eretz Israel. Size of each photo 7.5X9.5 cm. Album: 18X30 cm. (original binding) General condition good. Slight wear to binding, loose boards.
“Souvenir from the East”, one hundred photographs from a journey to Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Greece and Turkey. 50 Cardboard boards, 2 photographs pasted on each board, described in French. 48 photographs from Eretz Israel. Size of each photo 7.5X9.5 cm. Album: 18X30 cm. (original binding) General condition good. Slight wear to binding, loose boards.
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![Three photographs by Felix Bonfils (1831-1885). [Late 19th cent.].
"Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. 26X21 cm. * Jerash (Jorda](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/056.jpg "Felix Bonfils – Three Photographs")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $200
Unsold
Three photographs by Felix Bonfils (1831-1885). [Late 19th cent.].
"Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. 26X21 cm. * Jerash (Jordan). 27.5X22 cm. Signed and annotated in the plate. *Mamila Pool (Jerusalem). 28X22.5 cm. Signed and annotated in the plate. The three photographs are mounted on cardboards 35X43 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and damages to cardboards. Tear of 10 cm. to third photo, restored with adhesive tape.
"Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. 26X21 cm. * Jerash (Jordan). 27.5X22 cm. Signed and annotated in the plate. *Mamila Pool (Jerusalem). 28X22.5 cm. Signed and annotated in the plate. The three photographs are mounted on cardboards 35X43 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and damages to cardboards. Tear of 10 cm. to third photo, restored with adhesive tape.
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![Photo of Gai Ben Hinnom (Gehenna), Mount Zion and the Miskenot Sha’ananim quarter [Jerusalem, end of 19th century] Uknown pho](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/057.jpg "Gai Ben Hinnom and Mount Zion, End of 19th Century")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $200
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Photo of Gai Ben Hinnom (Gehenna), Mount Zion and the Miskenot Sha’ananim quarter [Jerusalem, end of 19th century] Uknown photographer. 25X31.5 cm pasted on paper 32X45 cm. Good condition, stains on the paper.
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![Album with 40 photographs attached to its leaves, by American Colony photographers. [late 19th cent.].
Photographs of Eretz](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/058.jpg "American Colony – Photo-Album")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $600
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Album with 40 photographs attached to its leaves, by American Colony photographers. [late 19th cent.].
Photographs of Eretz Israel: Jaffa, Jerusalem, David's Tomb, Mount of Olives, Yehoshafat Valley, Samuel's Tomb, Rachel's Tomb, Nazareth, the Dead Sea, and more. 40 photographs + 3 detached photographs. Photographs: 15X10.5 cm, album: 19X13 cm. General condition is good.
Photographs of Eretz Israel: Jaffa, Jerusalem, David's Tomb, Mount of Olives, Yehoshafat Valley, Samuel's Tomb, Rachel's Tomb, Nazareth, the Dead Sea, and more. 40 photographs + 3 detached photographs. Photographs: 15X10.5 cm, album: 19X13 cm. General condition is good.
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![One hundred and three photographic-negatives on glass [late 19th cent., first two decades of 20th cent.].
Diverse collection](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/059_1.jpg "Photographic Negatives on Glass – American Colony and other Photograph")
![One hundred and three photographic-negatives on glass [late 19th cent., first two decades of 20th cent.].
Diverse collection](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/059_2.jpg "Photographic Negatives on Glass – American Colony and other Photograph")
![One hundred and three photographic-negatives on glass [late 19th cent., first two decades of 20th cent.].
Diverse collection](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/059_3.jpg "Photographic Negatives on Glass – American Colony and other Photograph")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
One hundred and three photographic-negatives on glass [late 19th cent., first two decades of 20th cent.].
Diverse collection of negatives in color, 25 produced by American Colony, Fr. Vester & Co. and include the famous "American Colony" photographs from Eretz Israel; 78 of which produced by E.G. Wood, London, or other producers (on some appears the inscription F.E.N) and document the Ottoman army in Eretz Israel during WW I, the opening ceremony of the Hebrew University and the visit of Lord Balfour, and additional historic events. Average size 8X8.5 cm. General condition – good. Several negatives are broken.
Diverse collection of negatives in color, 25 produced by American Colony, Fr. Vester & Co. and include the famous "American Colony" photographs from Eretz Israel; 78 of which produced by E.G. Wood, London, or other producers (on some appears the inscription F.E.N) and document the Ottoman army in Eretz Israel during WW I, the opening ceremony of the Hebrew University and the visit of Lord Balfour, and additional historic events. Average size 8X8.5 cm. General condition – good. Several negatives are broken.
