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.
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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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LOT 86:
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Sold for: $1,600
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$1,200 - $1,800
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875% On the full lot's price and commission
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(PINKAS).
NEW YORK. Pinkas D’Chevra Kadisha M’Cong. Rabbeinu Hillel Lichtenstein M’Kolomea.
Manuscript in Hebrew and Yiddish written in a fine calligraphic hand. Consisting of: Page of founders, elaborate title-page, table of contents, by-laws, names of members, officers, donors, specific guidelines for the Burial Society’s practices.
pp. 30 (excluding blanks). Original Hebrew titled thick boards. Heavy folio.
New York, 1919
A student of the Chasam Sofer, Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein (1814-1891) was am uncompromising leader of Haredi autonomy in Hungary. In 1854 he was elected rabbi of Klausenburg, but due to internal opposition was expelled and after sojourns in Grosswardein and Szikszó, he settled in Kolomea, where he served for the remaining 24 years of his life. He worked closely alongisde his son-in-law, Akiva Yosef Schlesinger and his descendants included many Hungarian Admorim (Krasna, Sighet, Nayshloss, etc). The compilers of the present Pinkas are followers of the rabbi, newly settled in the United States. The synagogue first established in 1890 was located at 181 Ludlow Street in Lower Manhattan, later at 177 Suffolk Street.
