Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Album with a Wooden Cover Inlaid with Stone – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1948/1949
Opening: $200
Unsold
Photograph album with a wooden cover inlaid with a chiseled stone plaque, made by a detainee in the Cyprus detention camps, 5709 (1948/1949).
Wooden boards, with a brown leather spine. Inlaid with a fine chiseled plaque depicting a ship sailing at sea; titled "Cyprus 5709" (Hebrew). The leaves of the album remain blank.
Plaque: 9X6 cm. Good condition. Some chipping to corners and edges of plaque. Fracture to lower left corner. Album: 20X10.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes to spine. Damage and stains to leaves and tissue guards.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Wooden boards, with a brown leather spine. Inlaid with a fine chiseled plaque depicting a ship sailing at sea; titled "Cyprus 5709" (Hebrew). The leaves of the album remain blank.
Plaque: 9X6 cm. Good condition. Some chipping to corners and edges of plaque. Fracture to lower left corner. Album: 20X10.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes to spine. Damage and stains to leaves and tissue guards.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illegal Immigration, British Detention Camps, the State of Israel
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illegal Immigration, British Detention Camps, the State of Israel