Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Collection of Photographic Postcards – Maccabi and the Maccabiah Games, 1920s-1930s – Reuven Gross, Yosef Ironi, and "Photo Bezalel"
Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
23 photographs with photographs Maccabi athletes and games. [Palestine, ca. 1920s-1930s].
The photographs depict the opening ceremonies of the first and second Maccabiah, teams in Maccabi uniforms, and more. Photographer's stamps on verso of five postcards: Reuven Gross, Yosef Ironi and "Photo Bezalel".
One postcard is inscribed by Yitzhak Mossensohn, a participant in the second Maccabiah.
Approx. 14X9 cm (one postcard smaller). Condition varies. Stains. Minor blemishes to recto of some postcards. Handwritten inscriptions.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The photographs depict the opening ceremonies of the first and second Maccabiah, teams in Maccabi uniforms, and more. Photographer's stamps on verso of five postcards: Reuven Gross, Yosef Ironi and "Photo Bezalel".
One postcard is inscribed by Yitzhak Mossensohn, a participant in the second Maccabiah.
Approx. 14X9 cm (one postcard smaller). Condition varies. Stains. Minor blemishes to recto of some postcards. Handwritten inscriptions.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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