Auction 41 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art

Archive – Yitzhak Raphael Molkho

Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Hundreds of documents from the archive of Yitzhak Raphael Molkho [Eretz Israel, Turkey, Greece and Europe, 1920s-1940s]. Hebrew, Ladino, French and English.
Yitzhak Raphael Molkho (1894-1976) was a journalist, historian, translator, Zionist activist, businessman and Israeli public figure, born in Thessaloniki, one of the leaders of the Separdic Congregations Union in Jerusalem and in Israel. Managed a business of import, export and distribution of films and had business relations all over the Middle East.
The archive contains hundreds of documents, correspondence with firms in Turkey and France, correspondence regarding import and distribution of films, regulations and documents of the committee of Indian Jews in Israel, postcards and personal letters sent from Greece in the 1930s (Ladino), numerous letters in Sephardic handwriting, and more. Total of hundreds of documents. Sizes and conditions vary.
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives, Hebrew and Yiddish Literature, Bibliography and Research
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives, Hebrew and Yiddish Literature, Bibliography and Research