Bidspirit auctions | Kestenbaum & Company Auction Jul 21, 2020

Kestenbaum & Company, Jul 21, 2020. 220 lots, estimates 60 - 150000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (220)

• Lot 1: GERMAN SILVER FESTIVAL GOBLET. On round base with knobbed stem that attaches to octagonal wine section. — $600 - $800
• Lot 2: GERMAN SILVER PASSOVER GOBLET. Hexagonal bowl engraved in Hebrew: “I Saved them from Slavery. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 3: LARGE GERMAN SILVER PRESENTATION GOBLET. Of elaborate rococo design, — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 4: POSEN SILVER SABBATH GOBLET. Rococo decorated bowl, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 5: POSEN SILVER HAVDALAH PLATE. Wide rim. Center engraved in Hebrew: “Who Separates between the Sacred and the Profane. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 6: AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT PARCEL-GILT SILVER FILIGREE SPICE CONTAINER. — $150,000 - $250,000
• Lot 7: GERMAN SILVER SPICE-TOWER. Of tower form, the square container fitted with hinged door, — $6,000 - $9,000
• Lot 8: IMPORTANT SILVER TORAH POINTER BY MATHAEUS STÄDLEIN. Marked “MS” at top. Length: 10.5 inches (27 cm). — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 9: BOHEMIAN CARVED WOODEN TORAH POINTER. Elaborately carved, containing three moveable spheres. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 10: LARGE GERMAN SILVER TORAH SHIELD. Hand chased with swirling borders, Solomonic pillars and checkerboard design. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 11: ENGLISH SILVER TORAH SHIELD. Crafted by Barker Brothers. Hand cut and engraved in bright cut design. — $2,500 - $3,500
• Lot 12: PAIR OF LARGE SILVER TORAH FINIALS. Uniformly set on large round bases with circular midsections. — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 13: ENGLISH SILVER-PLATED HANGING SYNAGOGUE LAMP. Ner Tamid. Urn form. With serpent arms suspended by chains. — $600 - $800
• Lot 14: OTTOMAN SILVER-GILT ESTHER SCROLL CASE. Of filigree with basket-weave borders, quadruple-tiered crown and spire. — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 15: ITALIAN SILVER AMULET. Decorated on two sides with the Decalogue, swags, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 16: POLISH SILVER CHANUKAH LAMP. Crafted by M. Charlop. Rectangular base with eight oil holders. — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 17: POLISH HEAVY BRASS CHANUKAH LAMP. Backplate decorated with lions, flowers with urn at center. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 18: BEZALEL BRASS & COPPER VANITY BOX. Hand-chased. Fully marked. 4 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches 10 x 14 x 4 cm). Jerusalem, — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 19: BEZALEL SILVER SABBATH SCONCE. Fully marked. Engraved “Shabbath Kodesh.” Height: 3 inches (8 cm); — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 20: TWO BEZALEL SILVER BROOCHES. Biblical scenes. One featuring Rebecca at the well; second featuring Jacob and Rachel, — $400 - $600
• Lot 21: PAIR OF CONTINENTAL SILVER-PLATED SABBATH CANDLESTICKS. Set on circular base. Detachable drip-pans. — $400 - $600
• Lot 22: PAIR OF CONTINENTAL SILVER-PLATED SABBATH CANDLESTICKS. Of tapering form set on stepped circular base. — $400 - $600
• Lot 23: ANTISEMITIC CERAMIC GERMAN BEER-STEIN. Cylindrical, — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 24: A MOST UNUSUAL HEBREW DECORATED NAUTILUS SHELL. A presentation gift for Rev. D.W. Marks. England, c. — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 25: AMERICAN LANDSMANSCHAFT BANNER. Large, two sided, hand embroidered silk banner. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 26: KAUFMANN, ISIDOR. Portrait of a Hassidic Rabbi. Oil on panel. Signed by artist in black lower left. — $100,000 - $150,000
