Auction 8
Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Feb 2, 2010
(Your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 23:
Book-Ends –Tablets of the Ten Commandments Shape - The United States, 1922
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Sold for: $130
Start price:
$
100
Auction house commission:
23%
VAT: On commission only
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Book-ends made of black painted metal. The United States, 1922. Made by L.V. Aronson.
Books-ends are made in the shape of the Tablets of the Ten Commandments with the Ten Commandments in Hebrew letters. The commandments numbering is in Roman digits. On top is a Magen David and lines resembling sun rays. The book-ends are decorated with a drawing of rocks on which the tablets are "leaning". Felt is pasted on the bottom.
Maximum size: 9 X 10 cm. Fair condition. Paint peeling in some spots. One of the book-ends is missing a supportive part.
