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.
|
LOT 47:
(ANGLO-JUDAICA). Bevis Marks Records; Being Contributions to ...
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $125
Start price:
$
60
Estimated price :
$120 - $180
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
|
(ANGLO-JUDAICA). Bevis Marks Records; Being Contributions to the History of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London.
Three volumes. Original printed wrappers. Sm. folio.
Oxford, 1940, 1949 and London, 1973.
* I: The Early History of the Congregation From the Beginning until 1800.
* II: Abstracts of the Ketubot or Marriage-contracts of the Congregation from Earliest Times until 1837.
* III: Abstracts of the Ketubot or Marriage-contracts and of the Civil Marriage Registers of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation for the Period 1837-1901.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE HAHAM SOLOMON GAON.