• Lot 27: GERBRAND VAN DEN EECKHOUT. Half-length portrait of a Bearded Rabbi. Oil on canvas. Housed within elaborate gilt frame. — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 28: WERNER, BERND. Jewish Scholars. Oil on panel. Signed by the artist lower right. Housed within elaborate gilt frame. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 29: CHAGALL, MARC. Moses and the Tablets of the Law. Lithograph in colors. — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 30: CHAGALL, MARC. Group of <<eleven>> Israel First-Day Cover stamps, all (but one) designed by Chagall. < — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 31: CHAGALL, MARC. Complete sheet of French postage stamps, depicting Chagall’s iconic painting of two lovers. — $300 - $500
• Lot 32: CHAGALL, MARC. Jerusalem Windows Medallions. Issued by the Israeli Commemorative Society. “1000 gr.999 fine silver. — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 33: STRUCK, HERMANN. Group of c. 29 engravings (few lithographs): Jewish genre; portrait; Palestine scenes; landscapes. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 34: STRUCK, HERMANN. <<Rabbi Akiva Eger.>> Engaving. Full margins. — $500 - $700
• Lot 35: KRAMER, JACOB. Head of a Jewish Beggar: Study. Pencil and pastel. Signed and dated by artist lower right. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 36: (JUDITH & ETHEL ROSENBERG). “Save the Rosenbergs Rally.” Oil on panel. Signed lower right “V. Penn. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 37: (DREYFUS AFFAIR). Musée des Horreurs. Number 6 (of 51) by V. Lenepveu. Lithographed poster, — $400 - $600
• Lot 38: (WORLD WAR I). “Share, Jewish Relief Campaign. — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 39: BASKIN, LEONARD. Passover. Woodcut. Numbered “2/60” and very faintly signed by the artist in pencil below image. — $500 - $700
• Lot 40: BASKIN, LEONARD. Ezekiel. Woodcut. Signed, title and numbered “21/50” by the artist in pencil below image. — $300 - $500
• Lot 41: SZYK, ARTHUR. State of Israel. Inscribed, dated and signed by Szyk below image. 10 x 12 inches 25.4 x 30.5 cm). — $400 - $600
• Lot 42: (PHOTOGRAPHY). <<ROMAN VISHNIAC.>> “The Boycott Changed Peddlers Into Beggars” Gelatin silver print. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 43: (PHOTOGRAPHY). <<BONFILS, FELIX.>> “Jerusalem, Mur des Juifs en Vendredi - The Jews Wailing Place, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 44: (PHOTOGRAPHY). <<BONFILS, FELIX.>> Jerusalem, Mur ou les Juifs vont pleurer [“Jerusalem, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 45: (PHOTOGRAPHY). Lucien Vogel (Ed.) Témoignages de notre Temps - Les Juifs [“Witness to our Time - The Jews. — $300 - $500
• Lot 46: (BOOKPLATES). Notable collection of bookplates belonging to Jewish personalities and institutional collections. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 47: BRACHEL, PETER VON. Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totiusque Orientis Longe Clarissima. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 48: (PTOLEMY). Tabula Asiae IIII. Double-page woodcut map. 9 x 11.5 inches (23 x 29 cm). — $500 - $700
• Lot 49: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Hierosolyma, Templum Salomois [“Solomon’s Temple, Jerusalem”]. — $400 - $600
• Lot 50: SPEEDE, JOHN & JOHN MORE. Canaan. Copperplate map. “The Description of Palestine” on verso. — $300 - $500
• Lot 51: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). The Farmer’s Weekly Museum: New Hampshire and Vermont Journal. Daily newspaper, — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 52: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Moses Lopez. — $7,000 - $10,000
• Lot 53: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Mordecai Manuel Noah. Marion: Or, The Hero of Lake George: A Drama, in Three Acts, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 54: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Penina Moïse. Fancy’s Sketch Book. FIRST EDITION. — $6,000 - $9,000
• Lot 55: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Bill of Fare of the Dinner for the Anniversary of the Hebrew Benevolent Society. << — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 56: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). <<Isaac Leeser.>> — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 57: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Group of seven <<Autograph Letters >>from immigrants to the United States, — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 58: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). The Constancy of Israel. A Discourse Delivered Before the Congregation Shearit Israel…by the Rev. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 59: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1850…The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, — $500 - $700
