The Abe Wintner Judaica Collection, Los Angeles
By Appel Auction
May 3, 2023
Pomona NY 10970, United States


Abe Wintner, who owned the Abe Wintner Judaic Art Co. on Beverly Boulevard opened his store at 7319 Beverly Boulevard in 2010 and filled it with Judaic artworks and ceremonial pieces. Abe’s parents and relatives endured untold hardships during World War II while living in the former Czechoslovakian village, Kosice. Abe was born, while his parents were hiding from the nazis in 1945 in the mountains of Czechoslovakia. Wintner’s father and mother fled their village as the Nazis were advancing in 1943, and lived for approximately one year in the nearby Tatra Mountains.


His father, Eliezer, owned a successful textile business and had considerable wealth. Eliezer Wintner has been credited with saving the lives of over 10,000 Jews who otherwise would likely have perished. He used his money to bribe the Germans and Czech police to allow them to go into the mountains. They survived on very little food.


 The Wintner family moved to Belgium, Israel, and later Los Angeles. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Wintner attended a rabbinical school in Baltimore, Ner Israel, where he began collecting antique Judaic art. He saved small increments of money sent by his family for clothing and food and used it to buy antique menorahs, candlesticks, spice boxes, and items used in religious ceremonies. It would turn into a personal desire for collecting artworks that he said represented the strength and resolve of the Jewish people. “It’s the only store specializing in antique Judaica west of New York, ” Wintner said. “I am addicted to it. Some people drink or fool around. This is my addiction — art. Wintner credited his love for art collecting with helping him put the memories of the past somewhat to rest, his store brought a renewed sense of peace to his life.


Abe married Yvonne in 1979 and has 2 children, Dahlia who lives in Raanana, and Yoni living in Los Angeles. Abe has been blessed with 7 grandchildren. Wintner regularly travels to auctions around the country. His collection has grown to include more than 800 pieces, from paintings, drawings, and sculptures to engraved silver and hand-carved wood pieces. Many of the artworks date back 300 to 400 years.


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LOT 29:

Large "Shiviti", Handwritten and Hand-Colored, Israel, 1955

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Large "Shiviti", Handwritten and Hand-Colored, Israel, 1955


A large "Shiviti" page to hang in the synagogue, drawn and painted by hand. Made by the writer Rachamim Gadalia. 


Extra large page. At the top of it is the verse "Sheviti Hashem Lenegdi Tamid". In the center are the words of Psalm 66 in the shape of the menorah; around it are the vessels of the menorah; two small menorahs, one consisting of the words "Anna Bechah" and the other from Psalm 121; the tablets of the covenant; Verses and names, including part of thirteen measures of mercy.


Signed and dated.


Paper; Color and pastel colors.


Good condition. Stains. Color bleeding. Slight tears in the margins.


Dimensions: 39in H., 27in W.,   100cm H., 70cm W.,


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