Auction of Judaica. Including a large offering of Americana from a distinguished Private Collection. Focusing on Jews in the American Civil War, featuring photographs, autograph letters and printed books.
Judaica books and manuscripts (non-Hebraic) are offered next.
This includes two important letters from the United States regarding Edgardo Mortara (Lot 31); an exceptionally rare E.M. Lilien livre-de-artiste (Lot 150); an impressive 18th-century plate-book featuring the Holy Land (Lot 156); a recently discovered illustrated letter by Arthur Szyk (Lot 199).
Utilize the Search-bar to locate books that are of regional interest, including: Austria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Russia, South Africa and Spain.
The final portion of the auction includes a wide selection of Jewish Graphic Arts, many formerly in the collection of the late Peter Ehrenthal; and Ceremonial Objects from a distinguished four-generation collection.
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LOT 109:
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Sold for: $650
Start price:
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600
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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Yom Kippur 1870 vor Metz.
Single page lithograph. Central 36-line German poem by Dr. G. Philippson surrounded by dramatic historiated border featuring fanciful scenes of Jewish soldiers at prayer; banners in red with Hebrew prayers.
Discolored, light stains at top, creased. 13 x 18 inches.
Berlin, Julius Levit, circa, 1870.
A rare example of the celebrated - but mythological - Yom Kippur Service at Metz, in which Jewish soldiers from opposing armies came together in prayer during the Franco-Prussian War.
