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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![Share Certificate of the "Eretz Israel – La Palestine" company. France: [first half of the 20th century?]. French.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/181.jpg "Share Certificate – \"Eretz Israel – La Palestine\"")
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Share Certificate of the "Eretz Israel – La Palestine" company. France: [first half of the 20th century?]. French.
Share certificate, issued by the "Eretz Israel – La Palestine" company, which dealt with import of Palestinian goods to France. Signed and numbered, with 24 dividend coupons. Marked with official inked stamps.
32.5X50 cm, Fair condition. Worming. Stains and blemishes. Minor marginal tears.
Share certificate, issued by the "Eretz Israel – La Palestine" company, which dealt with import of Palestinian goods to France. Signed and numbered, with 24 dividend coupons. Marked with official inked stamps.
32.5X50 cm, Fair condition. Worming. Stains and blemishes. Minor marginal tears.
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Receipt for contribution in the sum of 1000 made to the Palestine Independence Fund of the The American League for a Free Palestine, founded by Hillel Kook. USA: [1945-1948].
A beautifully designed document: at the center of the receipt appears the figure of Michelangelo's King David, and on its upper part, the Hebrew saying "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me". Signed (in print) by the fund's co-chairmen, one of whom is Ben Hecht.
Text on top: "Frelly given to the American League for a free Palestine to help underwrite Hebrew independence in recognition that only through the security and dignity of a national Homeland and in atmosphere of complete freedom will the endless wandering and distress of Israel be braught to an early end and its people restored to peace and happiness among the nations of the earth".
The Palestine Independence Fund and its mother organization The American League for a Free Palestine, were founded by Hillel Kook, the representative of the Zionist Revisionist movement in the USA, who operated under the pseudonym Peter H. Bergson.
Approx. 25.5X17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Minor open tear to edge. Traces of glue on verso.
A beautifully designed document: at the center of the receipt appears the figure of Michelangelo's King David, and on its upper part, the Hebrew saying "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me". Signed (in print) by the fund's co-chairmen, one of whom is Ben Hecht.
Text on top: "Frelly given to the American League for a free Palestine to help underwrite Hebrew independence in recognition that only through the security and dignity of a national Homeland and in atmosphere of complete freedom will the endless wandering and distress of Israel be braught to an early end and its people restored to peace and happiness among the nations of the earth".
The Palestine Independence Fund and its mother organization The American League for a Free Palestine, were founded by Hillel Kook, the representative of the Zionist Revisionist movement in the USA, who operated under the pseudonym Peter H. Bergson.
Approx. 25.5X17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Minor open tear to edge. Traces of glue on verso.
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Share certificate of the Koheleth company, founded by the Teachers' Union in Palestine. Jerusalem: Monsohn lithographic press, [early 20th century].
Share certificate, numbered by hand and signed by three of the founders of the Hebrew education system in Palestine – David Yellin (director of the "Koheleth" company), Joseph Meyuhas (secretary of the company) and Yeshayahu Press (the company's agent). With six dividend coupons. Summary of the company's regulations on verso.
Approx. 29.5X12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Fold lines. Small hole at intersection of fold lines. Margins unevenly cut. Traces of glue on verso.
Share certificate, numbered by hand and signed by three of the founders of the Hebrew education system in Palestine – David Yellin (director of the "Koheleth" company), Joseph Meyuhas (secretary of the company) and Yeshayahu Press (the company's agent). With six dividend coupons. Summary of the company's regulations on verso.
Approx. 29.5X12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Fold lines. Small hole at intersection of fold lines. Margins unevenly cut. Traces of glue on verso.
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![Share certificate of Jerusalem American Land Company Limited. Jerusalem: HaMadpis, [1920s]. Hebrew and English.
Blank share](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/184.jpg "Share Certificate – Jerusalem American Land Company Limited – 1920s")
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
Share certificate of Jerusalem American Land Company Limited. Jerusalem: HaMadpis, [1920s]. Hebrew and English.
Blank share certificate, issued by the Jerusalem American Land Company. With a receipt stub.
The Jerusalem American Land Company, a small Zionist-American firm, purchased lands in the vicinity of Jaffa's railway station, near the Rehavia neighborhood in Jerusalem, and on Mt. Carmel; it was liquidated in 1929, in the wake of the economic crisis that hit Palestine (which came to be known as "the Fourth Aliyah crisis").
Approx. 29X44 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains. Creases, tears and blemishes to margins. Lower margin cut unevenly (without damage to print).
Blank share certificate, issued by the Jerusalem American Land Company. With a receipt stub.
The Jerusalem American Land Company, a small Zionist-American firm, purchased lands in the vicinity of Jaffa's railway station, near the Rehavia neighborhood in Jerusalem, and on Mt. Carmel; it was liquidated in 1929, in the wake of the economic crisis that hit Palestine (which came to be known as "the Fourth Aliyah crisis").
