Great Britain: Nathan Mayer Rothschild death memorial medal in bronze; by Joseph Moore (not marked); size: 61mm; weight: 101.4g. Obverse: 3-lined Latin legend based on Rothschild's initials, "Nummis Maximus Reperitur." ['the greatest is found in coins']; date of death in Roman numerals below, on 2 lines "OB JUL. XXVIII MDCCCXXXVI" [obiit - he died] July 28 1836. Reverse: right-facing Rothschild with name above, "Pub. by Hyam...
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 #127 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Hungary: Dr. Armin Vambery 80th birthday uniface bronze plaquette, 1912; by Jenő [Eugene] Körmendi–Frim, minted by Ludvig E. of Budapest; size: 59.5x60 mm; weight: 128.7g. Left profile of Vambery with latin numerals for birthday. Commissioned by Hungarian scientific associations in 1911 for the occasion. Vambery (born Hermann/Ármin Bamberger/Wamberger) was a Jewish Turkologist and...
Lot #128 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Hungary: Albert Einstein uniface bronze medal by László Csontos, ND; size: 92.25mm; weight: 170.4g. Csontos (born 1925) made a series of large uniface portrait medals of famous men of science, but his depiction of Einstein is the most original and artistic.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $179....
Lot #129 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Palestine/Yishuv: [Rabbi] Dr. Gotthard Deutsch silvered bronze plaquette by Bezalel, maker-marked; size: 46 x 69.5mm; weight: 85.9g. Uniface plaquette depicting left-facing bust of Deutsch, with his name and dates of birth and death below, flanked by Stars of David on either side. Deutsch was a Rabbi, theologan and scholar or Jewish history.
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Lot #130 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Israel: Ze'ev Jabotinsky 20th anniversary of death commemorative medal in silver, 1960, by Shmuel Kretchmer; size: 33.25mm; weight: 24.4g. Obverse depicts bas-relief of left-facing Jabotinsky with his name and dates of birth and death in Hebrew. On reverse bas-relief of Israel and both banks of the Jordan river, with quotation from Jabotinsky's poem (oddly, laid out from left to right), "This...
Lot #131 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Israel: Ze'ev Jabotinsky 20th anniversary of death commemorative medal in bronze(?) 1960, by Shmuel Kretchmer; size: 31.25mm; weight: 17.3g; plain rim. Obverse depicts bas-relief of left-facing Jabotinsky with his name and dates of birth and death in Hebrew. On reverse an image of Jabotinsky's tomb and quotation from his anthem for the Betar movement, "To Die - or Conquer the Hill". In BU...
Lot #132 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Netherlands: Shlomo Ansky ("An-ski") medal of the Dutch Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, circa. 1979; cast bronze (no discernable maker mark); 76mm, 134.8g: features a portrait of An-ski in a tarboosh hat (see photo) adorned by the legend "Joods Historisch Museum" on obverse, and a Yiddish dedication to him in Hebrew letters on the reverse ("Yiddischer Kultur-Verein 'Sh. An-Ski'") and the dates 1921-1979 over an image...
Lot #133 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Russia/USSR: Heinrich Heine bronze medal by A. A. Manuilov, 1974; size: 60mm; weight: 124.15g. Obverse depicts right-facing profile of Heine, his name and his years of birth and death below. On reverse a waving banner with quotation from one of Heine's works. Ordinarily the marks of the minting company and the date appear at the edge: here it looks like the date was double-stamped and deformed....
Lot #134 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Russia/USSR: Alexander [Borisovich] Goldenveyzer (Goldenweiser) Centennary bronze medal by Igor Sergeevich Komshilov (1929-), 1975; size: 60mm; weight: 104.35g. Goldenveizer (1875 - 1961) was a prominent Jewish-Russian pianist, composer, teacher and writer; artistic director of the Central Music School of the Conservatory and creator of one of the largest piano schools in the Soviet Union....
Lot #135 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Russia/USSR: [Reinhold Moritzevich/Ernest] Glière (Glier) birth centennary bronze medal by Joseph Ivanovitch Kozlovsky, 1975; size: 60mm; weight: 123.65g. Glier was a Russian-Jewish composer and conductor. The medallist Kozlowski (1913 - 1993) was a Soviet sculptor and artist, and may have been Jewish. An oxidation speck under Glier's left eye.
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Lot #136 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Russia/USSR: Stefan Zweig birth centennary bronze medal by Joseph Ivanovitch Kozlovsky, 1981; size: 60mm; weight: 122.25g. Zweig was a Jewish-Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer, becoming at his height one of the most popular writers in the world. The medallist Kozlowski (1913 - 1993) was a Soviet sculptor and artist, and may have been Jewish....
Lot #137 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Russia/Soviet Union: Emmerich Kálmán centennary commemorative bronze medal, 1983, by Jewish medallist Mark G. Salman (b. 1938); size: 60mm; weight: 107.2g. Obverse: front-facing Kalman with dates of birth & death. Reverse: conductor's stick, flying carpets & sheet music over grand set of stairs & arches; "Imre Kalman" in Russian & "Kalman Emmerich" in English. Kalman (1882-1953) was a...
Lot #138 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
United States/Canada: Yitzhak Leib Peretz commemorative celluloid pin, circa. 1915-1920s; probably made in US or Canada; size: 22.5mm; weight: 1.5g. Pin depicts photo image of Peretz, his name (popularly known as "I.L.Peretz") and his dates of birth and death (from right to left, as in Hebrew). Peretz was a popular writer of prose and song in Yiddish and Hebrew in his time, a highly regarded figure of the "Haskala" movement...
