Italy(?): religious/Church medal, ND (mid 18th Century); white metal; size: 39mm; weight: 21.15g. Obverse depicts images associated with Judaism surmounted by the Latin Legend "HÆC CORPORIS UMBRA FUTURI" ('The Body Shadow'). On reverse images of wine and literature, with the Latin legend above "PRÆSENTIS SYMBOLA CHRISTI" ('Feast of the Christ'). A medal that generations of numismatists have had difficulty identifying, with...
HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
By: Historama
Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
Monday 8-04-2019 Timed Sale at Bidspirit.com @ 19:15 Israel-time | LOTS #1-579
Numismatics | Judaic Tokens & Medals | Banknotes | Arabiana | Israeliana | Judaica | Militaria | Ephemera
Tuesday 9-04-2019 @ 20:00 Israel-time | LOTS #580-1313
Stamps | Postal History | Philately | Paraphilately | Philatelic Documents
Welcome you to our 7th auction, this being our first in the format of a 'Buy or Bid' sale, where lots may be bid-on or purchased outright; there are over 1300 attractive lots on offer. The sale features items in every one of our areas of specialty, and is probably the largest (and best) selection of Judaic, Holyland and Israeli collectibles for sale anywhere at this time. Featured subjects include ancient & modern coins; Jewish tokens & medals; Jewish, Mandate & Israeli militaria; World War II collaborationist and Holocaust-related militaria; loose & affixed stamps of the Holyland, Egypt and the JNF; postal history of all periods and across all themes and subjects from the Holyland, Mandate, Israel, the Palestinian Authority & near east, as well as worldwide wartime (WWI / WWII) civilian and military mail (from 'horseshoe' and pre-'horseshoe route' mail to post-Third Reich 'uberroller' & displaced persons mail), mail of the Arab-Israeli conflict & 'postkrieg', Hijack/Terror mail + American Civil War Confederate States of America philately - a new subject area for us (students of Israeli & Interim postal history - unusual routes, special rates & key dates - will recognize many similar characteristics to their CSA counterpart); plus Judaica, Israeliana, Arabiana, banknotes and other areas of interest. There are many unique and 'discovery' items in this sale, and many fascinating objects both old and contemporary worth your attention.
The sale itself is divided into 2 parts, one covering non-philatelic fields (lots 1 - 579), and one covering philately (lots 580 - 1313). The period between now and the published 'end times' of the two parts of sale functions as a 'pre-sale' period: during this time lots may be bid on in a standard mail auction manner (bids submitted in writing) or through the online auction program, or be purchased outright. The published opening bid prices are the minimum bid prices, and the buyout prices (displayed below the lot descriptions) are mostly set 50% above the opening bid levels (traditionally "best" bids, which win a lot even before an auction's end are set to 3x the opening bid price). These "buy it now" prices are dynamic: they will rise by 5-10% for every bid received on a lot once the current bid level passes the midway point between the starting bid price and the original buyout price - please visit our home site historama.com/auctions or contact us for the updated buy-out prices. This is not intended to take advantage of interest in a lot but rather to avoid discouraging bidders from continuing to bid on an item of interest. As of now, at the end of the pre-sale period for Part 1 of the sale (non-philatelic items), available lots will be offered for sale in a timed live sale on our page at Bidspirit.com; Part 2 (philately) will run as a mail auction until the published end date and time, with 5 minute time-extensions if bids are received in the last minute of the sale (or time extension).
Once the sale is over it will take a few days to issue official "winner" notifications. Please bear with us, as the more broadly the sale is displayed and the more people participate, the more complex the process of collating all the bids from various sources and actioning special requests. The winner notification email contains a link to our automated checkout on the site - and this process generates the invoice. Please check your "spam" folder for the mail (from "historama-auctions") if it doesn't reach your inbox within 2-3 days of the sale's end. Unsold lots will be available for direct purchase after the sale - but may be displayed at a higher price than the opening bid levels for the sale: we do this to discourage fence-sitting during the sale; the opening bid prices are competitively set in order to encourage bidding. Here I should emphasize that the opening bid prices are not a reflection of our evaluation of a lot’s worth: where possible I have added an estimated value at the end of a product description, but a low starting price should not be construed as a lack of understanding of a lot’s worth.
