Auction 41 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art
Oct 29, 2014
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 189:

Rehavia Moussaieff – Accounting Book and Documents, 1920-1940


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$ 400
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Rehavia Moussaieff – Accounting Book and Documents, 1920-1940
About 38 documents which belonged to Rehavia Moussaieff (b.1894) and his family. 1920s-40s. English, Hebrew, Arabic, French.
Rehavia Moussaieff was the firstborn son (of 12 children) and the heir of Shlomo Moussaieff, who came to Eretz Israel from Bukhara in 1890 and was one of the founders of the Bukhari neighborhood in Jerusalem. Rehavia Moussaief owned an empire of jewelry and pearls and travelled abroad quite often. Among the documents: a notebook "Antiques and real estate and objects", letters from family members related to business from all over the world, a contract in Arabic from the Turkish period, commercial documents concerning jewelry, permits for entry and departure from Palestine and personal documents.
Sizes and conditions vary, overall good condition