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Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
May 15, 2019
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
26 press photographs from the War of Independence, many of them documenting the Arab side of the war. Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Safed and elsewhere, 1948.
Among them: a photograph from the day the port of Haifa was handed to the IDF – a formation of naval officers raising the flag of Israel and the flag of the Israeli navy for the first time in the port, upon the entrance of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion; two Jewish snipers crouching before an embrasure in an improvised "Fortress" made of blocks on a Tel-Aviv rooftop; an Egyptian fighter aircraft which was shot down at the sea-shore of Tel-Aviv; an Arab propaganda photograph – a staged picture of a Palmach fighter surrendering to armed Arabs (the fighter in the photograph is an Arab 'actor' in costume); a photograph of Jaffa as a ghost town, after being abandoned by its residents; a photograph of Abdullah I of Jordan and the Iraqi regent Abd al-Ilah in Oman, wearing military uniforms several weeks before the Arab armies' invasion of Palestine; a photograph of the Arab Legion commander, John Bagot Glubb, talking to one of his officers in Jerusalem; Arab fighters lying in wait for Jewish convoys on Al-Qastal; an Arab sniper piercing a water pipe supplying a Jewish settlement close to Jerusalem; Syrian fighters during a temporary truce; Egyptian fighters during a temporary truce; Arab women in line for receiving cooking oil in Jerusalem; and more.
On verso of most of the photographs there are stamps and handwriting, on verso of some of them there are information notes and mounted newspaper clippings. A Daily Picture Order form on verso of one photograph.
Size and condition of photographs vary, approx. 15X20.5-25.5X20 cm. Good overall condition. Stains and blemishes (most of them minor, on verso). Handwritten marks on recto of some.
Among them: a photograph from the day the port of Haifa was handed to the IDF – a formation of naval officers raising the flag of Israel and the flag of the Israeli navy for the first time in the port, upon the entrance of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion; two Jewish snipers crouching before an embrasure in an improvised "Fortress" made of blocks on a Tel-Aviv rooftop; an Egyptian fighter aircraft which was shot down at the sea-shore of Tel-Aviv; an Arab propaganda photograph – a staged picture of a Palmach fighter surrendering to armed Arabs (the fighter in the photograph is an Arab 'actor' in costume); a photograph of Jaffa as a ghost town, after being abandoned by its residents; a photograph of Abdullah I of Jordan and the Iraqi regent Abd al-Ilah in Oman, wearing military uniforms several weeks before the Arab armies' invasion of Palestine; a photograph of the Arab Legion commander, John Bagot Glubb, talking to one of his officers in Jerusalem; Arab fighters lying in wait for Jewish convoys on Al-Qastal; an Arab sniper piercing a water pipe supplying a Jewish settlement close to Jerusalem; Syrian fighters during a temporary truce; Egyptian fighters during a temporary truce; Arab women in line for receiving cooking oil in Jerusalem; and more.
On verso of most of the photographs there are stamps and handwriting, on verso of some of them there are information notes and mounted newspaper clippings. A Daily Picture Order form on verso of one photograph.
Size and condition of photographs vary, approx. 15X20.5-25.5X20 cm. Good overall condition. Stains and blemishes (most of them minor, on verso). Handwritten marks on recto of some.
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Zionism, Palestine and the State of Israel
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Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
May 15, 2019
Opening: $1,200
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Sold for: $15,000
Including buyer's premium
A postcard containing a letter handwritten and signed by David Ben-Gurion, sent to Shlomo Lavi of Kibbutz Ein Harod a day after the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel. May 15, 1948.
In the Hebrew letter Ben-Gurion compares the country as it was when he immigrated to it to the country as it was a day after the establishment of the State of Israel: "When we immigrated to Palestine, you as Levkovitch and I as Green, with the flag of labor in our hands, we found – Malaria and corruption – under the Ottoman rule. Now, although the thunder of cannons has not yet ceased and our sons are fighting at the fronts – the heart is happy to see the great progress". Ben-Gurion ends his letter with a kind of 'personal declaration' about the establishment of the State: "The Jewish nation has reached the peak of its existence – the State of Israel has been born".
The addressee, Shlomo Lavi (Levkovitch, 1882-1963), one of the forefathers of the Kibbutz Movement, was born in the city of Plonsk (Ben-Gurion's hometown) and was a member of the "Ezra" Zionist youth movement, which was established by David ben-Gurion and Shlomo Tzemach.
Lavi immigrated to Palestine in 1905, as part of the second Zionist wave of immigration. In Palestine, he worked as a laborer in the orchards of Petach-Tikvah and Sejera, at the Atid oil factory and in the farm of Kinneret, and was one of the founders of "HaShomer" Organization. As a member of Kvutzat Kinneret, he formulated the idea of the larger communal settlement (the Kibbutz) and in 1921 was one of the founders of Kibbutz Ein Harod.