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Lot #77 - Medals: Biblical/Religious
US: Christian(?) prayer tallion with the Priestly blessing (Cohen's blessing) with image of two lions holding up the Tablets with legend "Keep Holy the Ten Commandments"; size: 28.75 x 33.5mm; weight: 7.35g. The Cohen's blessing exists in Christian liturgy as the "Priestly blessing": based on its wording and the emphasis specifically on upholding the 10 commandments (and not referring to the whole 613 / Torah), this is...
Lot #78 - Medals: Biblical/Religious
US(?): Christian prayer tallion (the Lord's prayer) with Hebrew-written name "Cyril" ("Tzirl") within Star of David (unless this is a designer's error for "Zion" and is spelled here "Ziol"), circa. early 20th Century; size: 16.25 x 19mm; weight: 1.45g.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $24. This price will rise by...
Lot #79 - Medals: Biblical/Religious
Russia: Moses/"Shmah Yisrael" silver prayer Jewish tallion, circa. late 19th Century; possibly Aleksandr Sergeev Egorov of Moscow; size: 18.25mm x 27mm; weight: 2.95g. Oval tallion depicting Moses with rays above his head, holding tablet of the Ten Commandments. On reverse, on 6 lines, in Hebrew, separated by rosette devices, the most important prayer in the Jewish religion, "To the Loyal King: Hear O Israel...
Lot #80 - Medals: Jewish Rituals
Netherlands: Henry Levyssohn and Elizabeth Lavino marriage 50th jubilee bronze medal, 1842; by Jewish engraver Jacques Wiener; weight: 29.6g; size: 30mm; thickness: 4mm. Obverse: 6-lined legend, center ["They are rich with many loved and tenderly loving offspring"], with edge legend ["In memory of their golden wedding | Celebrated in Laeken January 1842"]. Reverse: 4-lined legend, center ["Our gratitude to G-...
Lot #81 - Medals: Jewish Rituals
Germany > Dresden: Theodor & Sophie Erbstein golden wedding anniversary cast token, 1880; uneven planchet, silvered bronze(?); not maker-marked; size: 20.75mm; weight: 2.45g. Obverse: 8 line legend "The Happy Couple Theodor and Sophie Erbstein on [their] Golden Wedding Anniversary". Reverse: couples' 1st initial T + S within wreath; Star of David above emitting rays. Julius Theodor Erbstein (1803- 1882...
Lot #82 - Medals: Jewish Rituals
Germany > Frankfurt: wedding reception momento medal for marriage of Abraham & Sara Federmann, 1881; tin, with blue ribbon; not maker-marked; size: 33.5mm; weight: 13.9g. Obverse: garbed man near well (Abraham's servant Eliezer?); Isaiah quote. + ref.: "Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD...". Reverse: 6 lined legend: "For [the] Wedding Reception of Abraham & Sara Federmann,...
Lot #83 - Medals: Jewish Rituals
Romania > Bucharest: Choral Temple 50 Bani "Hazkarat Neshamot" donation token (for recalling the deceased), struck in silvered copper-nickel, circa. 1912; by Jewish Romanian engraver Moise Carniol Fiul; size: 22mm; weight: 2.65g. Obverse: 3-line Hebrew legend: "Tzdaka Ba'ad Hazkarat Neshama" (Charity Towards Remembering a Soul); Romanian legend abv: "Pentru Sustinerea Cantinelor Scolare" (...
Lot #84 - Medals: Jewish Rituals
Israel: 1959-1960 Jewish holidays silver(?) calendar medal; not maker-marked; size: 35.75mm; weight: 17.05g. Obverse: shaded shape of Israel (per 1949 borders) within circle, emitting rays; Hebrew with English legend "For out of Zion shall go forth the law (Isaiah 2 v3)] | Jerusalem". Reverse: a globe device split into segments to highlight the business calendar dates of Jewish holidays, with vertical legend in center "1959...