Approx. 29X44 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Stains. Creases, tears and blemishes to margins. Lower margin cut unevenly (without damage to print).
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Share certificate, "The Colonisation of Yeshiva-Students in Eretz Israel Company Ltd." Jerusalem: Grafika Press, 1929. Design: Meir Gur Aryah and Ze'ev Raban. Hebrew and English.
Illustrated share certificate, issued by the "Colonisation of Yeshiva-Students in Eretz Israel Company." Hand-numbered; stamped with the inked stamps of the company's administrators.
17X34.5 cm. Fair-Good condition. Faded copy (discolored – original orange and black faded to yellow and dark green; inked stamps partially or entirely faded). Traces of glue on verso.
Illustrated share certificate, issued by the "Colonisation of Yeshiva-Students in Eretz Israel Company." Hand-numbered; stamped with the inked stamps of the company's administrators.
17X34.5 cm. Fair-Good condition. Faded copy (discolored – original orange and black faded to yellow and dark green; inked stamps partially or entirely faded). Traces of glue on verso.
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![Blank share certificate of "Hassolel, Palestine Society of Advertising and Publication". Jerusalem: [ca. 1920]. Sh](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale87/186.jpg "Share Certificate Designed by Meir Gur Aryeh – Hassolel, Palestine Soc")
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $200
Sold for: $375
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Blank share certificate of "Hassolel, Palestine Society of Advertising and Publication". Jerusalem: [ca. 1920].
Share certificate of Hassolel company, designed by Bezalel artist Meir Gur Aryeh. Series A (numbered A12).
"Hassolel, Palestine Society of Advertising and Publication" was established in Jerusalem, in 1919 by Itamar Ben-Avi, Menachem Asher Sapir, Alexander Aaronsohn, and others. The company published several newspapers: "Doʼar ha-yom, " its English version, the "Palestine Weekly" (later called the "Palestine Post, ") and the "Barid al-Yawm" (Arabic: Daily Mail).
23.5X29.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and creases. Some pinholes and minor tears to edges. Without stub.
Provenance: Estate of Shlomo Kedmi.
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $250
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Bond certificate issued by "S. Friedman & Sons, Carmel Original, Haifa & Petah-Tiqvah, Palestine, Distillers of Wines, Liquors and Cognacs." Jerusalem: Lipshitz, [ca. 1928.] Hebrew and English.
A blank bond certificate; "For value already received, Messrs. S. Friedman & Sons, Carmel Original […] will on the 31st of December 1938 pay to […] the sum of Five Hundred Dollars […] The said Messrs. S. Friedman & Sons will, in the meantime pay to the holder hereof interest […] by half-yearly payments […] in accordance with the coupons annexed hereto". With 20 coupons.
Carmel Original winery was established in Haifa in 1889, by Shimon Friedman, a native of Tiberias. In 1912, Friedman purchased a winery, which operated in the Moshava Petah Tikva, in the Lachman mansion – the first stone house built in the Moshava – which became a branch of the Haifa winery. The winery operated there, under the Friedman family's management, until 1964, when it was sold to Tnuva. In 1971, it was sold to the Stock liqueur company, and was renamed HaMartef ("The Cellar"). In 1990, the winery was resold, and named Barkan Wine Cellars.
Approx. 34.5X47 cm. Good condition. Vertical fold line. Light stains. Some creases, marginal tears and abrasions (minor damage to print).
A blank bond certificate; "For value already received, Messrs. S. Friedman & Sons, Carmel Original […] will on the 31st of December 1938 pay to […] the sum of Five Hundred Dollars […] The said Messrs. S. Friedman & Sons will, in the meantime pay to the holder hereof interest […] by half-yearly payments […] in accordance with the coupons annexed hereto". With 20 coupons.
Carmel Original winery was established in Haifa in 1889, by Shimon Friedman, a native of Tiberias. In 1912, Friedman purchased a winery, which operated in the Moshava Petah Tikva, in the Lachman mansion – the first stone house built in the Moshava – which became a branch of the Haifa winery. The winery operated there, under the Friedman family's management, until 1964, when it was sold to Tnuva. In 1971, it was sold to the Stock liqueur company, and was renamed HaMartef ("The Cellar"). In 1990, the winery was resold, and named Barkan Wine Cellars.
Approx. 34.5X47 cm. Good condition. Vertical fold line. Light stains. Some creases, marginal tears and abrasions (minor damage to print).
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $200
Sold for: $475
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Two Preference Share Certificates (Series B) issued by "Bank Hathya Limited." Jerusalem; given 1934 and 1936. Hebrew and English.
