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 37:
(KAHANA, KOPEL). Yom-Tov Lipman b. Yehudah Zev HaKohen ...
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Sold for: $60
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Estimated price :
$120 - $180
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
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(KAHANA, KOPEL).
Yom-Tov Lipman b. Yehudah Zev HaKohen Baslianski. Malbushei Yom-Tov [responsa].
FIRST EDITION. Vilna, Yehuda Leib Metz, 1881.
pp. 206. Later boards (loose) with original printed wrappers bound in. Folio.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE HAHAM SOLOMON GAON. Previously owned by Rabbi Kopel Kahane, with his signatures. Also with stamps of the BETH HAMEDRASH K.K d’Mir.
Rabbinic scholar and authority Kopel Kahana (1895-1978) was educated in Lithuanian yeshivas before he immigrated to England to study in Cambridge. Thereafter, he lectured for many decades in Jews College, London, where one of his devoted students was Haham Solomon Gaon.
The author (1821-92) served as Rabbi of Mir for 18 years. R. Isser Zalman Melzer was his student.
