Auction No. 087
Old books, manuscripts, Judaica items, numismatics, coins
February 25, 2015
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Opening $ 150
Estimate $ 250 - $ 350
11 colored postcards. New York/Germany [?] c. 1900.
[11] postcards. 13.5x9 cm. Large, impressive flower on each postcard and New Year's greetings. All in Hebrew. Some with blessings in German and some in English. Different postcards, printed as a series.
Very fine condition.
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Shana Tova pop-ups cards & Letters
Opening $ 180
Estimate $ 300 - $ 350
6 colored New Year's cards. Bakelite. Yiddish. Germany. 1890-1900.
All are made of two sections that open. The interior features blessings, in Yiddish in square Hebrew letters and in English. Some feature a note on the back that they were printed in Germany. Printed on Bakelite. [Bakelite is a thin, stiff material that preceded plastic]. The interior greetings are printed on paper. The exterior Bakelite and the interior section are connected with a colored ribbon. One of the blessings is addressed [in Yiddish] 'to my sister'.
Various sizes, very fine condition.
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Shana Tova pop-ups cards & Letters
Opening $ 250
Estimate $ 400 - $ 500
11 New Year's greetings. Colored. Bakelite. Yiddish. Germany, 1890-1900.
[11] postcards. 12.5 x 8 cm. Made of two sections that open. The interior features greetings in Yiddish and English. The place of print, Germany, printed on the back. The front section is printed on Bakelite. The interior blessings are printed on paper. The two sections are connected with colored ribbons.
The front of the card wishes a good year in Yiddish to the addressee: mother, cousin, parents and more. All have different illustrations and interior text. [Bakelite is a thin, stiff material that preceded plastic]. Very fine condition.
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Shana Tova pop-ups cards & Letters
Opening $ 180
Estimate $ 250 - $ 300
8 miniature New Year's cards. Germany, 1890-1900.
6x8 cm. All colored and made of two sections. Interior greetings in Yiddish and English. Most feature the place of print, Germany, on the back. Printed on Bakelite. The interior blessings were printed on paper. Some also in Yiddish.
The interior and exterior sections are connected with a colored ribbon. Very fine condition.
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Shana Tova pop-ups cards & Letters
Opening $ 200
Estimate $ 300 - $ 400
Three pop-up, three-dimensional, colored greeting cards with "A Happy New Year" greeting.
* Jews shaking hands and sharing greetings, 21x26 cm.
* Man doing kaparot with a rooster over his wife's head, 32x29 cm.
* Peddler selling greeting cards, 21x25 cm.
Light tears at the edges. Overall fine condition.
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Shana Tova pop-ups cards & Letters
Opening $ 300
Estimate $ 400 - $ 500
* Appeal to the administration of the "Kofer HaYishuv" to integrate five clerks of Salonica descent into the organization. By Leon Recanati and Shlomo Venezia, 1939.
Leon Rekanti was a leader of the Jewish community in Salonica, the Greek representative in the Jewish Sochnut, representative in the World Jewish Congress and member of the administration of the Keren HaYesod.
* [5] letters. Correspondence between Elimelech ben Porat, owner of the "Toshia" publications in Jerusalem and a Corfu client. Greece, [1934-1936].
The client, Chaim Mizrachi, ordered "Tevuot Ha'aretz" by Rabbi Yosef Schwartz, Shir HaShirim by Zeev Raban and "HaChalutzim" by Meir Gur Aryeh – and more.
The letters are in fine-very fine condition.
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Shana Tova pop-ups cards & Letters
Opening $ 250
Estimate $ 300 - $ 350
Letter from the agent of Baron Jakob Meyer Rothschild, with the Baron's signature. Paris, 1833.
Letter of request to the Parisian customs administrator asking for permission for entry for a horse that the Baron purchased during his trip to Algeria. The letter, written on the 15th of October 1833, was signed by Baron Jakob Meyer Rothschild.
1 paper. 21x27 cm. French.
Tiny tears without loss. Fine-very fine condition.
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Shana Tova pop-ups cards & Letters