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 52:
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Sold for: $200
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Estimated price :
$300 - $500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875% On the full lot's price and commission
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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
SIMON GRATZ, JR. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to his father, Simon Gratz.
One page, with integral blank attached, autograph address panel on verso.
Bellefonte, PA. 14th July, 1831.
Simon, Jr. begs pardon from his father for not writing sooner on account of his diligence reading law. Simon provides his father an account of his progress in his studies, he reads legal texts for eight hours a day, at a rate of 100 pages. Simon Gratz, Jr. (1807-65), was the second son of Simon Gratz (1773-1839).