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![68 negatives on glass, cities and sites in Eretz Israel [early 20th cent.]. Average size 8X8.5 cm.General condition – good. N](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/060_1.jpg "Photographic Negatives on Glass – Sites in Eretz Israel")
![68 negatives on glass, cities and sites in Eretz Israel [early 20th cent.]. Average size 8X8.5 cm.General condition – good. N](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/060_2.jpg "Photographic Negatives on Glass – Sites in Eretz Israel")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
68 negatives on glass, cities and sites in Eretz Israel [early 20th cent.]. Average size 8X8.5 cm.General condition – good. Nine negatives are broken.
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $300
Unsold
1. "Jerusalem", souvenir album with 30 colorful reproductions of photographs of Jerusalem, no mention of publisher, printing location or year [Early 20th century] Each plate is annotated in French, English, German, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Greek. 22X30.5 cm. Good condition, stains on the forzatz leaves and on the bottom of the first plates. Provided in nice cardboard box.
2. ["Jerusalem"], souvenir album with 24 high quality reproductions of Photographs of Jerusalem. Lehnert & Landrock publishing. Cairo, [1920s]. Each plate is annotated in English, French and German. On the cover appears a dedication, dated: 1930. 21X27cm. Good condition, tears at edges of wrapper. Provided in nice cardboard box.
2. ["Jerusalem"], souvenir album with 24 high quality reproductions of Photographs of Jerusalem. Lehnert & Landrock publishing. Cairo, [1920s]. Each plate is annotated in English, French and German. On the cover appears a dedication, dated: 1930. 21X27cm. Good condition, tears at edges of wrapper. Provided in nice cardboard box.
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Photo Album and accompanying documents that document the members of the Maccabi Sports Organization in Jaffa and Tel Aviv at the beginning of the 20th century , 1910s to 1930s. Among the items: * Group photographs and photographs of the heads of Committee of the Chief Groups; Photographs of the Maccabi motorcycle group that in 1931 traveled from Tel Aviv to London. * photo of Maccabi members in the courtyard of the Gymnasia HaIvrit in Jaffa, 1914 (Avraham Soskin). * Six large photographs by Avraham Soskin signed with an impression and stamp of the photographer (on the reverse side), some described and dated in pencil (on the reverse side) + a Real Photo postcard, “Maccabi Jaffa” Sports Group, 1913 stamped “Photo A. Soskin, Jaffa Eretz Israel. * Three Real Photo postcards, “First Maccabi Congress in Jerusalem 1920” published by Y. Rachaman, Jaffa. * Real Photo postcard and two photographs of the second Maccabia Tel Aviv 1935 + Real Photo postcard in the form of photomontage – 25th Jubilee Congress of Maccabi Union in Eretz Israel [Second Maccabia], 1935. * Design for book cover of “Maccabi" by David Rimon (Tel Aviv, 1944). Issue of the Maccabi newspaper “Feriadishe Zeitung fun Mercaz Maccabi in Litta", Kovno, July 1929. * "HaMaccabi” Booklet for gymnastics and sport in Eretz Israel (technical questions and organization), Booklet 1, 1923 + Booklet 4, 5, 6 (one booklet), 1924. * Drafts for articles on Maccabi in Turkey and on Maccabi in the world by David Rimon and other items. Total of more than 30 items. Various sizes Good general condition.
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $700
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*Leveling sands in Tel-Aviv, 1910. Embossed stamp "Photographer Avraham Soskin Tel-Aviv-Jaffa". *First graduates of the Jaffa Hebrew gymnasium (later Herzlia Gymnasium), in natural sciences room (amongst the students: Zila Feinberg, sister of Avshalom Feinberg; Moshe Menuhim, father of violinist Yehudi Menuhin; Yona Papo, teacher Dr. Matmon-Cohen?), signed in the plate "Soskin Zadok Jaffa".
* Two photographs of reception ceremonies in honor of the "Zionist commission for Palestine" in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, April 1918 (Chaim Weizmann appears in one of the photographs) * A group visiting the Roman amphitheater in Beit-Shean. Embossed signature. * Torah books replaced post WW I, signed in the plate "Phot. A. Soskin". * Workers and directors of the Electric Corporation in the Tel-Aviv power plant, 1924. Pinchas Rutenberg is seen in the center. Embossed signature. * Teachers and students of "Herzlia" gymnasium, embossed signature.* Portrait photo mounted on cardboard, with photographer's label. A long, handwritten, dedication appears on the cardboard for Mr. A. Levine-Epstein. * Group photo of Hanita settlers with Prof. Haim Weizmann and Moshe Sharet, shortly after settling there as part of the "Tower and Stockade" operation, [1938]. Mounted on cardboard with the photographer's label. Sizes and conditions vary.
