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 28:
(PINKAS). NEW YORK. Pinkas MeChevra Kadisha of the Ershter ...
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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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(PINKAS). NEW YORK. Pinkas MeChevra Kadisha of the Ershter Varshaver Shul.
Manuscript in Hebrew and Yiddish written in a fine calligraphic hand. Finely illuminated title-page. Customs, practices and regulations of the Burial Society. Lists of officers, members and names to be memorialized.
c. 50 pages (excluding blanks). Recased in original boards. Sm. folio. With 3-page English summary and translation.
New York City, c. 1930’s-50’s.
Located at 58-60 Rivington Street, the Erste Washawer synagogue was originally built in 1903 for immigrant Jews from the town Jassy (Iasi). When it was complete, it became known as the grandest of the small synagogues.
Congregation Adath Jeshurun of Jassy continued until 1912, when a group of Polish immigrants purchased the synagogue and renamed it for Warsaw, their city of origin. By the 1970’s, as the Jewish Lower East had well declined, the congregation abandoned the building. In 1973, the Hungarian sculptor Hale Gurland acquired the space and repurposed it as his studio.