Lot #85 - Medals: Jewish Rituals
Israel: "Tisha Be'Av" ('9th of Av') silver art medal, ND (1961); maker-marked Kretchmer; size: 33.25mm; weight: 24.1g. Obverse: Song of Songs quotation, "Behold, He Standeth Behind our Wall", around the edge; 'Yalkut Shimoni' quotation in center; Menorah & sun(?) devices below: "Behind the Western Wall of the Temple, Which Will Never be Destroyed". Reverse: bas-relief of wailing Jews during the 9th of Av...
Lot #86 - Medals: Jewish Rituals
Israel: religious amulet with image of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri surrounded by Kabbalist holy words; on reverse legend "Amulet for Good Health and Success" with the acronym "KraSatan" (tear satan) in the center.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $39. This price will rise by about 5-10% for...
Lot #87 - Medals: Jewish Communities
Brazil: enamel pin of the Jewish Community of Sao Paulo ("Círculo Israelita de São Paulo"), circa. 1920s-1930s; not maker-marked; size: 11mm x 40mm; weight: 0.85g. Design is of blue and white enamel with emblem at center and stylized metal lettering all around, "Circulo Israelita De S. Paulo". The "Circulo Israelita" was founded by young Jews in 1926 and existed as an independent Jewish organization until 1971, when it merged...
Lot #88 - Medals: Jewish Communities
Germany > Hanover: uniface medallion of the Board of Jewish Community in Hannover, bronze; circa. 1870-1880s; size: 44.5mm; weight: 19.1g. The design depicts the coat of arms of the city of Hanover with lions on either side, with the community's name written around: "Vorstand der Israelitischen Gemeinde zu Hannover". This medallion was probably affixed to an official object belonging to the Board; its estimated date...
Lot #89 - Medals: Jewish Communities
Hungary: Jewish Youth Choir of Debrecen ("Debreczeni Izraelita Ifjak Dalköre") enamel & bronze membership pin, circa. early 1910's; by Jerouschek of Budapest; size: 22mm x 66.25mm; weight: 5.2g. Depicts harp with choir's name in white circle around it, punctuated by Star of David. Founded in 1910, numbering c. 20 members, originally conducted by composer, Mano Gottlieb, who also helped...
Lot #90 - Medals: Jewish Communities
Hungary: "Hebrew Culture - Hungary" enamel and metal pin, circa. 1910s; designed by Y. Sh.; size: 32.25 x 31.75mm; weight: 8.05g. Oval shaped badge in blue & white enamel, with Hebrew words "Hebrew" & "Culture" on white [Ten Commandment] Tablet devices & silver rays emitting forth & "Hungaria" in exergue; designer's Hebrew initials at left. Little information exists, but "Tarbut Ivrit...
Lot #91 - Medals: Jewish Communities
Romania: Sephardic Jewish Community 200th Jubilee medal, 1931; struck in gilded bronze(?); 28.25 x 31.5mm, 10.45g. Obverse: Ten Commands & Menorah; Romanian legend "Jubileul de Două Sute ani de la Întemeierea Comunităţii 1730-1930" ("Two Hundred Years Jubilee to the foundation of the Community 1730-1930"). Reverse: Star of David & "Shadday" ("G-d") + Hebrew legend "Jews of Sephardic Ethnicity Bucharest...
Lot #92 - Medals: Jewish Communities
Russia/Ukraine: Balta (Odessa region) Jewish community 3 Kopek bronze token, circa. 1880s; size: 18.5mm; weight: 1.85g. Obverse: number "3"; Ukrainian legend "контора коробочнаго сбора балта" ['office boxed collection of Balta']. Reverse: swan image - Jewish tokens from the Odessa region all bear image of swan & identified by phrase 'office box collection', a reference to the community levy imposed by...
