Auction

Haifa court stops auction of yellow star, Holocaust-era documents

Yad Ezer La-Haver operates the Holocaust Museum in Haifa and manages the shelter that provides lodging and food for tens of Holocaust survivors.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
The Holocaust-era items sold at the auction.
A life-preserver of Laura Mabel Francatelli, a survivor of the Titanic disaster is displayed before the auction of Maritime Models and Maritime Pictures at Christie's Auction House in West London, 16 May 2007.

Titanic survivor’s signed life jacket sells for over $900,000

Laura Mabel Francatelli was on Titanic’s lifeboat No. 1, with only eleven other passengers, despite the small vessel's 40-person capacity.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
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|ByISAAC KAPLAN
A rare first edition copy of a Superman comic, forgotten for many years in an attic, sold for more than $9 million at a Texas auction house, making it reportedly the most expensive comic ever sold.

Forgotten treasure: First-edition Superman comic fetches millions at auction after attic discovery

The Superman comic, found in excellent condition with a nine out of ten rating by the company CGC, was released in 1939 by Detective Comics Inc. and is one in only a handful which still exist.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jewelry with Nazi ties fetches record prices at Christie’s auction amid controversy

The items fetched a total of $202 million, making the auction the largest jewelry sale in history.

MAY 17, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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ADC calls for Nazi memorabilia ban after another auction in Australia

Multiple auction houses have held sales of Nazi memorabilia in Australia and around the world in recent years.

MAY 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Austrian billionaire's jewels seen fetching over $150 mln at auction

The jewels were acquired by German department store tycoon Helmut Horten who, during the Nazi era, "purchased Jewish businesses that were sold under duress."

MAY 8, 2023ByREUTERS
Sunrise Ruby and Diamond ring of 25 carats by Cartier and a 90 carat Briolette of India Diamond Necklace by Harry Winston, are seen during a preview of the 700-piece jewellery collection of the late Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten at Christie's before the auction sale in Geneva, Switzerland, May 8

Oldest Bible manuscript to go on display in Tel Aviv at ANU museum

The museum is allowing the public to view the Codex Sassoon for free while it is in Israel.

MARCH 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A 1,000-year-old Hebrew Bible,was unveiled at the Museum of the Bible on November 8, 2019.

Rabbi Kanievsky's pants taken off of auction after media queries

A US auctioneer wanted to sell pants Rabbi Haim Kanievsky wore "for a long time" but took it down after media queries. Some buyers demand it be put back up.

FEBRUARY 27, 2023ByWALLA!
RABBI CHAIM KANIEVSKY in his humble Bnei Brak home, June 2021.

How did this man get rich by collecting coins?

A man in India collected over 1,200 coins in 45 years - and sold his collection for a quarter of a million dollars.

FEBRUARY 27, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
Some of the coins seized from an illegal antiquities dealer in Modi'in.

Torn pants of late haredi Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky will be auctioned starting at $3,200

The bidding at the Prime Judaica auction house, in Lakewood, New Jersey, begins March 1.

FEBRUARY 23, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
RABBI CHAIM KANIEVSKY in his humble Bnei Brak home, June 2021.

700-year-old handwritten copy of Maimonides' book going on auction

The copy is a handwritten adorned copy of the Guide of the Perplexed in which Maimonides interpreted the Hebrew Bible.

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByWALLA!
The purported portrait of Maimonides from which all modern portraits are derived.

World's oldest Hebrew Bible could fetch up to $50 million at auction

If the 1,000-year-old holy book sells for near its estimated value, the Codex Sassoon would become the most valuable printed text or historical document ever sold at auction

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByREUTERS
A 1,000-year-old Hebrew Bible,was unveiled at the Museum of the Bible on November 8, 2019.