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Auction 22 · Lot 101

An important collection of ephemera and invitations to historic Zionist events

Estimate
$2,000–$2,500
Hammer price
$2,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ISRAEL, STATE OF).

Place

Jerusalem / Tel Aviv

Publication

1948 (and earlier)

Description

Seven items

summary

Includes invitations dated 4th Iyar (13th May) 1948 to “A meeting scheduled at 1:30 p.m in the Keren Kayemet Hall to discuss “the Proclamation of Independence.” In fact this was to be the Ceremony itself - declaring the Independence of the State of Israel. The lot includes instructions: “Please keep this invitation a secret and arrive in light holiday attire.” * With two tickets with assigned seat numbers
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