Lot #93 - Medals: Jewish Institutions
Argentina: Bialik School uniface tallion (ND); tin alloy; 40.5mm, 19.7g: reads "Esc. Ctrl. J. N. Bialik" in latin letters over an artistic design of Bialik's initials in Hebrew in the circle below, and the name "H.N.Bialik" in Hebrew at bottom. Most probably from the "Escula [Central] Jaim Najman Bialik" in Santa Fe, Argentina. The school was founded in 1906 as the "Yiddish School", as a supplementary school...
Lot #94 - Medals: Jewish Institutions
Bulgarian Jewish technical school thimble (ND), circa. 1890s-1910s: brass thimble inscribed in Cyrillic letters: "зтб еврейчета софия" (with Star of David device after legend), translated (from Bulgarian, not Russian) as "To the Hebrews of Sofia". Although the Jewish community of Bulgaria is an ancient one and historiography records many institutions existing to serve the Bulgarian Jewish...
Lot #95 - Medals: Jewish Institutions
Bulgaria > Sophia: Jewish burial society "Chevra Kadisha" members metal and enamel pin in bronze(?), 1910, by Strakhil Miloshev of Sofia; size: 19 x 18.25mm; weight: 2.45g. Pentagon shaped pin: shovel & axe with Star of David; Bulgarian legend transliterated from Hebrew, "Chevra Kedusha(sic) Burials(?) Sofia 1910". Reverse: safety-pin + maker's mark. The Sophia branch of "Chevra Kadisha" existed prior...
Lot #96 - Medals: Jewish Institutions
China: Harbin "Jewish Music-Drama Society" copper token (ND), circa. 1910s-1920's; no marker marks; size: 25.5mm; weight: 7.6g. Obverse bears legend in Russian around edge (partially abbreviated), "Jew[ish] Mus[ical]-Dramat[ic] Society Harbin", with two Chinese characters in center, separated by a dot between them. Reverse an image of a crowned figure with lyre and legend in Russian "Czar [King] David" - possibly the name of...
Lot #97 - Medals: Jewish Institutions
Germany: the New Jewish Hospital in Hamburg, 1841, by Hans Friedrich Alsing; silver (large size 45mm), 43.75g, in VF: with bust of Salomon Heine and legend "Menschenliebe ist die Krone aller Tugenden" (in English: "Human love is the crown of all virtues"); on obverse view of the home with German legend "Frau Betty Heine zum andenken erbaut von ihrem Gatten" (in English: [dedicated to] "Mrs. Betty Heine built in memory of her...
Lot #98 - Medals: Jewish Institutions
Germany: large bronze medal of the New Jewish Hospital in Hamburg, 1841, by Hans Friedrich Alsing; size: 45mm; weight: 42.35g, in EF. obverse: the home with German legend "Frau Betty Heine zum andenken erbaut von ihrem Gatten" ('[dedicated to] Mrs. Betty Heine built in memory of her husband'). reverse: Heine's bust & legend "Menschenliebe ist die Krone aller Tugenden" ('Human love is the crown of all virtues'). Salomon...
Lot #99 - Medals: Jewish Institutions
Germany: Jewish Hospital in Hamburg, 1841, by J.D.; bronze, Æ 23mm, 4.05g. With bust of Salomon Heine and view of the home. Heine was the uncle of Heinrich Heine, and the principal benefactor of the hospital who dedicated its construction to his deceased wife. He established the new hospital in response to the poor medical conditions of the city's own hospital, and the Jewish Hospital was...
Lot #100 - Medals: Jewish Institutions
Germany: Jewish Hospital in Hamburg/Salomon Heine, 1841 medal mule with reverse of Queen Victoria (1850), in bronze; size: 23mm; weight: 3.8g. Obverse: re-engraved version of 1841 original with design of hospital and text dedicating its 1841 construction to Heine's deceased wife, Betty, but different letter sizing/spacing than the original strike, no beeded edge or the period after the date. Reverse: left...
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