Auction 018
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jan 23, 2019
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Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 796:
Collection of Pins – Ports in Israel
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Sold for: $120
Start price:
$
100
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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Ten pins of different ports in Palestine, some from the Mandate Period.
• A Tel-Aviv port pin, with the image of Zebulun, and the legend "Zebulun shall live by the seashore, Tel-Aviv Port". • A Tel-Aviv port pin, with the emblem of the city and the legend" "when you cross the shore I am with you" (Hebrew). • Pin – Jaffa port; a lighthouse and an anchor. • Four Haifa port pins, including a pin commemorating 25 years to the establishment of the port. • Pins of Eilat and Ashdod ports. • "Mishmar HaNamal" pin. • "Ports Authority" pin - with an anchor, sea waves and two cranes. A legend: "thou shall spread to the west" (Hebrew).
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