• Lot 60: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). (Yulee, David Levy, Senator). Communication from the Hon. D.L. Yulee, — $400 - $600
• Lot 61: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations. Second edition. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 62: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Articles, Rules and Regulations for the Beth Olam Cemetery of the Congregation Shaarey Tefilla. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 63: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Board of Delegates of American Israelites. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 64: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Abduction of the Child of Mortara by the Inquisition. Single printed page, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 65: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Jacob Mordechai Netter. Selavim min HaYam. First edition. Needs rebinding. 8vo. Friedberg, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 66: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Order of Service at the Consecration of the New Synagogue of the Congregation Bnai Jeshurun. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 67: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Annual Report of the Directors of the Mount Sinai Hospital. 15-page List of Members at end. pp. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 68: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Isaac M. Wise. Judaism: Its Doctrines and Duties. FIRST EDITION. English interspersed with Hebrew. — $400 - $600
• Lot 69: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). — $400 - $600
• Lot 70: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Proceedings of the Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. — $500 - $700
• Lot 71: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). Emma Lazarus. Songs of a Semite: The Dance to Death, and Other Poems. FIRST EDITION. pp. [3], — $300 - $500
• Lot 72: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee). What Dr. Magnes Saw in the War Zone. pp. (8). — $300 - $500
• Lot 73: (AMERICAN JUDAICA). List of Passengers on the USMSS “President Arthur” of the American-Palestine Line. — $400 - $600
• Lot 74: (ANGLO-JUDAICA). Gamaliel ben Pedahzur (i.e. Abraham Mears). The Book of Religion, Ceremonies, and Prayers of the Jews. — $500 - $700
• Lot 75: (ANGLO-JUDAICA). [Parliamentary Act]. An Act to Permit Persons Professing the Jewish Religion, — $400 - $600
• Lot 76: (ANGLO-JUDAICA). A Modest Apology for the Citizens and Merchants of London, — $400 - $600
• Lot 77: (ANGLO-JUDAICA). — $100 - $150
• Lot 78: (ANGLO-JUDAICA). The Authorised Daily Prayer Book of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire. — $300 - $500
• Lot 79: ABRABANEL, ISAAC. De Capite Fidei (Rosh Amanah). Latin text with Hebrew scattered throughout. — $200 - $600
• Lot 80: AGNON, S.J. Der Verstoessne [“The Outcast.”] First edition. Opening blank signed by the author and inscribed to Prof. — $120 - $180
• Lot 81: (AMSTERDAM). <<Nine>> texts bound together in one volume. BINDING: Magnificent, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 82: (ANTISEMITICA). <<Anton Margaritha.>> Der Gantz Jüdisch Glaub [“The Whole Jewish Belief”]. ff. (128). — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 83: (ANTISEMITICA). Aviso Italian. Floriated initial Single leaf broadside. 12 x 17 inches. — $500 - $700
• Lot 84: (ANTISEMITICA). The Original Mr. Jacobs. A Startling Exposé. — $400 - $600
• Lot 85: (ANTISEMITICA). Os Protocolos dos Sábios de Sião [“The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 86: (ANTISEMITICA). Gustavo Dodt Barroso. A Sinagoga Paulista [“São Paulo Synagogue.”] FIRST EDITION. pp. 269, — $400 - $600