Lot #139 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Austria: Professor Heinrich Kautsch bronze commemorative medal by Arnold Hartig, c. 1929; size: 52.5mm; weight: 58.4g. Obverse: left-facing Kautsch; German legend "Prof. Heinrich Kautsch Bildhauer u Medailleur" ['Professor Heinrich Kautsch Sculptor and Medallist']. Reverse: "Prague Paris Vienna". Kautsch (1859-1943) is listed in Forrer (v.3 p.126), with many works to his name, including medal of Heinrich...
Lot #140 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
US: aluminum advertising token for the film "Strike me Pink" starring Jewish actor Eddie Cantor, 1936; 27mm, 1.85g.
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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 every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout...
Lot #141 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
US: Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise / Hebrew Union College 70th Anniv. bronze medal, 1945; not marker-marked; 63mm, 88.35g. obverse: College & leg "HUC | Three Score and Ten" (ref. 46 years since Wise's passing away) & commem. dates 1875 - 1945 + Hebrew legend "Source of Living Waters" at base. reverse: right bust of Rabbi Wise + name & "Founder". Wise (1819-1900) emigrated to US to lead a Reform Jewish congregation; wrote...
Lot #142 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
US: Elkan R. Myers memorial award medal, ND; manufactured by the Medallic Art Company, designed by HCS (Hans Carl Schuler, 1912-1999; Forrer listed v8 p.196); size: 76mm; weight: 176.45g. Obverse: Myers + years of birth/ death; was a prominent member of the Baltimore Jewish community, chairman of United Jewish Appeal, a Fellow of Brandeis University, vice-president of the Baltimore Hebrew...
Lot #143 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
US: Victor Frenkil 50th birthday bronze homage medal, 1958, by Medallic Art Co., designed by Henry Berge (1908-1998); size: 76mm; weight: 174.6g. Obverse: smiling Frankil + legend "The Will to Achieve"; date 1958. Reverse: 14 line dedication + faux Admiral Ben Moreell signature. Frenkil (1909-1999) was a Baltimore-based Jewish contractor and philanthropist who developed good...
Lot #144 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
United States: Yehudi Menuhin 50th Birthday silver medal by Jewish medallist Paul Vincze, 1966; size: 56mm; weight: 97.05g. Obverse: Menuhin playing violin; Latin legend "YEHUDI MENVHIN ÆT. SVÆ. L" ('Yehudi Menuhin at the age of 50'), with date in Roman numbers; Vincze's name in exergue. Reverse: classical Roman images of teacher and pupil; Latin legend "CHI NON ARDE NON INCENDE" ('He who does not burn does...
Lot #145 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
US: Sidney Licht MD 'American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine' medal, 1968; by Medallic Art Co., designed by Paul Manship, 1886-1966; Forrer listed v8 p. 22-24; size: 76mm; weight: 235.75g. Obverse: left-facing Licht, his name & title below.reverse: artistic dedication to Licht around Staff of Asclepius. Licht (1907- 1979) was a Jewish physician credited with founding the International...
Lot #146 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
US: Israeli Prime Ministers Menachem Begin/Golda Meir troy ounce silver medal, circa. 1978-79; artist marked KD; size: 39mm; weight: 31g. Obverse: busts of both PM's with dates of birth & death (Meir). Reverse: Star of David with Menorah replica of type used in ancient Temple & "Shalom".
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price...
Lot #147 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
US: Gershwin brothers Library of Congress award medal in bronze, 1985; designed by Edgar Zell Steever IV (1915-2006); size: 76mm; weight: 222.35g; thickness: 7mm. Obverse: left facing busts George and Ira, each with years of birth / death, and profession below; Steever's initials below bust. Reverse: 2 bars music with lyrics from "Of Thee I Sing" (1931) + legend "Medal of the Congress 1985" & "Of Thee We...
Lot #148 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
United States: Judah Magnes/ Magnes Museum 20th anniversary(?) bronze bas relief medal by Jewish medallist Marika Somogyi, c. 1982; size: 110 x 117mm; weight: 1.151kg. Obverse: right-facing Magnes with dates of birth and death. Reverse: Magnes Museum and dates 1962-1982. Judah Leib Magnes (1877-1948) was a prominent Reform Rabbi, Jewish activist and co-founder of the Hebrew...
Lot #149 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Belgium: "And thy children shall return to their own border" medal, by Jewish medallist A. Ianchelevici (Idel Ianchelevici); ND; bronze/tombak(?); size: 41.75mm; weight: 32.65g. Obverse: man walking through the heart of the sea and a sailboat some distance away from him. Reverse: Latin & Hebrew legend in Rashi script (Jeremiah ch. 31 v. 16): "Revertentur Filii ad Terminos Sous"/"Ve Shavu Banim LeGvulam...
Lot #150 - Medals: Jewish Personalities
Hungary: Béla Tóth uniface bronze plaque, 1907; by Jewish medallist Istvan (Stephan) Csillag; size: 50x74.75 mm; weight: 104.8g. Tóth (1857-1907) was a journalist and writer. Friedenburg considers Csillag to be the most prolific of the 20th Century Jewish Hungarian medallists. Ref. JMM p.90. Plaque may have been commissioned prior to Toth's death that year, for his 50th birthday....
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