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LOT 85:
Collection of Shana Tova Postcards - Jewish Customs and Scenes. Start of the 20th Century
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Sold for: $120
Start price:
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120
Estimated price:
$300 - $500
Auction house commission:
20%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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Collection of Shana Tova Postcards - Jewish Customs and Scenes. Start of the 20th Century
Ten Shana Tova postcards depicting Jewish customs and scenes. Various publishers, places and years of publication. Start of the 20th century.
"Shana Tova" postcard depicting a Jewish family around a festive table eating a pomegranate, with the Hebrew text "bring us a sweet, good year," Juhudia publishers, Warsaw; four Shana Tova postcards published by Central -Warsaw, one depicts a father blessing his children as his family sits by a holiday meal; photomontage depicting a boy eating matzah with a sack of matzahs behind him and the Hebrew text of the first words of Mah Nishtana [posted 1911]; picture of people using an early telegraph and the Hebrew text "L'Shana Tova Tikatevu"; photo postcard with a Cantor and Torah reader with the Torah Scrolls [posted 1911]; scenes with children; rare "prize" depicting a boy and girl on a wooden bench with an umbrella, and more.
Four were posted. Overall very fine condition.
