(SEPHARDICA).
AUCTION 50 |
Thursday, February 24th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art
Lot 338
(SEPHARDICA).
Ottoman Empire: 1881-1947
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $450
The three founders of the Société Ottomane de Commerce, Agriculture & Industrie were "Nissim Agiman, supervisor of forestry and mining, Adrianople, a Turkish citizen; Jacob [illegible], supervisor of railways, Constantinople, a Turkish citizen; and Gad Frumkin, merchant, Constantinople, a Turkish citizen."
Gad Frumkin (1887-1960) was one of the few Jewish lawyers in Palestine under Ottoman rule. After the British conquest, he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Palestine in 1920 - the only Jewish appointee - and remained on the bench until the end of the British Mandate in 1948. A born Jerusalemite, he was the son of Israel Dov Frumkin, publisher of Chavatzeleth. See EJ, Vol. X, col. 1508