Auction 32
Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
Jul 2, 2013
(your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 234:
Bronze Plaque – "Lissa & Kann" Bank in The Hague, 1906
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Sold for: $420
Start price:
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Auction house commission: 23%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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Bronze Plaque – "Lissa & Kann" Bank in The Hague, 1906
Bronze plaque, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of "Lissa&Kann" Bank in The Hague. "Lissa&Kann" bank, one of the oldest banks in Holland was established by Hirschel Eliazer Kann and Moses Calmus Lissa, two Polish Jews. For more than one hundred years the bank operated as a family business. One of its directors was Henricus Kann, Zionist activist and one of the founders of Otzar Hityashvut Hayehudim bank and Anglo-Palestine bank. Kann acquired land in Ahuzat Bayit and served as consul of Holland in Eretz Israel between the years 1924 and 1928. Obverse: Stork and the inscription: "Lissa&Kann 1806-1906, Ter Herinnering Aan Het Eeuwfeest" [Lissa&Kann 1806-1906, one hundredth anniversary]. Reverse: Inscription: "Mazal Tov, Beracha veHatzlacha" (in Hebrew and Dutch). 51X63 mm.
