Auction 018
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jan 23, 2019
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 798:
Collection of Pins – Portraits of Dignitaries, Including them Theodor Herzl, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Haim Nachman Bialik ...
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Sold for: $300
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Collection of Pins – Portraits of Dignitaries, Including them Theodor Herzl, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Haim Nachman Bialik, Chaim Weizmann, and others
Collection of pins with portraits of Jewish dignitaries and Zionist leaders.
The collection includes: • Nine pins with the portrait of Theodor (Binyamin Ze'ev) Herzl on behalf of various entities and one pin with the legend "1954, fifty years to the passing of Herzl, vision and fulfillment". • Ten pins with the portrait of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, some commemorating the day of his death. Two pins commemorating the re-internment of Jabotinsky's remains in Israel, with the legend "Jabotinsky returns to the homeland" (Hebrew). • Five pins with the portrait of Haim Nachman Bialik, one with the legend "One language – one heart" (Hebrew). • Pin with a ribbon and a plaque with the portrait of Chaim Weizmann. • Two pins with the portrait of David Ben-Gurion, one on the occasion of his 80th birthday. • Two pins with the portrait of Meir Dizengoff and the legend "Father of Tel-Aviv" (Hebrew).
Total of 35 pins. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
