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The listing, MENORAH with Star of David on it - VERY OLD - Silver? Steel? - A great heirloom piece has ended.

I really do not know much of the history of this item. I know its quite old and has been in my attic for over 15 years now. We think it's about 80+ years old but theres no way at all to verify this at all. It's quite old and have been all over the world. Israel, Europe, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Germany, USA etc.

ITS VERY DIRTY, DUSTY, and just OLD... I am not going to clean it.... It's not because I'm lazy... OK... thats part of the reason :-) but its also because I don't want to ruin this anymore than it already has been from its storage and age.

I hope it gets enjoyed again. I think its Steel just by its weight but honestly do not have a clue. I was told its pure Silver - I highly doubt it is because of its pure weight and the way it has aged. If it was true it would be like $5,000 in silver. LOL

So Shalom to everyone and best of luck =-)

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Questions & Comments

Thank you very much

May 7th, 2011 at 4:37:54 PM PDT by

May 7th, 2011 at 6:36:23 PM PDT by

I knew i would get out bid my luck has been very bad lol

May 13th, 2011 at 2:31:40 AM PDT by

You seem to have a listia angel watching over you so I wouldnt say your luck is all that bad...

May 13th, 2011 at 4:28:36 AM PDT by

86 years old according to Thristie. :-)

May 12th, 2011 at 3:11:58 PM PDT by

nice ,watching, fanned u

May 12th, 2011 at 1:24:25 PM PDT by

thanks good luck :-)

May 12th, 2011 at 1:47:00 PM PDT by

thanks much for the info very interesting are the 9 slots for candles or something? interesting piece for sure ........im also curious about the attic items also!

May 11th, 2011 at 11:56:44 PM PDT by

the 9 slots are for the candles... 8 for the 8 days of hanukkah. The middle or the highest candle is called the shamash which you use to light the candles. :-)

May 12th, 2011 at 2:18:41 AM PDT by

very nice info guys!! what a great history there!! Just curious, you said this was in your attic for 15 years?? do you know why you have it? where it came from or any other history behind it? thanks, Lindsay

May 11th, 2011 at 9:06:08 PM PDT by

I come from a family of Holocaust Survivors. Many items came from my grandparents and extended family from around the world. I am the only one who pretty much said about 15 years ago that i would take anything that anyone in my family was throwing away. So 15 years ago I went to 7 states on a journey to save a whole lot of my families history. My father and I made it into a pretty interesting journey in our familys past, i learned a lot and have boxes and when i say boxes i mean BOXES of items. I took pictures of everything and cataloged many things. I tried to give most of the items to other members of my family but nobody wanted anything so in boxes and in the attic it went... (yes im cutting a long story short but this is the high level of it) so... 15 years later i have lots of items and im taking out some of the really nice things that i personally like, some are going to a few museums (especially the holocaust museum) and now to listing items on here... so this particular item i really dont know much about and who it came from... i do know it was from the trip 15 years ago and thats it.

May 12th, 2011 at 2:26:22 AM PDT by

my grandfather helped in the making of Israel into a state or country so to speak
he helped smuggle guns to Israel for the revolution there the MENORAH the was passed from him to my mother then the eldest son which i was excluded i was the baby of the family lol came from my grand fathers father and mother

May 10th, 2011 at 1:29:46 PM PDT by

Wow this is a great story - thank you for sharing it with us

May 10th, 2011 at 1:35:36 PM PDT by

kristina11 Hanukkah also known as the Festival of Lights is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

May 10th, 2011 at 1:26:41 PM PDT by

talk about informative.

May 10th, 2011 at 1:34:25 PM PDT by

thriste u said your grandpa had one i was wondering what exactly is it and where did it originate from , just curious thanks

May 9th, 2011 at 6:56:31 PM PDT by

u might want to write Thriste directly he might not see this. I wasnt sure how much details you wanted... so I will give it a shot myself. Its a menorah :-) Its one of the oldest symbols of jewish faith used for Hanukkah. We "THINK" it was purchased in Israel but not sure at all.... and Hopefully Thristie would know where it originated from.

May 10th, 2011 at 2:52:00 AM PDT by

This is a nice one!! But why oh why do you list these when I have no credits-LOL!!

May 8th, 2011 at 7:00:00 AM PDT by

make 3 day auctions - hurry up. :-) and i did it on purpose of course. LOL

May 8th, 2011 at 7:14:52 AM PDT by

this is identical to the one my mother had when i was growing up there were only a few thousand made from what i was told by my grandfater and it is approx. 86 years old i looked at all of the fotos it is the exact same one i lit growing up every Hanuka

May 6th, 2011 at 3:59:52 PM PDT by

wow thanks for the data - yeah that sounds exactly correct on what this one is. :-)

May 6th, 2011 at 4:01:43 PM PDT by

i want to get a bachelors and a msaters in it

May 7th, 2011 at 4:19:19 PM PDT by

i wish u the best with that.

May 7th, 2011 at 4:32:49 PM PDT by

yes thay have a tendancy of going way to high i wish i had credits there are a few things id like to get like a laptop for school im getting ready to go to college even as old as i am

May 7th, 2011 at 4:16:24 PM PDT by

wow best of luck - yeah i have a crappy computer but it works so im ok with it. i dont mind at all. :-) im a computer geek with old technology. lol

May 7th, 2011 at 4:32:36 PM PDT by

i can understand that i cant afford shipping thats why i only put 1 item at a time now and the one i just put uo th winner has to send me a stamp to pay the shipping lol

May 7th, 2011 at 4:03:08 PM PDT by

I have like 20+ items on here and I have about 3 now on ebay... normally i have 25-35 on ebay so im trying to put as much on here to save on fees but the issue is theres nothing on here i really want so i have a ridiculous amount of credits and all i can use them for is to buy gift cards and they go for WAY too much money.

May 7th, 2011 at 4:07:14 PM PDT by

i wish it were a shorter auction lol;

May 7th, 2011 at 3:55:43 PM PDT by

LOL yeah theres still 5 days left. LOL thats a LONG time... I seem to always do 10 days auctions... some of them are not doing so well either so i think a handful of them i might need to start charging shipping =-(

May 7th, 2011 at 3:56:52 PM PDT by

THANKZ

May 7th, 2011 at 3:49:42 PM PDT by

:-)

May 7th, 2011 at 3:51:27 PM PDT by

i would but im not sure about the most but it sure would bring back child hood memorys

May 7th, 2011 at 3:16:16 PM PDT by

well... how about the most out of anyone who has been verbal about it. :-)

May 7th, 2011 at 3:36:05 PM PDT by

im sure ill get out bid i put eveything i have on it and its large sum

May 7th, 2011 at 2:21:31 PM PDT by

i sure hope u end up with it - u would appreciate it the most :-)

May 7th, 2011 at 3:06:19 PM PDT by

oh and by the way they are hard cromeded

May 6th, 2011 at 4:01:07 PM PDT by

interesting - good to know. :-)

May 6th, 2011 at 4:02:15 PM PDT by

MENORAH with Star of David on it - VERY OLD - Silver? Steel? - A great heirloom piece is in the Antiques category