Feb 04, 2010 - Sale 2201

Sale 2201 - Lot 89

Price Realized: $ 3,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 4,500
DESIGNER UNKNOWN MACCABIAH. 1932
39x27 1/2 inches, 99x69 cm.
Condition B+ / A-: vertical and horizontal folds; minor staining in margins.
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.