Auction 61 Rare and Important Items
Apr 24, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
  8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 125:

Collection of Press Photographs - "Great Arab Revolt", 1936-1939

Start price:
$ 1,800
Estimated price:
$3,000 - $5,000
Auction house commission: 23%
VAT: On commission only
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Fourteen press photographs from the period of the "Great Arab Revolt" in Palestine. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Acre and other places, 1936-1939 (one photograph from 1933).
The photographs depict: burnt British positions on the way to Lod airport; the ruins of Barclay's Bank in Hebron; British soldiers in a fighting position in the Old City; clash between British forces and an Arab mob during a protest against Jews; photograph of the Arab rebels in the mountains (written on the press note: "The first authentic picture ever taken of the Arab rebels… by a photographer who negotiated for weeks before being allowed in the secret stronghold"); British forces evacuate casualties from a bombing executed by Etzel organization in the Arab market in the Old City on 15.7.1938; photograph from the period after the revolt - a British barrier in Tel Aviv used for drying laundry; and more. Enclosed is a photograph from 1933 portraying riding forces putting an end to a conflict between Jews and Arabs in a market in Jaffa.
Press information notes are pasted on the back of the photographs with ink-stamps: Acme Newspictures, Wide World Photos, Associated Press Photo, and other stamps.
Size and condition vary. Average size: approx. 18X23 cm. Fair-good overall condition. Creases, defects and tears at margins (mainly slight). Pencil inscriptions and traces of glue on the back. Missing pieces at corners of two photographs; one photograph with miniature pinholes and an inscription on upper margins. One photograph with a barcode sticker on the back.