In 1931, Lavi became a member of the Mapai party and one of its leaders. During World War II, he volunteered to join the British Army and served as a driver in a transport unit. After the establishment of the State of Israel, he was a member of the first and second Knesset. During the 1950s, after the split of the United Kibbutz Movement, Lavi moved to Ein Harod Ichud and became one of the leaders of the new Kibbutz Movement.
Over the years, Lavi maintained a close friendship with David Ben-Gurion, whom he knew from his youth. Ben-Gurion saw him as one of the greatest thinkers of the second Zionist wave of immigration.
9X14 cm. Postmarks and a "Doar Ivri" stamp. Good condition. Stains, especially on the lower right corner. Filing hole in the right margin (slightly affecting text).
In the Hebrew letter Ben-Gurion compares the country as it was when he immigrated to it to the country as it was a day after the establishment of the State of Israel: "When we immigrated to Palestine, you as Levkovitch and I as Green, with the flag of labor in our hands, we found – Malaria and corruption – under the Ottoman rule. Now, although the thunder of cannons has not yet ceased and our sons are fighting at the fronts – the heart is happy to see the great progress". Ben-Gurion ends his letter with a kind of 'personal declaration' about the establishment of the State: "The Jewish nation has reached the peak of its existence – the State of Israel has been born".
The addressee, Shlomo Lavi (Levkovitch, 1882-1963), one of the forefathers of the Kibbutz Movement, was born in the city of Plonsk (Ben-Gurion's hometown) and was a member of the "Ezra" Zionist youth movement, which was established by David ben-Gurion and Shlomo Tzemach.
Lavi immigrated to Palestine in 1905, as part of the second Zionist wave of immigration. In Palestine, he worked as a laborer in the orchards of Petach-Tikvah and Sejera, at the Atid oil factory and in the farm of Kinneret, and was one of the founders of "HaShomer" Organization. As a member of Kvutzat Kinneret, he formulated the idea of the larger communal settlement (the Kibbutz) and in 1921 was one of the founders of Kibbutz Ein Harod.
In 1931, Lavi became a member of the Mapai party and one of its leaders. During World War II, he volunteered to join the British Army and served as a driver in a transport unit. After the establishment of the State of Israel, he was a member of the first and second Knesset. During the 1950s, after the split of the United Kibbutz Movement, Lavi moved to Ein Harod Ichud and became one of the leaders of the new Kibbutz Movement.
Over the years, Lavi maintained a close friendship with David Ben-Gurion, whom he knew from his youth. Ben-Gurion saw him as one of the greatest thinkers of the second Zionist wave of immigration.
9X14 cm. Postmarks and a "Doar Ivri" stamp. Good condition. Stains, especially on the lower right corner. Filing hole in the right margin (slightly affecting text).
Category
Zionism, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
May 15, 2019
Opening: $8,000
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
Unsold
Approx. 450 letters and documents documenting the activity of the Zionist-American diplomat Abba Hillel Silver during the establishment of the state of Israel and the War of Independence – protocols of Zionist conferences, correspondence with officials of the USA government, speeches, press releases and other documents. New-York, Washington and elsewhere in Israel and the USA, 1948-1949 (some of them from later or earlier years). English, several items in Hebrew.
Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963), a reform rabbi and Zionist politician, was one of the leaders of the diplomatic front for the establishment of the state of Israel. Silver was known for his aggressive and decisive style, and by the 1930s became the undisputed leader of Zionism in the USA (he served as the chairman of the Zionist Organization of America, the United Jewish Appeal, the Zionist Emergency Council, the Jewish Agency in the USA and additional organizations). With his guidance, the Jewish community became an important and influential factor in American politics and Silver used it time and again to influence the opinion of the government in favor of Israel. His contribution and the importance of his activity were fully revealed a short while after the Israeli declaration of independence, when USA President Harry Truman was the first to recognize the newly-established State of Israel.
The archive before us includes a documentation of Silver's activity during the crucial years of 1948-1949, during which he formed relationships with American senators and officials, arranged countless meetings and Zionist conferences and delivered some of his most important speeches. Among other things, the documents in the collection address the question of recognition of the State of Israel, the Arms Embargo that was imposed on Israel during the war, the question of Arab refugees, secret offers made by Arab leaders to end the war, disputes between the Zionist leadership in America and the temporary government in Israel, relations with informers, and more.
