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 14:
SCHNEERSON, CHANA (GURARY). (Eldest daughter of R. Yosef ...
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Sold for: $700
Start price:
$
400
Estimated price :
$600 - $900
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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SCHNEERSON, CHANA (GURARY). (Eldest daughter of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, and wife of the Rasha’g, 1899-1991).
Autograph Letter Signed, written in Russian on S. Gurary letterhead to Necha Rivkin.
Two pages (incomplete).
Riga, (1928).
Provides much information on members of her husband’s family the Gurary’s and others, including:
* Shmaryhu Gurary’s brother is to be exiled to the far north of Russia: “Why? And there are so many of such people.”
* Recounts which members of the Rivkin family were present at THE WEDDING OF THE REBBE, Menachem Mendel Schneerson and Chaya Mushka Schneerson.
* Which members of the Gurary family attended the Rebbe's wedding, and Chana’s opinion of their personal characteristics.
* Noting that her younger sister Sheindel Schneerson was living with “our aunt, grandfather's younger sister, in Otwock.”
