Feb 05, 2013 - Sale 2302

Sale 2302 - Lot 180

Price Realized: $ 5,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
DESIGNER UNKNOWN MACCABIAH. 1932.
38 1/2x26 1/2 inches, 97 3/4x67 1/4 cm.
Condition A- / B+: repaired tear and creases in image. Matted and framed.
Advertising the first meeting of the Maccabi Games. Similar to the Olympics, these first games, held in Tel Aviv, featured thirteen countries and over three hundred athletes. The event was intended to foster physical education, belief in Jewish heritage and a Jewish nation. Today it is a quadrennial event with thousands of participants.