Two Preference Share Certificates issued by "Bank Hathya Limited, " filled in by hand, marked at the bottom with the inked stamp of the bank, and with the personal signatures of the directors and the secretary. One of the certificates is hand signed by Rabbi Chaim Pesachowitz.
"Bank Hathya" was established in the early 1930s by Rabbi Chaim Pesachowitz, whose communist ideology earned him the nickname "the Red Rabbi." The bank operated out of a small apartment on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem. As a condition for approving loans, it demanded that potential customers conduct a discussion regarding communism and religion with "the Red Rabbi."
Two certificates, approx. 25X25 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Few creases. Fold lines. Few minor tears to edges, and small holes at junctions of folds.
Two Preference Share Certificates issued by "Bank Hathya Limited, " filled in by hand, marked at the bottom with the inked stamp of the bank, and with the personal signatures of the directors and the secretary. One of the certificates is hand signed by Rabbi Chaim Pesachowitz.
"Bank Hathya" was established in the early 1930s by Rabbi Chaim Pesachowitz, whose communist ideology earned him the nickname "the Red Rabbi." The bank operated out of a small apartment on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem. As a condition for approving loans, it demanded that potential customers conduct a discussion regarding communism and religion with "the Red Rabbi."
Two certificates, approx. 25X25 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Few creases. Fold lines. Few minor tears to edges, and small holes at junctions of folds.
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
Sold for: $688
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Share certificate of the Tehiyat-Hagalil Co. Ltd. Tiberias. Signed September 11, 1935. Hebrew and English.
Share certificate, filled-in by hand, issued to "Caspi, Diskin and Kaplan." With dividend coupons. Information regarding the company's activities is printed on verso.
28.5X8.5. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Share certificate, filled-in by hand, issued to "Caspi, Diskin and Kaplan." With dividend coupons. Information regarding the company's activities is printed on verso.
28.5X8.5. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
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Three share warrants, issued by "the Marine Trust Limited" ("Otzar Mif'alei Yam BeEravon Mogbal") Tel Aviv: "Eretz Israel." Given in 1937. Hebrew and English.
In April 1936, when the Arab Revolt broke out, the Jaffa Port went on strike and there was an increasing need for establishing a new port, which will serve the Yishuv. The British mandatory authorities gave their consent, but refused to finance the project. And so, the Marine Trust company was founded in order to construct the new Port of Tel-Aviv. Half of the company's shares were offered to the public, who bought them with a sense of participation in the Zionist enterprise.
The present lot includes three share warrants (consecutive numbers); each entitles the bearer thereof to one share of 1 Palestine Pound. All three certificates are intact, with the original dividend coupons. Share numbers and dates were filled-in by hand.
22X50.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Minor stains. Some closed tears and minor open tears to edges.
In April 1936, when the Arab Revolt broke out, the Jaffa Port went on strike and there was an increasing need for establishing a new port, which will serve the Yishuv. The British mandatory authorities gave their consent, but refused to finance the project. And so, the Marine Trust company was founded in order to construct the new Port of Tel-Aviv. Half of the company's shares were offered to the public, who bought them with a sense of participation in the Zionist enterprise.
The present lot includes three share warrants (consecutive numbers); each entitles the bearer thereof to one share of 1 Palestine Pound. All three certificates are intact, with the original dividend coupons. Share numbers and dates were filled-in by hand.
22X50.5 cm. Good condition. Creases. Minor stains. Some closed tears and minor open tears to edges.
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![Share certificate of the Palestine Textiles Import Trading Co. Ltd. Palestine, [ca. 1940s]. English and Arabic.
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
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Sold for: $400
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Share certificate of the Palestine Textiles Import Trading Co. Ltd. Palestine, [ca. 1940s]. English and Arabic.
Blank certificate, printed in English and Arabic.
Approx. 36.5X29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears (without damage to print). Traces of glue on verso.
Blank certificate, printed in English and Arabic.
Approx. 36.5X29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears (without damage to print). Traces of glue on verso.
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $100
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Share certificate of the Jewish Colonial Trust. Signed on August 30th, 1946. English and Hebrew.
Certificate for 102 shares of the Jewish Colonial Trust. filled-in by hand. Issued to Harris Seal, from "Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv".
On verso, a printed note announcing the shares' decrease in value, in accordance with an English court order (1955), and cancellation Stamps.
34.5X27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines. Stains. Minor creases. Some pinholes. Tear to upper margin (approx. 3 cm), repaired.
Certificate for 102 shares of the Jewish Colonial Trust. filled-in by hand. Issued to Harris Seal, from "Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv".
On verso, a printed note announcing the shares' decrease in value, in accordance with an English court order (1955), and cancellation Stamps.
34.5X27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines. Stains. Minor creases. Some pinholes. Tear to upper margin (approx. 3 cm), repaired.
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