• Lot 87: (BLOOD LIBEL). <<Corcos, Tranquillo Vita (Mano’ach Hayim).>> Alla Sagra Consvlta Illustriss e Reuerendiss. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 88: ASHER BEN YECHIEL. (RO”Sh). Pi Shnayim [commentary to Seder Zera'im]. — $300 - $500
• Lot 89: (BIBLE, Hebrew). Chamisha Chumshei Torah [-end]. With Rashi’s commentary. Prepared by David Nunes Torres. — $600 - $900
• Lot 90: (BIBLE, Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [Pentateuch and Haphtaroth]. Additional title-page for Haphtorah section. — $800 - $1,200
• Lot 91: (BRAZIL). Instituic am da Companhia General para o Estado do Brazil. pp. (24). Corners expertly repaired. Unbound. Sm. — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 92: (CANADA). (Act of Parliament). An Act To Regulate the Celebration of Marriages in Newfoundland." — $600 - $900
• Lot 93: (CHASSIDISM). <<(ISRAEL BA’AL SHEM TOV.)>> Kether Shem Tov ["Crown of a Good Name. — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 94: (CHASSIDISM). <<DOV BAER OF LUBAVITCH>> (The Mittler Rebbe). — $500 - $700
• Lot 95: (CHASSIDISM). Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. Tzemach Tzedek [halacha and responsa]. Two parts bound in one volume. ff. — $200 - $300
• Lot 96: (CHASSIDISM). Shneur Zalman of Liadi. (Tanya) - Likutei Amarim [fundamental exposition of Chabad Chassidism]. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 97: (CHASSIDISM). Yisroel of Tschortkov. Yismach Yisroel [novellae to the Torah portions and festivals]. First edition. — $300 - $500
• Lot 98: (CHABAD). Menachem Mendel Schneerson. HaYom-Yom. First edition. pp. 10, 118. Original printed wrappers, — $300 - $500
• Lot 99: (COOK-BOOK). Famous Recipes for Jewish Housewives. Presented by the Rumford Company. <<* With:>> — $100 - $150
• Lot 100: (COOK-BOOK). Plenters Hay Het Pinat Oyl, Kasher LePesach Gezunt a Gantz Yahr [“Planter’s Hi Hat Peanut Oil, — $200 - $300
• Lot 101: DE VIDAS, ELIJAH. Reishith Chochmah [Kabbalistic ethics]. Few marginal notes. ff. 2, 326, 22. — $200 - $300
• Lot 102: (DREYFUS AFFAIR). Zola - 32 Caricatures de Lebourgeois. 32 lithographed plates, measuring 63/4 x 10 inches. — $700 - $1,000
• Lot 103: (EGYPT). Sepher Talmud Sephath Ivrith - Hebrew Grammar for Arabic Speaking Jews. Prepared by Abraham Kestin. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 104: (EINSTEIN, ALBERT). The Talmud Magazine, A Journal of Jewish Thought. With printed over-slip: “Specimen Copy. — $200 - $300
• Lot 105: ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA. Peirush al Yonah [commentary to Book of Jonah, and portions of the Talmud]. Second edition. — $100 - $150
• Lot 106: EMDEN, JACOB. Eitz Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, with text]. FIRST EDITION. ff. 82. Heavily browned, — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 107: EPHRAIM (SOLOMON) OF LUNTSCHYTZ. Klei Yakar [homiletical commentary to the Pentateuch]. ff. (2), 98. — $200 - $300
• Lot 108: (FABLES). Isaac ibn Sahula. Mashal HaKadmoni [collected fables] <<* WITH:>> Sepher HaTapu’ach [philosophy, — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 109: (FRENCH JUDAICA). Bulletin des Lois. Arrete qui détermine le mode de ré — $400 - $600
• Lot 110: (FRENCH JUDAICA). Bulletin des Lois, No. 198, pp. 27-28: Décret Impé — $500 - $700
• Lot 111: (FRENCH JUDAICA). Décret impérial, Qui ordonne l'exécution d'un Reglement du 10 dé — $500 - $700
• Lot 112: (FRENCH JUDAICA). Bulletin des Lois. Loi qui met a la Charge de l'É — $400 - $600
• Lot 113: (FRENCH JUDAICA). Etienne Schweitzer. Le Symbolisme au Temples Israelite de Metz. “Issued for friends. — $100 - $150
• Lot 114: (GERMANY). Shlomo Zalman Geiger. Divrei Kehiloth [customs, particularly relating to liturgy, — $300 - $500
• Lot 115: GUR-ARYE, MEIR. Duda’im ["Mandrakes": Children's Book]. Twenty silhouette illustrations. — $200 - $300
• Lot 116: (HAGADAH). Die Pessach-Hagada. Oder Kurzgefasste-Erzaehlung. Hebrew and German on facing pages. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 117: (HAGADAH). Hagadah shel Pesach - The Institution of Passover. — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 118: (HADAGAH). Seder HaHagadah LeLeil Shimurim - Erzählung von dem Auszuge Israels aus Ägypten. — $200 - $300
