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 31:
(NEW YORK SYNAGOGUE). Synagogue Sexton’s Record-keeping ...
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Sold for: $200
Start price:
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100
Estimated price :
$200 - $400
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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(NEW YORK SYNAGOGUE). Synagogue Sexton’s Record-keeping Book.
Printed Appointment book issued by the Brooklyn Chapter of Hadassah in 1936, with approx.
150 pages HAND-WRITTEN in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. Worn. Original boards, spine taped. 4to.
New York, 1936-72.
Internal evidence reveals that this book likely belonged to Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Gottesman (d. 1983), also known as Rev. Solomon Gottesman of Beis Medrash Hagadol Anshei Ungarin located at 242 East 7th Street in Manhattan, a synagogue founded by Hungarian immigrants in 1885.
Reverend Gottesman meticulously recorded here the donations of hundreds of named individuals. Further details encompass the records of weddings, cemetery unveilings, divorces, synagogue honors, the procurement of etrogim and Kosher meat, and much more.
Provides an uncommon first-hand picture of American Orthodox life through the viewpoint of a diligent synagogue sexton (shamash / gabbai) over the course of several decades of the 20th-century.
