Auction 014 Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jun 5, 2018 (your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
The auction has ended

LOT 272:

Two Items Signed by Isser Harel – Map of Buenos Aires and Photocopy of Declaration by Adolf Eichmann

Sold for: $300
Start price:
$ 100
Auction house commission: 25% More details
VAT: 17% On commission only
tags:

Two Items Signed by Isser Harel – Map of Buenos Aires and Photocopy of Declaration by Adolf Eichmann
Two items signed by Isser Harel.
Isser Harel (1913-2003), one of the founders of the Israeli Intelligence, head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), head of the Mossad and MK of the seventh Knesset. In 1960, he oversaw the operation for capturing the SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann who hid in a ranch near Buenos Aires. Due to the sensitivity of the operation, Harel himself traveled to Argentina and stayed in Buenos Aires to oversee the capture from close.
1. Alrededores De Buenos Aires, Plano Suplementario De La Guia Peuser De Turismo [Buenos Aires and its region, map for tour-guide Peuser]. Printed by the Departamento Cartografia Peures.] Buenos Aires, ca. 1960s?]. Signature on upper margins: "I. Harel, Tzahala, 14.7.76".
Fabric-covered binding, with gilt embossment: "Map, donated by Isser Harel".
53.5X97 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding creases. Stains and damages. Tears, some open to edges and along folding creases. Defects to margins of the map sustained by gluing to binding. Detached, slightly worn binding.
2. Photocopy of a two-page declaration, in the handwriting of Adolf Eichmann. Written in May 1960, in Buenos Aires (German). Both pages signed on bottom margins. The first: "I. Harel, Tzahala, 14.7.76"; the second: "I. Harel".
Mounted on a double-page sheet, bound in a fabric-covered binding with a gilt inscription: "Letter, donated by Isser Harel".
[2] pages, 21X32 cm. Good-fair condition. Filing holes, creases, stains and defects. The photocopy is slightly faded. Wear and defects to fabric binding and pages.