Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
"Jacob's Ladder" – Board Game Published by Benjamin Barlevy – Illustrations by Tuvia Aharoni
Opening: $200
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Jacob's Ladder, Jacob's Dream – a game of climbing up and climbing down. Published by B. Barlevy, Tel-Aviv, [1939]. Illustrations by Tuvia Aharoni.
Board game in the style of "Ladders and Ropes", depicting Jacob's dream in Bet El, in which angels go up and down a ladder, illustrated by Tuvia Aharoni (1909-1981). Presented here is a board printed on cardboard; an identical board printed on paper and a leaf with playing instruction.
Enclosed: illustrated packaging label for the game "SulamYa'akov" (illustrated by Lev Dickstein). Published by B. Barlevy, [late 1940s].
Folding instructions leaf: 20X14 cm. Cardboard board: 30X30 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases. Defects to colors. Slight tears. Paper board: 39.5X35 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears along margins and along folding marks and open tears. Stains. Creases.
Literature: "A Trip across the Country – Games from Mr. Barlevy's Store". Exhibition catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum. Tel Aviv, 1999. Pp 37 and 66.
Board game in the style of "Ladders and Ropes", depicting Jacob's dream in Bet El, in which angels go up and down a ladder, illustrated by Tuvia Aharoni (1909-1981). Presented here is a board printed on cardboard; an identical board printed on paper and a leaf with playing instruction.
Enclosed: illustrated packaging label for the game "SulamYa'akov" (illustrated by Lev Dickstein). Published by B. Barlevy, [late 1940s].
Folding instructions leaf: 20X14 cm. Cardboard board: 30X30 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases. Defects to colors. Slight tears. Paper board: 39.5X35 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears along margins and along folding marks and open tears. Stains. Creases.
Literature: "A Trip across the Country – Games from Mr. Barlevy's Store". Exhibition catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum. Tel Aviv, 1999. Pp 37 and 66.
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