Among the items:
• Dozens of press releases, announcements and speeches: a transcript of a joint press conference with Moshe Sharet on 6.2.1948, with a detailed report about Silver's visit to Palestine; press release from 25.3.1948, announcing USA President Harry Truman's support of the partition of Palestine (that is, the establishment of a Jewish state); a press release from 22.4.1948, announcing that the Yishuv, under no circumstances, will surrender even if the UN does – the state of Israel will be established; "The Declaration of Independence" – a speech from 14.5.1948, announcing the establishment of the state of Israel; and more.
• Dozens of documents: an interesting summary of a conversation between Eliyahu Epstein (Eilat) and General Dwight David Eisenhower (the future USA President), containing an analysis of Eisenhower's body language and facial expressions; a list of names of senators, governmental officials and heads of committees who assisted in the efforts to lead to recognition of Israel (with recommendations to send letters of appreciation); an interesting document with a "political profile" of American officials, reviewing their opinions and activity; and more.
• Dozens of letters: five letters sent to Silver by American senators (among them the senators Olin D. Johnston, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg, and others); a letter sent by Silver to the members of the Republican Party suggesting a new clause for the party's platform – policy regarding the issue of Israel (with the text of the clause); and more.
• Dozens of memoranda of the American Zionist Emergency Council, among them: a memorandum from 27.5.1948 with the first notice for the newly established State of Israel – greetings for its establishment and a promise that American Jewry will stand beside it (signed in print by all members of the Council); and more.
• Dozens of briefs and protocols of the meetings of the American branch of the Jewish Agency.
• And more.
These documents were presumably collected by the scholar and writer Noah Orian, for a dissertation he wrote on Abba Hillel Silver.
Enclosed: "The Status and Activity of Abba Hillel Silver in the Jewish American Arena, 1933-1944, Chapter B: The Years of Frustration in the Shadow of the Holocaust (1933-1943)" (Hebrew), by Noah Orian, 1971. A draft of a dissertation submitted to Tel-Aviv University (in two copies); dozens of newspaper clippings with articles and news items related to Abba Hillel Silver.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963), a reform rabbi and Zionist politician, was one of the leaders of the diplomatic front for the establishment of the state of Israel. Silver was known for his aggressive and decisive style, and by the 1930s became the undisputed leader of Zionism in the USA (he served as the chairman of the Zionist Organization of America, the United Jewish Appeal, the Zionist Emergency Council, the Jewish Agency in the USA and additional organizations). With his guidance, the Jewish community became an important and influential factor in American politics and Silver used it time and again to influence the opinion of the government in favor of Israel. His contribution and the importance of his activity were fully revealed a short while after the Israeli declaration of independence, when USA President Harry Truman was the first to recognize the newly-established State of Israel.
The archive before us includes a documentation of Silver's activity during the crucial years of 1948-1949, during which he formed relationships with American senators and officials, arranged countless meetings and Zionist conferences and delivered some of his most important speeches. Among other things, the documents in the collection address the question of recognition of the State of Israel, the Arms Embargo that was imposed on Israel during the war, the question of Arab refugees, secret offers made by Arab leaders to end the war, disputes between the Zionist leadership in America and the temporary government in Israel, relations with informers, and more.
Among the items:
• Dozens of press releases, announcements and speeches: a transcript of a joint press conference with Moshe Sharet on 6.2.1948, with a detailed report about Silver's visit to Palestine; press release from 25.3.1948, announcing USA President Harry Truman's support of the partition of Palestine (that is, the establishment of a Jewish state); a press release from 22.4.1948, announcing that the Yishuv, under no circumstances, will surrender even if the UN does – the state of Israel will be established; "The Declaration of Independence" – a speech from 14.5.1948, announcing the establishment of the state of Israel; and more.
• Dozens of documents: an interesting summary of a conversation between Eliyahu Epstein (Eilat) and General Dwight David Eisenhower (the future USA President), containing an analysis of Eisenhower's body language and facial expressions; a list of names of senators, governmental officials and heads of committees who assisted in the efforts to lead to recognition of Israel (with recommendations to send letters of appreciation); an interesting document with a "political profile" of American officials, reviewing their opinions and activity; and more.
• Dozens of letters: five letters sent to Silver by American senators (among them the senators Olin D. Johnston, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg, and others); a letter sent by Silver to the members of the Republican Party suggesting a new clause for the party's platform – policy regarding the issue of Israel (with the text of the clause); and more.
• Dozens of memoranda of the American Zionist Emergency Council, among them: a memorandum from 27.5.1948 with the first notice for the newly established State of Israel – greetings for its establishment and a promise that American Jewry will stand beside it (signed in print by all members of the Council); and more.
• Dozens of briefs and protocols of the meetings of the American branch of the Jewish Agency.
