Kestenbaum's Early Spring auction of Fine Judaica is, as usual with all our sales, exceptionally broad in Judaic subject matter.
The opening 33 lots are seasonal, being Passover Hagadot. Of particular note is Lot 30.
American-Judaica commences with lot 34. Initial 14 lots are Civil War era carte-de-visite photographs, followed by varied autograph letters and printed books. Of particular note is Lot 50.
The next subsection are Hebrew manuscripts and autograph letters (Lots 68-98). This includes Chassidic materials, Synagogue Pinkas record books, and two very sweet Italian liturgical manuscripts (lots 82 and 83).
Lot 99 commences the section of Printed Books in which both Hebrew texts and books in a multiplicity of other languages are combined. Sprinkled throughout are books from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon, especially Sephardic texts, many of which carry inscriptions from the Authors.
Utilize the Search-bar to locate books that are of regional interest, including: Austria, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Syria.
Holocaust-era materials are numbered Lots 149-169.
The penultimate lot in the auction is the first English edition of Theodor Herzl's Jewish State (Lot 228).
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תיאורי הפריטים המוגשים בעברית אינם מכילים את כל המידע על הפריטים. חובת המציע לעיין בקטלוג באנגלית לפני ההשתתפות במכירה. לא ניתן להחזיר פריטים שמצבם מתוארים באנגלית.
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LOT 47:
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Sold for: $650
Start price:
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500
Estimated price :
$700 - $1,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875% On the full lot's price and commission
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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
CABINET PHOTOGRAPH of Myer Asch, Brevet Major, First New Jersey Cavalry.
Chest-up view. Photograph by Gutekunst, Philadelphia.
Myer Asch returned from Paris to take part in the war. A distinguished horse soldier, he commanded Company H. He participated in the war’s most famous cavalry battles and was present at Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Asch commanded the George Meade Post, Grand Army of the Potomac. In Philadelphia he served as Secretary of the U.S. Centennial Commission held in Philadelphia in 1876. He signed the verso of this photo in the latter capacity in 1876. From the collection of the late Norm Flayderman, with his pencil notations on the verso.
