Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 64

Judaica

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 420		Begin, Menachem (1913-92) Prime minister of Israel (1977-83). He and Anwar Sadat of Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979, for which they received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Tribute Dinner Invitation Signed in Hebrew and English by Begin in blue ballpoint, 10½ x 7½ in. The program was for a tribute dinner on October 7, 1975 for Ira I. Miller, with Begin as the featured speaker. Matted and framed to 17½ x 14½ in. Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 421		[Dreyfus, Alfred] Capt. Dreyfus and His Children (1859-1935) Jewish army officer falsely accused of treason and sentenced to Devil's Island; he was later exonerated, thanks in large part to the efforts of Emile Zola and other intellectuals. Cabinet Card Photograph of Dreyfus in civilian clothing with his two children, by Gerschel, Paris. Likely taken in 1899 during Dreyfus' second trial. Evenly toned; upper right tip of mount is missing and one small chip in right margin; otherwise, fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,180
Lot 422		Meir, Golda (1898-1979) Autograph Sketch Signed as Prime Minister of Israel, 9 x 7¾ in., n.p., c. 1969-74. The sketch was drawn from life by Czech artist Oscar Berger, who was famous for his sketches of famous people. Mrs. Meir signed at lower left; Berger signed at lower right. The sketch is fine; it is affixed to toned 14 x 10½ in. cardstock with the right corners missing, easily matted and framed out. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $114
Lot 423		Straus, Oscar S ((1850-1926) U.S. Minister to Turkey (1887-89, 1898-1900); U.S. Secretary of Commerce & Labor (1906-1909) and first U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (1909-1910). As a member of the Paris Peace Conference (1918-1919), he worked to safeguard the rights of Jewish minorities in Europe. Typed Letter Signed, "Oscar S. Straus," one page, 9½ x 8 in., New York, June 3, 1898. Thanking Congressman Everett Wheeler for congratulations on Straus' second appointment as Minister to Turkey. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 424		Wiesenthal, Simon (1908-2005) Austrian Jewish Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for pursuing Nazi war criminals. Typed Letter Signed on "Dokumentationszentrum des Bundes Jüdischer Verfolgter des Naziregimes" letterhead, one page, 10½ x 8¼ in., Vienna, Jan. 19, 1984. To John Worth, in Virginia, asking for the birth date of a Nazi criminal, Hans Helmut Klotz, which Wiesenthal needs in order to find him. The date "March 15, 1912" is written in pencil at top right and must be the needed birth date. Very Fine. With transmittal envelope. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 425		Jewish Porcelain, Late 1700s, From Frederick the Great's Factory. Total of seventeen (17) pieces of Judenporzellan from the same set: two tea pots (9 and 7½ inches tall) with lids, one creamer (4¾ inches tall), six cups and six saucers, produced by the royal Berliner Porzellanmanufaktur owned by Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia (reigned 1740-86). The bottom of each piece (except the two tops) are stamped "BPM". Today the company is known as the Royal Porcelain Manufacture (KPM). Light to purplish pink and white, with gilt decorations. There are a few old repairs to two of these pieces: the creamer and the taller pot, where the handle attaches to the body, but no other defects are noted. In 1767, Frederick the Great took over a porcelain factory owned by Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky (1710-75), whom Frederick had supported in various enterprises since 1740 and who went bankrupt for a second time in '67. In order to increase business for the factory, which had twelve furnaces and employed 400 men, Frederick decreed that a tax be levied on Jews who wanted to obtain marriage, death, business and other licenses and permits. Some of the porcelain bought by the Jews was inferior, that is, it had some defects. These are very beautiful pieces, at least 225 years old, with a very interesting history. Estimated Value $5,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 426		Ten Postcards Sent From German Slave Labor Camps to Ukraine. All have stamps with a portrait of Hitler and "Deutsches Reich." Untranslated. One is stamped "Oberkommando der Wehrmacht geprüft" (examined by the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) and "Ostarbeiterlager" signifying a camp for "Eastern workers," who were Soviet civil workers primarily from Ukraine; their number has been estimated at between 3 million and 5.5 million. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold