Auction of Fine Judaica.
Opening highlights stem from venerated Chassidic and Rabbinic leaders, including the Chofetz Chaim, the Satmar Rebbe and the Vishnitzer Rebbe (Lots 1-5).
Among Autograph Letters are those written in Russian by the Lubavitcher Rebbetzin, including inscribed, personal photographs captured shortly before her marriage to the Rebbe (Lots 12-16).
The auction includes a number of rare books that stem from the library of a distinguished European scholar; as well as further offerings that stem from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon (1912-94).
Judaic books and manuscripts (non-Hebraic) range from Antisemitica to Zionism, and includes Community Pinkas records, Sephardic and Children's Literature, as well as livres d'artistes.
Utilize the Search-bar to locate books that are of regional interest, including: Australia, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Majorca, Poland, Russia, and elsewhere.
The auction includes a further offering of Americana from a distinguished Private Collection. Focusing on Jews in the American Civil War, featuring photographs, autograph letters and printed books (Lots 117-164).
The penultimate portion of the auction features Fine & Graphic Art (Lots 170-188), including canvases by Israeli artists: Moshe Gershuni, Yosl Bergner and Reuven Rubin. Of particular note, is a large, vibrant oil painting by the celebrated Russian-American Chassidic artist Zalman Kleinman, dated 1973 (see lot 179).
An exceptionally rare drawing by the Anglo-Jewish female artist Kate Salaman, c. 1840's, is Lot 176.
The final 20 lots of the sale are 20th-century ceremonial objects including by Agam, Bier, Sugarman and Wolpert and a number of Bezalel-era items (Lots 189-208).
For any and all inquiries please contact Shaya Kestenbaum: jack@kestenbaum.net.
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LOT 3:
TEITELBAUM, YOEL (Grand Rebbe of Satmar, 1887-1979). ...
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Start price:
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17,000
Estimated price :
$20,000 - $30,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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TEITELBAUM, YOEL (Grand Rebbe of Satmar, 1887-1979).
PERSONAL MONOGRAMMED PILLOW-CASE. “F - T - J” (i.e. Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum and Rebbetzin Faige Teitelbaum).
Artistically framed. Pillowcase: 4.5 x 5 inches. Frame size: 17.5 x 17. 5 inches.
PILLOW-CASE USED BY THE ADMOR RABBI YOEL OF SATMAR.
PROVENANCE: The late Dr. David Mehler (with Mehler certification).
During the 1960’s and 1970’s the Satmar Rebbe spent the winter months in Miami. There, he resided in the home of a well-to-do follower and former Sigheter, Mr. Al (Yehoshua Heschel) Moskovits and his wife, Mrs. Corinne (Tziporah) Moskovits. This pillow-case was gifted by the Moskovits’s to their nephew, David Mehler. Mehler subsequently commissioned two artists to create this special framed display.
Throughout the ages, the great Chassidic Masters yearned to inherit the personal belongings of prior Tzaddikim. This is attributed to the B’aal Shem Tov, as recorded by his grandson, the Degel Machaneh Ephraim: “I heard from my grandfather… All that a man owns… even his personal possessions… are all sparks that draw from the root of his soul.”
For more sources relating to the powerful Segulah inherent in the physical belongings of Tzadikim, see:
Yerushalmi, Moed Kattan, f. 5b;
Nedarim, f. 5a.
Chasam Sofer, Parashath Toldoth, beginning with Ha’Lo.
Ba'al Hafla'ah, Panim Yafoth, Bereishith 14:22.
THIS PILLOWCASE, UPON WHICH THE REBBE LAID HIS SAINTLY HEAD, CONTAINS AN AURA OF SANCTITY, AS EXPLICITLY TAUGHT BY TRADITIONAL SOURCES.
