Auction 018
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
By Kedem
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Jan 23, 2019
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 784:
Large Collection of Pins – Cities and Settlements in Israel
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Start price:
$
500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 17%
On commission only
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Large Collection of Pins – Cities and Settlements in Israel
Collection of approx. 260 pins from most of the cities, settlements and sites in Israel. Most of the pins are from the second half of the 20th century. A number of pins are earlier.
The collection includes, among others, pins of Tel-Aviv, Ramat-Gan, Bnei-Brak, Dimona, Ein Yahav, Hanita, Maon Region, Kafar Kama, Rahat, Mazkeret Batia, Ramat Rachel, Sderot, Nazareth, Neot Kedumim, Ovdat, Safed, Faran, Yarka, Yamit, and more. Some of the pins in this collection were given as Bar-Mitzva or Bat-Mitzva gifts or given to workers in the municipality, and some of the pins were created to commemorate the jubilee of a settlement or following the declaration of a settlements as a city.
The collection also includes a number of pins for summer camps or for children's and youth educational enterprises: summer camp "Peal U-Smach", Neve Nofesh, Migdal Or and more.
A number of pins were created prior to the establishment of the state of Israel, among them: "Tel-Aviv, 1909-1925", "Afula, city of Yizrael, 1925" and "Local Council Petach Tikva".
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
