Tag: Auction
Letter to FDR from Einstein warning of Nazi atomic bomb to sell for millions
Christie’s auction house anticipates an explosive sale price for a two-page letter from 1939 that laid the foundation for the Allied victory in World War II.
In September, the auction giant will present items from the collection of billionaire...
Einstein-signed menu from 1930 appeal for European Jews up for auction
A menu from an Oct. 28, 1930 fundraiser to support European Jews as the Nazis rose to power, which is signed by Albert Einstein, H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and the second Lord...
Oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible to be displayed at Tel Aviv museum
The oldest near-complete edition of the Hebrew Bible, a manuscript from a millennium ago, will be on display on March 23-29 at the ANU—Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, the museum announced...
Holocaust survivors up in arms over planned auction of Nazi memorabilia
Holocaust survivors and those involved in efforts to maintain the memory of the Shoah are up in arms over plans to put some 20 Nazi artifacts up for auction next week.
Among the artifacts to...
Israeli court halts auction of ‘Auschwitz tattoo kits’
The Tel Aviv District Court suspended on Wednesday the auction of needle dies supposedly used on inmates of the Auschwitz death camp, after Jewish leaders and Holocaust survivors expressed outrage at the sale.
According to Tzolman’s Auction...
Jewish leaders, Holocaust survivors livid over auction of Nazi prisoner stamps
Jewish leaders and Holocaust survivors expressed outrage Monday after an auction house in Jerusalem offered for sale a set of needle stamps used by Nazis during World War II to tattoo numbers on the...
Jewish American shares Nobel Prize in economics
A Jewish American economist was one of two winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in economics for studying how auctions work, announced the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday.
Paul Milgrom, along with American...
Nazi memorabilia bought at auction for $660,000 given to Jewish group for safekeeping
A Lebanese-born Swiss businessman who purchased Nazi-era memorabilia at an auction in Munich last week donated the items to a Jewish group to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.
Abdallah Chatila spent about...
Israeli court stops auction of letter written by 11-year-old Jewish Holocaust victim
The Tel Aviv District Court blocked the sale of a letter written by an 11-year-old Jewish-Polish girl who was killed in the Holocaust following protest by her family members.
Five letters written by children in Poland, sent...
Handwritten Hebrew letter by Joseph Trumpeldor to be sold at auction
For years, there has been a debate about whether Zionist hero Joseph Trumpeldor actually uttered the famous declaration attributed to him moments before he died of his wounds defending the Jewish settlement at Tel...