Thomashefsky Theater. Now Playing Mr. Boris Thomashefsky as Solomon Putterknopf in “The Green Millionaire.”

AUCTION 75 | Thursday, March 08th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Auction of Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Antiquities, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art

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Lot 71

(YIDDISH THEATER)

Thomashefsky Theater. Now Playing Mr. Boris Thomashefsky as Solomon Putterknopf in “The Green Millionaire.”

Approx. 12 x 41.5 inches (30.5 x 105.4 cm). Tears, few stains. Unexamined out of framed.

New York, c. 1915:

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,500

Boris Thomashefsky (1866-1939) was one of the biggest stars in Yiddish theater. The comedy The Green Millionaire by Abraham Shomer, was long a part of Thomashefsky’s repertoire.