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Einstein letter on US nuclear bombs to go up for auction

1939 letter from Albert Einstein, which encouraged the US to develop the world's first nuclear bombs, to go up for auction at Christie's, in New York, in September.

Headed for auction:

Hebrew pocket watch, frozen in time of Titanic wreck

Dried water marks on a pocket watch belonging to Sinai Kantor show that time stopped at 2:25a.m. - about 5 minutes after the Titanic sank.

Auction house cancels second auction of Nazi-linked jewels

Christie's cancels second auction of jewels belonging to Austrian billionaire whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis.

Codex Sassoon:

'I wanted the codex to be for the Jewish people'

Alfred Moses bought the Codex Sassoon for more than $30 million. He just saw it for the first time two weeks afterwards.

Jewish association demands:

Auction house must remove Hitler items from sale

EJA chairman Rabbi Margolin: 'These items have no historical value.'

Pencil belonging to Hitler to be auctioned off in Belfast

Bloomfield Auctions in east Belfast to auction silver-plated pencil believe to have been given to Hitler from his partner Eva Braun.

NY auction house latest to cause outrage by selling Nazi items

Brooklyn auction of Nazi memorabilia takes place a week after Christie's auction of high end jewelry connected to Nazi regime.

Nazi-linked jewelry fails to meet target prices at auction

High end pieces in collection bought with fortune connected to Nazi Germany fail to sell for listed prices in Christie's auction.

Sale of Nazi linked jewels to go ahead despite criticism

UK auction house ignores calls to stop sale of jewelry linked to man who profited from Nazi persecution of Jewish businesses.

World’s oldest Hebrew Bible will be publicly displayed in NYC

Codex Sassoon, the world's oldest nearly-complete Hebrew Bible, can be viewed by appointment in NYC.

Wiesenthal Center calls for freeze on auction linked to Nazis

Sale by Christie's Auction House contains jewelry collection linked to man who bought Jewish businesses for profit during Holocaust.

The auction house driving the Orthodox world's rare-book craze

“He just pressed the button and kept on bidding until the bidding was over. There was no convincing him out of it."

Codex Sassoon:

'Most valuable historical document ever to be auctioned'

Value of earliest known virtually complete Tanach goes far beyond estimated auction price of $30-50 million.

Rare Corvette expected to fetch over $3 million at auction

Souped up 1969 Chevrolet convertible with rarely ordered high performance engine likely to sell for record price.

Steve Jobs’ sandals sell for record price of over $200,000

Apple founder’s Birkenstock sandals break record for highest price ever paid for sandals at an auction.

Western Australia Jewish leaders renew call for swastika ban

Perth auction house sale of Nazi memorabilia leads to calls to ban swastika and sale of Third Reich items to individuals.

Hitler's watch sells for $1.1 million at US auction

Watch said to have belonged to Nazi leader sells in auction Maryland despite condemnation by Jewish leaders.

Auction house defends sale of Hitler's belongings

Maryland auction house defends sale of Hitler items and Eva Braun’s swastika-studded dog collar. 'What we sell is criminal evidence.'

Australian Jewish leaders blast auction of Nazi items

Auction of over 60 Nazi items slammed as offensive and dangerous during era of increasing neo-Nazi activity in Australia.

Collection of 62 of Jung's unknown letters revealed in Jerusalem

Newly-uncovered collection is 'a true treasure and a rare occasion for researchers, students, and all who study Jung’s heritage.'

Hebrew book from 1586 mentioning the New World up for sale

Igeret Orchot Olam from 1586 contains the earliest descriptions of the Americas in a Jewish book.

Leading Australian Jewish org denounces auction of Nazi items

Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies calls on Queensland’s government to enact legislation to ban the sale of Nazi items in the future.

Einstein's notes on theory of relativity sold at Paris auction

Albert Einstein's handwritten notes for theory of relativity fetch record $13 million at an auction in Paris.

Court halts sale of equipment used to tattoo Auschwitz victims

Auction of stamps and instructions used to tattoo Jews and others held at Auschwitz death camp draws outcry - and court injunction.

Medieval High Holy Day prayer book sells for record $8.3 million

The 700-year old Luzzatto High Holy Day Mahzor was purchased by an American who has a large collection of medieval Hebrew manuscripts.

Australian auction of Nazi items denounced by Jewish group

Anti-Defamation Commission calls sale of swastika adorned items a "perverse price tag on genocide."

Canadian auction house ends Nazi item sale after criticism

Estate sale that contained Nazi memorabilia ended by British Columbia auction house who said they did not want to hurt anyone.

Auction of Nazi items worries Canadian Jewish community

President of Jewish community in Okanagan region of British Columbia worried items will fall into hands of far right buyers.

Australian auction house's sale of Nazi items called 'sickening'

The upcoming sale will feature items with Nazi logos and a yellow star armband worn by Jews in a ghetto.