• Lot 119: (HAGADAH). The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth. — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 120: (HAGADAH). Mignon L. Rubenovitz. Winecup and Book. The Story of the Darmstadter Hagadah. First edition. — $60 - $90
• Lot 121: (HASKALAH). Kerem Chemed. Edited by Samuel Goldenberg and Senior Sachs. Complete in nine volumes. Ex-library, — $300 - $500
• Lot 122: HESS, MOSES (MORITZ). Dynamische Stofflehre angewandt auf das kosmische Leben [“The Dynamic Theory of Matter. — $500 - $700
• Lot 123: (HOLOCAUST). Janusz Korczak. O Gazetce Szkolnej [“On the School Newspaper.”] First Edition. pp. 22. Ex-library, — $600 - $900
• Lot 124: (HOLOCAUST). (Playbill). “The Romance of a People. — $400 - $600
• Lot 125: (HOLOCAUST). Elvira Bauer. Trau Keinem Fuchs auf Grüner Heid; und Keinem Jüd bei seinem Eid! — $1,500 - $2,000
• Lot 126: (HOLOCAUST). Rabbi Mordechai Ya’akov Golinkin of Danzig. <<Autograph Letter Signed>> written in Hebrew, — $400 - $600
• Lot 127: (HOLOCAUST). Finkelstein, Louis (Eliezer Aryeh). Sifre al Sepher Devarim. With Alternative Texts and Comments. — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 128: (HOLOCAUST). Vogel, Alfred. — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 129: (HOLOCAUST). Cómo se Engaña a las Masas [“How to Deceive the Masses.”] Photographic illustrations. pp. — $400 - $600
• Lot 130: (HOLOCAUST). Stop Them Now. German Mass Murder of Jews in Poland. With a foreword by Lord (Josiah) Wedgwood. — $400 - $600
• Lot 131: (HOLOCAUST). Rendelet [anti-Jewish Decree]. Text in Hungarian. Single page broadside. Browned, brittle. — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 132: (HOLOCAUST). Protective Pass issued to a Jew, Robert Milch, by the Swedish Red Cross in Budapest, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 133: (HOLOCAUST). Protective Pass issued to a Jew, Florian Kimpel, by the Swiss Legation in Budapest, led by Carl Lutz. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 134: (HOLOCAUST). The German Extermination Camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau. Two Eye-Witness Reports. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 135: (HOLOCAUST). Le Magazine de France - Numero Special - Crimes Nazis. French text. — $500 - $700
• Lot 136: (HOLOCAUST). HaMilchamah Nigmarah - “The War is Over.” Single printed broadside issued by the Ha’aretz newspaper. — $500 - $700
• Lot 137: (HOLOCAUST). Dedication Service of Bad Nauheim Synagogue. pp. (4). Browned, edges chipped. 4to. — $2,000 - $2,500
• Lot 138: (HOLOCAUST). Exposition: Crimes Hitlerians. French text. Photographic illustrations throughout, — $600 - $900
• Lot 139: (HOLOCAUST). Album of Personnel. “Search Bureau for Missing Persons.” Containing 53 original snapshot photographs, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 140: (HOLOCAUST). E. De Wind. Eindstation Auschwitz. First edition. Text in Dutch. pp. 195. Original pictorial wrappers, — $700 - $900
• Lot 141: (HOLOCAUST). Julius Fucik. Reportaje Al Pie De La Horca [“Notes from the Gallows.”] With a poem by Pablo Neruda. — $300 - $500
• Lot 142: IBN GABBAI, MEIR. Tola’ath Ya’akov [Kabbalistic exposition of the prayers]. Second edition. Early signature on title. — $600 - $900
• Lot 143: (INDIA). The Israelite [monthly periodical]. Volume I, numbers 1-12. Edited by D.S. Erulkar. — $500 - $700
• Lot 144: (ISLAM). Johann Heinrich Hottinger. Historia Orientalis [history of Islam]. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. pp. (15), — $300 - $500
• Lot 145: (ISRAEL, LAND OF). Samuel Bochart. — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 146: (ISRAEL, LAND OF). Joshua Heschel Margolies of Vishnyeva. Kuntres Kol HaTor Nishmah Be’Artzeinu. — $400 - $600
• Lot 147: (ISRAEL, LAND OF). Charles Chipiez & Georges Perrot. Le Temple de Jé — $6,000 - $9,000
• Lot 148: (ISRAEL, LAND OF / PALESTINE). La Palestine. — $500 - $700
• Lot 149: (ISRAEL, STATE OF). Yitzchak ben Eliezer of Munkatch. Ohel Yitzchak [on shechitah]. Vienna, 1905. — $1,000 - $1,500
• Lot 150: (ISRAEL, STATE OF). Shall the Door be Shut? Including: Winston Churchill, “The Breach of a Solemn Obligation. — $300 - $500