Auction 014 Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jun 5, 2018 (Your local time)
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LOT 16:

An Architectural Drawing and a Handwritten Leaf – Abu Kishk Lands in the Sharon Plain, late 1920s

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Two documents related to the purchase of Abu Kishk lands in the Sharon Plain:
1. Copy of an architectural drawing (on cloth) of the Abu Kishk area. [late 1920s].
Drawing of the area between the Yarkon River and Bahariya orange grove, an area which encompasses the lands of Abu Kishk. The drawing was prepared in 1927 for Yehoshua Hankin (who purchased the Abu Kishk lands for "Hachsharat HaYeshuv" company). The copy offered here in signed with several signatures and ink stamps (some dated 1928-1929): ink-stamps of Bank HaPoalim (with hand signatures by the bank's representatives); hand-signature by Yitzchak Rokach "on behalf of Bahariya"; one signature and ink-stamp in Arabic; ink stamp of the Jaffa Land Registry office – "Sifrei HaAchuza" office; and more.
37.5X66 cm. Good-fair condition. Slightly faded. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Some tears.
2. "Various offers related to the acquisition of HaYarkon (Abu Kishk) lands", handwritten leaf. September 7, 1927. Hebrew.
A handwritten leaf with various calculations related to the purchase of some of Abu Kishk lands from Yehoshua Hankin. The names of partners involved are written on top of the leaf – Menashe Bechor, Daniel Oster, Zvi Isaacson and Menachem Dunkelblum (known as the "Isaacson Group"). The size of plot purchased by each one of this group members appears next to their names, as well as the total area of the land and the size of land which the "Hassidim get" (Meaning a group of Gur Dynasty Hassidim who also purchased some of Abu Kishk lands). Also mentioned on the leaf are expenses related to the purchase (registering the lands, general zoning, travel expenses, etc.)
[1] leaf, 26.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Small tears at margins. Filing holes at left margins.
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