• And more.
These documents were presumably collected by the scholar and writer Noah Orian, for a dissertation he wrote on Abba Hillel Silver.
Enclosed: "The Status and Activity of Abba Hillel Silver in the Jewish American Arena, 1933-1944, Chapter B: The Years of Frustration in the Shadow of the Holocaust (1933-1943)" (Hebrew), by Noah Orian, 1971. A draft of a dissertation submitted to Tel-Aviv University (in two copies); dozens of newspaper clippings with articles and news items related to Abba Hillel Silver.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Category
Zionism, Palestine and the State of Israel
Catalogue
Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
May 15, 2019
Opening: $3,000
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Unsold
Four copies of "A Framework for Peace in the Middle East" and four copies of "The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty". Divided into four pairs, each of them signed by a different leader: a pair by Anwar Sadat, a pair by Walter Mondale and two pairs by Menachem Begin. [Washington]: International Communication Agency Embassy of the U.S.A, 1978/1979. English.
Eight booklets – official copies of two of the historical agreements signed between Israel and Egypt during the peace talks in Washington. The first agreement, A Framework for Peace in the Middle East (also named the first Camp David Accords), was signed on 17.9.1978, and laid the foundations for the peaceful relations between the two countries. The second agreement, The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, was signed on 26.3.1979 and thus brought thirty years of war between the parties to an end.
The booklets are divided into four pairs (each pair containing one copy of each of the agreements), signed on the cover by the different leaders: one pair is signed by the President of Egypt Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat (in Arabic and English); one pair is signed by the Vice President of the United States, Walter Mondale; and two pairs are signed by the Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin (in Hebrew and English, one of them is dated by hand: Jerusalem, Menachem-Av [1980]).
The peace treaty between Israel and Egypt was signed on the lawn of the White House on 26.3.1979, and was the first peace treaty between Israel and one of its neighbors. The peace talks opened officially with the surprising arrival of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, at Israel, only four years after the Yom Kippur War.
At first, the talks encountered some difficulties; however, after the intervention of Jimmy Carter, the President of the United States, the parties assembled at Camp David, the presidential country retreat. After two weeks of negotiations, a festive ceremony was held in which the first treaty, A Framework for Peace in the Middle East, was signed. Approximately six months later, the parties assembled at the White House to sign the Peace Treaty, which signaled a new era in the history of the Middle East. Due to the agreement, Sadat and Begin received the shared 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
Enclosed: two letters (typewritten on official stationery): a letter by the director of the public relations department of Egypt, Mohammad Hassan Raafat, and a letter by Walter Mondale's advisor, Sue Cockrell; two envelopes in which the treaties were sent.
A Framework for Peace in the Middle East: 44 pp. approx. 20 cm. The Egyptian-Israeli Treaty: [36] pp, 26.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on the covers. Minor blemishes.
Eight booklets – official copies of two of the historical agreements signed between Israel and Egypt during the peace talks in Washington. The first agreement, A Framework for Peace in the Middle East (also named the first Camp David Accords), was signed on 17.9.1978, and laid the foundations for the peaceful relations between the two countries. The second agreement, The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, was signed on 26.3.1979 and thus brought thirty years of war between the parties to an end.
The booklets are divided into four pairs (each pair containing one copy of each of the agreements), signed on the cover by the different leaders: one pair is signed by the President of Egypt Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat (in Arabic and English); one pair is signed by the Vice President of the United States, Walter Mondale; and two pairs are signed by the Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin (in Hebrew and English, one of them is dated by hand: Jerusalem, Menachem-Av [1980]).
The peace treaty between Israel and Egypt was signed on the lawn of the White House on 26.3.1979, and was the first peace treaty between Israel and one of its neighbors. The peace talks opened officially with the surprising arrival of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, at Israel, only four years after the Yom Kippur War.
At first, the talks encountered some difficulties; however, after the intervention of Jimmy Carter, the President of the United States, the parties assembled at Camp David, the presidential country retreat. After two weeks of negotiations, a festive ceremony was held in which the first treaty, A Framework for Peace in the Middle East, was signed. Approximately six months later, the parties assembled at the White House to sign the Peace Treaty, which signaled a new era in the history of the Middle East. Due to the agreement, Sadat and Begin received the shared 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
Enclosed: two letters (typewritten on official stationery): a letter by the director of the public relations department of Egypt, Mohammad Hassan Raafat, and a letter by Walter Mondale's advisor, Sue Cockrell; two envelopes in which the treaties were sent.
A Framework for Peace in the Middle East: 44 pp. approx. 20 cm. The Egyptian-Israeli Treaty: [36] pp, 26.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on the covers. Minor blemishes.
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