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A new book edited by Yoram Shamir: "In Shamir brothers' Footsteps" - 47 stories with illustrations by Daria Moses. has been added to our website. July 2021
This book was created by Yoram Shamir from the stories in this section. They are accompanied with relevant images and with illustrations by ... Read more
In late August - Poster within poster
Uri Shamir discovered a poster for the "To live with the Dream" exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1989. The poster used th... Read more
A new discovery in the August heat.
Earlier this week, David Sela, editor of "70 Years Later" in Israel Today, contacted me and asked if I knew the date of the Israel... Read more
Another bonanza from Eran Litvin
Eran is a longtime staunch follower of the Shamir brothers' legacy. He has sent us over the years many ads by Shamir that he found in newspa... Read more
The "Independence" exhibition in Latvia 2018 - what happened to it?
After a tour of three cities in Latvia, it was possible to return the exhibits to Israel at full price. I was looking for a solution that wo... Read more
Don't just design the poster, commit to printing it in large quantity
One of the earliest orders discovered for work by Maxim Scheftelovitz dated 24 December 1934 soon after he arrived in Palestine. It is a... Read more
An article in the Latvian Delfi.lv portal
On the 25th of May 2021 we received, out of the blue, the following message through the contact facility of our website.
"Hello, I... Read more
A Bottle for a special occasion
The Salomon couple and the Shamir couple met on a ship on their way to Israel in the mid-1930s. Their friendship lasted throughout their liv... Read more
Behind the scenes - Shamir Studio
Yesterday, an ad by the Shamir brothers "Haaretz covers the country" from 1957 caught my eye on Ofer Aderet's Facebook page "... Read more
The couple on the roof
The Bank of Israel 1959 series of banknotes designed by the Shamir brothers never ceases to create stories. The Nahal soldier served as the... Read more
Passport and Emblem
Nine months did it take for the state emblem selection process (June 48 - February 49). One member of the flag and emblem committee, David R... Read more
The Nubian Ibex visiting the promenade in Eilat and the wild boar in Haifa
In the dark days of the Corona virus and the lock down throughout the country the promenade in Eilat is empty of locals and of holidaying v... Read more
Great Idea – The Crown/ Yoram E Shamir
We all remember from our childhood as young collectors the stamps of the British Empire with the profile of Queen Elizabeth II. The portra... Read more
Mystery solved
During the preparation of an article for a special issue of "Etmol" to mark the 100th anniversary of the Zionist archive, the edit... Read more
Bonanza
In early July 2019, Dikla from the Shenkar Institute of Documentation and Research of Design in Israel informed me that the institute is mov... Read more
Prof. Yarom Vardimon on the selection of the symbol of the Council for a Beautiful Israel
I was a member of the panel of judges in the contest for the Logo / Symbol of the Council for a Beautiful Israel. Throughout the process th... Read more
Who is the model?
In the catalog of the exhibition "A Place for Fashion" which is currently being held at the Israel Museum, the half-pound (Lira) ... Read more
Incorrect attribution of the 1934 Levant Fair poster
This poster is attributed to the Shamir Brothers in Yigal Zalmona's book "100 Years of Israeli Art." This is a "new ... Read more
Mistakes will always come back and bite you.
The JNF poster "The Vision of the Negev" was displayed in an exhibition of JNF posters at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque in 2015 w... Read more
Because of G I did not go to Stockholm.
In the spring of 1933 my father's (Guttel Scheftelowitz later Gabriel Shamir) Swedish visa expired and he had to leave his job in advertisin... Read more
The story of the 50 pounds note
An Email from Meira Armani, sent after she participated at the launch of the Shamir brothers book, in which she writes:
The depi... Read more
How was the 8th Independence Day poster designed?
At the beginning of 1956, Gabriel Shamir was working on an Independence Day poster design proposal: a blue and white flag blowing in the win... Read more
The story of a pilot, a poster, and a personal memory
The story of a pilot, a poster, and a personal memory...
As part of our collaboration with the heirs of Shamir Brothers we published last... Read more
Sold !!! Half a Poster
Sold !!! Half a Poster
At the beginning of May 2015 Dan Walsh turned our attention to an auction at Swann Galleries in New York. Uri Sh... Read more
What happened to the Decoration of Service?
Dr. Malka Ben-Pashat, who is writing an article on Shamir Brothers for my book, asked me to scan some documents from the file prepared by G... Read more
A story on "non- Stamps"
Two years ago - in 2007, I found orders from the Philatelic Service for the design of postcards and aerogrammes by Shamir Brothers Studio. ... Read more
Recruitment to the British Armed Forces
British Army recruitment posters during World War II - including Shamir posters - appear in many books and exhibitions. I do not know if th... Read more
The Working Woman
On Independence Day 2008, at the Tel Aviv dignitaries ceremony, I met Tzviya Cohen, widow of David Cohen who was CEO of IBM Israel when I w... Read more
Where is Weizmann?