Items looted during Holocaust seized from NYC auction house

Documents including 19th C funeral scrolls, manuscripts and community records will be returned to Eastern European Jewish communities.

Montreal auction of Nazi items criticized by Jewish community

Community not satisfied by company's explanation that buyers are "military collections" buying "historical pieces."

Lubavitcher Rebbe's watch to be auctioned off

Watches owned by the last Lubavitcher Rebbe and his wife going up for auction.

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ATIME Live Auction Drawing Tonight! Hosted By Naomi Nachman

Get ready for a live auction drawing show with ATIME, hosted by Naomi Nachman and entertainment by Malkie Knopfler

Letter detailing early visit to Holy Land surfaces in auction

186-year-old letter detailing early American diplomatic visit to Holy Land surfaces in Jerusalem auction.

Oregon auction house removes Himmler’s dagger amid complaints

After Jewish groups complain, ceremonial dagger said to be owned by Nazi SS leader removed from Oregon auction.

Jews kicked out of Australian Hitler items auction

Two Australian Jewish men who went to observe an auction of Hitler memorabilia were kicked out of the building by the auction company.

Montreal auction house suspended over Nazi relics

Online auction platform suspends Montreal auction house, removes Holocaust and Nazi relics that were being sold in an auction.

Montreal auction house urged to remove Holocaust and Nazi relics

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center calls on Montreal-based auction house to immediately remove Holocaust relics from its online auction.

NY: Jewish document stolen during Holocaust dropped from auction

Auction of Romanian Jewish burial society records frozen amid claims documents were stolen during the Holocaust.

On sale: KGB espionage equipment

Ruptly reports on a Beverly Hill auction of nearly 500 rare devices used by Soviet spies collected by man once recruited by KGB.

Items from 'The Pianist' to go up for auction

Polish auction house selling possessions of Holocaust survivor behind ‘The Pianist’ story.

Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ring sells for $1.025 million

Profits from sale goes to initiatives to feed the hungry during the coronavirus epidemic.

'Immortal Piano' set for Israel auction

Rare piano, which survived Holocaust, goes up for auction in Jerusalem.

'I felt that these items belong only to the Jewish people'

Watch: Arutz Sheva speaks with Swiss-Lebanese businessman who purchased Hitler's belongings.

Watch: Businessman who purchased Hitler's belongings honored

Conference of European Rabbis honors Swiss-Lebanese businessman who purchased Nazi leader's belongings at German auction.

Hitler memorabilia auction rakes in thousands

Auction of Nazi memorabilia brings in hundreds of thousands of euros amid German and international protest.

Auction featuring Marilyn Monroe's Jewish prayer books

J. Greenstein & Co.’s Auction House to host bi-annual Judaica auction devoted solely to rare Jewish artifacts in December.

'Nazi memorabilia should not be traded

European Jewish Association calls on Munich Auction house to cancel sale of items belonging to Hess, Goring, Himmler and Hitler himself.

You can buy Marilyn Monroe’s menorah for $150,000

Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism before her marriage to Arthur Miller. Now, her menorah is up for auction.

Auction of 11-year-old Holocaust victim’s letter stopped

Israeli court blocks sale of letter written by an 11-year-old Polish girl who was killed in the Holocaust following a protest by family.

Previously unknown manuscript to be auctioned off in Jerusalem

Manuscript of disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk expected to sell for half a million dollars.

French billionaire who bought Sotheby's is a 'longtime admirer'

Patrick Drahi, who bought Sotheby's for $3.7b, admits to being a 'longtime client and lifetime admirer' of the auction house.

Einstein letter on Austria’s anti-Semitism up for auction

Handwritten letter by Albert Einstein expressing fictitious support for Austria's anti-Semitic policies to be auctioned in Jerusalem.

Hitler's 'suicide note' going up for sale

Letter written by Hitler signaling his intention to remain - and die - in Berlin as Russians approached expected to fetch some $80,000.

Schindler's personal possessions to be auctioned off

Boston-based auction house to put up several personal possessions of German industrialist who saved about 1,200 Jews during World War II.

Paintings attributed to Hitler fail to sell at German auction

Five watercolors attributed to Nazi dictator do not sell in auction in Nuremberg, possibly over fears they could be fakes.

Hank Greenberg’s bat is up for auction

Bat used by legendary Jewish baseball player currently selling for over $8,000.

Rare Jamaican Jewish marriage contract to be sold at auction

Jewish marriage contract from 1884 for couple married in Kingston, Jamaica will be auctioned as part of a sale of 'Important Judaica'.

Frank Sinatra's kippa sells for nearly $10,000

Specially-made Jewish head-covering embroidered with Frank Sinatra's name and which belonged to late singer sells for $9,375.

Einstein's 'God Letter' sold at auction

Handwritten letter by Albert Einstein on religion, his Jewish identity and his search for meaning in life sold for nearly $3 million.