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.
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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 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.
New York 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 much criticized 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.
The 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.
Inside the auction house driving the rare-book craze in the Orthodox world
“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Codex Sassoon: 'Most valuable historical document ever to be sold at auction'
Value of earliest known virtually complete Tanach goes far beyond estimated auction price of $30-50 million.
Rare one of a kind 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 at auction
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.'
First Hebrew book mentioning the New World written in 1586 up for sale
Igeret Orchot Olam from 1586 contains the earliest descriptions of the Americas in a Jewish book.
Leading Australian Jewish organization 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 record price in 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 at auction
The 700-year old Luzzatto High Holy Day Mahzor was purchased by an American who has a large collection of medieval Hebrew manuscripts.
Australia's largest ever auction of Nazi items denounced by Jewish advocacy 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 in British Columbia, Canada has Jewish community concerned
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.
17 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 house sale of Nazi items criticized by Jewish community
Community not satisfied by company's explanation that buyers are "military collections" buying "historical pieces."
Discovered: Lubavitcher Rebbe’s and Rebbetzin’s wristwatches
Watches owned by the last Lubavitcher Rebbe and his wife going up for auction.
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 purported dagger after Jewish groups complain
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.
Brooklyn: 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 in Poland
Polish auction house selling possessions of Holocaust survivor behind ‘The Pianist’ story.
Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ring sells for $1.025 million in online fundraiser
Profits from sale goes to initiatives to feed the hungry during the coronavirus epidemic.
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