Mid-December 2010 I decided to finally finish pasting Ex Libris on my books at home. All that was left to do was the top shelf in my office... Read more
“Kedem” Cigarette-cards Album
One Friday in 2008, I was informed by Pashi Efter that “Hameshuga" (“The Nutter”) is offering for sale, in the antiq... Read more
Zimriya (World Assembly of Choirs in Israel) Emblem
Gideon Shamir attended the Zimriya in 2010 and saw the emblem of the organization. He thought it was very similar to an Ex Libris designed ... Read more
ID Card
In the Shamir Studio files from the first half of the 70s, I found some orders and accounts of the studio. I drew from them information abo... Read more
Ma'ariv - Logo
Since my childhood, I have known that Ma'ariv's logo was designed by Shamir Brothers. Early 2011 Ma'ariv opened a web-site with historic ed... Read more
Half posters
In early 2008, Adi Japhet Fuchs told me that she is preparing a book for the 60th anniversary of the State describing household objects. Sh... Read more
Bank Notes after 50 years
For the Labour Party primaries in September 2011, “Am Oved” published a book by Shelly Yehimovitz with the title “We&rdqu... Read more
Shamirs as Publishers
Eran Litvin sent me a newspaper clipping from "Tesha Ba-erev” (Nine in the Evening) on the Shamir Brothers exhibition in 1940. (... Read more
Who is George Toulouse Lautrec?
In Gabriel Shamir's estate I found a photo of a sketch of a 1957 Medal signed by Ben-Gurion with text in French. The indicated that it was... Read more
A collection under the nose
In March 2009 I received an email from Eiran Litvin bringing to my attention the Pevzner collection in the Mehlman Library at Tel Aviv Univ... Read more
Stamps pop up after half a century
David Sela, editor of Nostalgia, sent me on Sunday, January 2, 2011, an article from Ma'ariv 1957 found by his work colleague, Nitza Wolfen... Read more
On the heels of brothers Bejarano
In May 13, 2009 I received a call from Dr. Mordechai Naor who said that he was working on a book on industrial firms in Ramat Gan. He met w... Read more
Jewish National Fund (JNF) stamps
I wanted to make sure that the JNF stamps in my possession were designed by Shamir Brothers and to find out the date of issuance. I asked t... Read more
The stories of three posters
In the early 80s I recruited my father, Gabriel Shamir, to do some pro bono work for the University of Tel Aviv, which was in financial d... Read more
Collectors, beware of forgeries!
Collectors, beware of forgeries!
In February 2013, a major art collector was offered a number of Shamir Brothers works that were present... Read more
Cinema advertising transparencies
n Gideon Shamir's folders I found letters from 1934 from the Taunus Brothers, importers of trucks and buses, discussing the commissioning of... Read more
Rank Promotion
Auction house Ben-Ami Anders prepared to present in their 25.9.2008 auction three works of Shamir. They printed a colour invitations and not... Read more
First Work in Israel
Eran Litvin, curator and researcher, sent me an ad for cigarettes "Amir" which appeared in November 1934 in “Kol-Noa”... Read more
Alone in Palestine
Uncle Max Sheftelowitz (later Maxim Shamir) and his wife Musia (later Dagmar) immigrated to Palestine in October or November 1934. In May 1... Read more
The President's Banner
Early in 2008 I found some minutes of the Government Committee for Symbols from 1950. The Committee invited five designers, including Shami... Read more
A great evening
We returned from three days in the Carmel Forests (21/7/2011) and I found a pile of emails on my computer. My eye was caught by an email fr... Read more
First Day Envelopes (FDCs)
The Philatelic Service gives full credit to stamp designers in its catalogues (The JNF and the Philatelists Association do not). However, F... Read more
Ramat Gan Industries
Dr. Mordechai Naor approached me in June 2009 with a question: “Do you have any ads for Assis and Bejarano cigarettes?”
He too... Read more
Banner for Post Office Ships
In 2007 I found in the Israel State Archives in Jerusalem correspondence between the Director of the Shipping Department in the Ministry of... Read more
Fascist Ad
I found in “Davar ", November 12, 1959, a news item accompanied by a photo of a poster of the General Zionists party (Zionim Kla... Read more
Completing a Series
Every collector gets great satisfaction when he discovers an item missing from his collection, and when he can acquire it it gives him grea... Read more
Combat Bulletin
In 2008 I found, in a file of Gabriel Shamir (which has been in my possession for 15-years), a letter from Colonel Peleg Tamir, head of Air... Read more
Agriculture
I found only one ad by Shamir Brothers for a customer who sold to farmers: “S Mazal”, suppliers of fertilizers. It appeared d in... Read more
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