Ron Arad was used before, by the movement that urged PM Netanyahu to surrender to Hamas and release more than 1,000 terrorists, many with Jewish blood on their hands, in exchange for Gilad Shalit.

Ron Arad designs masks depicting the smiles of William Shakespeare and Florence Nightingale, as well as grinning portraits taken from paintings by Picasso, Matisse, and Dalí.

Arad's pieces fall somewhere in between; his celestial steel creations on offer were designed between 1986 and 1993. Ron Arad's Well Tempered chair (1986). Estimate: $10,500 - $14,000. Foto03 ...