Auction 38 · Lot 159
Collection of 160 food coupons for the citizens of Jerusalem
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- $1,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Place
Jerusalem
Publication
v.d
summary
Important material culture reflecting the austere economic conditions of Jerusalem, in the 1940s and the early years of the State.
These food-coupons were issued by a wide array of Jerusalem establishments: local grocery stores (such as that adjacent to the Chevron Yeshivah) or the well-known Berman Bakery (whose coupons are trilingual in Arabic, English and Hebrew). Besides coupons issued by merchants, there are those authorized by various charitable organizations: Several coupons for loaves of bread issued the Va'ad ha-Yeshivoth be-Eretz Israel; coupons for heating oil by the Vaad Me'ah She'arim; lodging for 14 nights, etc. In Adar of 1952, the Neturei Karta issued a coupon good for "one cube of sugar," such were the harsh living conditions of the times
Most in mint condition. Mounted in attractive album with protective sheaths. Folio
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