The Petach Tikva Magistrate Court on Thursday accepted the state's request to delay the auction of historic items held by the Royal Pentagon Auction House. The court is set to hold a hearing on Dec. 14 in the presence of both parties.
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The auction house has recently put up for sale the recording reels of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, which include the documentation of the Declaration of Independence, former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel, and interviews with other important historical figures.
More items in the auction include an ivory key Israel's second president, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, received as a gift in 1962 during his trip to Liberia, and a notebook classified as top-secret with the summary of the Sinai Campaign in 1956 written two days after the completion of the war.
The state attorney's office appealed to the court to issue an injunction preventing the sale of items of such historical and cultural importance.
The office explained in its request that the items are part of Israel's cultural assets and therefore belong to the state. The intention behind the request was to ensure that the items would not be sold to private persons and to ensure that the items would not be irreversibly damaged.
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