Welcome to our 42nd Auction. The enclosed list of Prices Realized of our 41st Auction, held on November 26 2014, shows that it was a most successful sale with most areas selling well. There is a strong demand for good quality items.
We start this Auction with the 2 International Large Gold Collections:
ISRAEL 1948 – 1959 POSTAL HISTORY – 2nd part
1948 DOAR IVRI – 4th part
Of the many specialties offered, the following merit special attention:Turkish Forerunners, Palestine Stamps, 1948 Interim & Besieged Cities, Israel Postage Dues, Israel First Day Covers, JNF issues, Anti-Semitism & Holocaust mail culminating with Coins & Banknotes. All the specialties are listed in the detailed Table of Contents.
Please FAX your final bids to avoid delays. Bidders are requested to include their FAX and telephone numbers and/or email addresses on their bid sheets. For the convenience of our clients in the Metropolitan New York area Dr. Arthur Groten is available to accept bids and consignments by phone 845-471-4179 or e-mail[email protected]
Consignments can also be submitted by Mr. Gary Theodore, office phone 732-229-5310, cell 732-996-0520 or e-mail [email protected], Fax: 732-229-4805
With all good and sincere wishes,
YA'ARI YA'ACOV (POLSKIN) (1886 - 1944) - Journalist, writer & researcher of the history of the Jews in Eretz, 1932
2 full handwritten pages addressed to Smilansky David –
a member of the Tel Aviv Council headed by M. Dizengoff, re: a plea for help from M. Dizengoff regarding his rented apartment from which he was evacuated, very touching contents; folded, f - vf
ZOLA ALEXANDRINE (Emil's wife) 29.7.1898 message in French handwritten on both sides of a card (pc size) about the Dreyfus Affair and her husband's involvement in the affair, mentioning "L'Iinnocence de Dreyfus..." and giving the address of Mme Dreyfus at 33 Rue de Chateaudun Paris; vf
1955/90 - 35 docs mostly typed letters signed in Hebrew by Ministers, Knesset Members & 1 State President, incl.: Katzir E., Porush M., Yadlin A., Sapir P., Serlin Y., Aridor Y., Shilanski D., Libai D., Kol M., Ne'eman Y., Shapira Ch. M., etc.; some w/filing holes in margin, f - vf (x35)
200 autographs on 185 items (mostly Memorial or 1st Day covers) some foreign personalities but mostly prominent Jew.-Israeli personalities, cpl list available, incl. (by Alpha-Beth order): Alon Yigal, Ben-Gurion David, Ben-Zvi Itzhak, Botvinick Michael, Chagall Marc (on 1969 King David tabbed stp in Yiddish!), Dayan Moshe, in English, Eban Abba, Eshkol Levi, Gur Mota, Hussein (King), Kollek Tedy, Meir Golda, Rabin Itzhak, Rivlin Reuven, Sharet Moshe, Sharon Arik & many more; vf (x200)
