Auction 37
Herzl, Zionism, philately, Medals, Israel's wars, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Judaica, and more.
By GAL COLLECTION
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May 20, 2024
גוש עציון 2 גבעת שמואל, Israel
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Special Auction: Opens with a newly discovered historical treasure.
The main part of the auction presents items from the collections of Jacob Yablok.- VirtualJewishmuseum.com.
Includes, Philately Medals, Letters and Documents. From the beginning of Zionism. Anti-Semitism, Holocaust and Sharit Ha'plita, British mandate, Mapilim, Israel War of Independence, the Israeli-Arab conflict. And many more.
Among the items are also a number of very rare, historically important items.
And many rare or uncommon items, among many other interesting items.
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LOT 6:
George Bush Sr. - Protoma, head sculpture, Israeli wax museum, Migdal Shalom.
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Start price:
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12,000
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VAT: 17%
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George Bush Sr. - Protoma, head sculpture, Israeli wax museum, Migdal Shalom.
Head of a statue of US president, George Herbert Walker Bush, the statue was taken from the Israeli wax museum when it was closed, we did not find Bush's name on the list of exhibits in the museum, and also the museum was closed about a year before Bush was elected president. Our hypothesis is that it is a statue that was sculpted By Shmuel Ben Ami while Bush was Ronald Reagan's vice president.
It is recommended to watch the episode about the wax museum of the unimportant series in "Kan 11" which is available on YouTube, the episode ends with the sentence: "The wax museum in Kolvo Shalom was a resounding success until it was closed in 1987, a few years later most of the museum's sculptures were sent for demolition including two those of David Ben Gurion"
According to the seller, his grandfather was one of the workers who worked to clear the museum, he decided to keep some of the heads of the statues.
Dimensions: height 31 cm. width 17 cm. Circumference 67 cm. Weight, approximately 3.5 kg.
great condition.