* Two photographs of reception ceremonies in honor of the "Zionist commission for Palestine" in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, April 1918 (Chaim Weizmann appears in one of the photographs) * A group visiting the Roman amphitheater in Beit-Shean. Embossed signature. * Torah books replaced post WW I, signed in the plate "Phot. A. Soskin". * Workers and directors of the Electric Corporation in the Tel-Aviv power plant, 1924. Pinchas Rutenberg is seen in the center. Embossed signature. * Teachers and students of "Herzlia" gymnasium, embossed signature.* Portrait photo mounted on cardboard, with photographer's label. A long, handwritten, dedication appears on the cardboard for Mr. A. Levine-Epstein. * Group photo of Hanita settlers with Prof. Haim Weizmann and Moshe Sharet, shortly after settling there as part of the "Tower and Stockade" operation, [1938]. Mounted on cardboard with the photographer's label. Sizes and conditions vary.
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![Views of Tel-Aviv album by photographer Avraham Soskin. [A.G. Rotophot printing, Belin, 1926]. Hebrew, English and German.
T](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/064.jpg "Avraham Soskin – Views of Tel-Aviv Album – Dedication by Israel Rokach")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Views of Tel-Aviv album by photographer Avraham Soskin. [A.G. Rotophot printing, Belin, 1926]. Hebrew, English and German.
The album contains 70 printed photographs of Tel-Aviv, from the distribution of plots in 1909 until 1926. The album also includes two maps and a drawing of the Tel-Aviv emblem. Designed by Nachum Gutman and his father, Simcha ben-Zion. On the third page appear an ink stamp of the Tel-Aviv municipality and a signed dedication in English by Israel Rokach, mayor of Tel-Aviv in the years 1936-1952. [6] pp, [75] photo plates. Good condition. Damaged binding. Several stains and tears.
The album contains 70 printed photographs of Tel-Aviv, from the distribution of plots in 1909 until 1926. The album also includes two maps and a drawing of the Tel-Aviv emblem. Designed by Nachum Gutman and his father, Simcha ben-Zion. On the third page appear an ink stamp of the Tel-Aviv municipality and a signed dedication in English by Israel Rokach, mayor of Tel-Aviv in the years 1936-1952. [6] pp, [75] photo plates. Good condition. Damaged binding. Several stains and tears.
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![Palästina im bild. Photography: Leo Kahn. Produced by Judische Zeitung newspaper (where Kahn worked), Vienna, [1912].
8](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale31-public/065.jpg "Palestine in Pictures – Leo Kahn – 82 Plates")
Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Palästina im bild. Photography: Leo Kahn. Produced by Judische Zeitung newspaper (where Kahn worked), Vienna, [1912].
82 plates of good quality with photographs taken by Kahn during his mission to Eretz Israel on behalf of the paper and in cooperation with JNF, in 1912.
Photographs 8.5X11 cm, printed on plates 17X20 cm. Good condition. Several stains and minor creases.
82 plates of good quality with photographs taken by Kahn during his mission to Eretz Israel on behalf of the paper and in cooperation with JNF, in 1912.
Photographs 8.5X11 cm, printed on plates 17X20 cm. Good condition. Several stains and minor creases.
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Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
May 21, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
154 historic photographs taken in Eretz Israel during WW I, through the years 1914-1918, until early 1920s. New prints produced by IDF archives [1960s/70s].
Ottoman senior military figures as well as Ottoman soldiers are portrayed in most of the photographs, during battles against the British army; also documented are the entrance of the British Army into Jerusalem and the surrender of the Ottoman army; Gaza and Beer Sheba fronts; Ottoman army camps, field bakeries and tents; British POW, and more. All photographs are annotated in pencil on the reverse. 13X17.5 cm. Very good condition.
Ottoman senior military figures as well as Ottoman soldiers are portrayed in most of the photographs, during battles against the British army; also documented are the entrance of the British Army into Jerusalem and the surrender of the Ottoman army; Gaza and Beer Sheba fronts; Ottoman army camps, field bakeries and tents; British POW, and more. All photographs are annotated in pencil on the reverse. 13X17.5 cm. Very good condition.
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