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.
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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).
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LOT 83:
(HOLOCAUST). Concentration camp currency from ...
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Sold for: $2,000
Price including buyer’s premium and sales tax:
$
2,721.88
Start price:
$
300
Estimate :
$500 - $700
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax:
8.875% On the lot's price and buyer's premium
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Item Overview
Description:
(HOLOCAUST).
Concentration camp currency from Theresienstadt (Terezin), Czechoslovakia.
GROUP OF FIVE NOTES.
Denominations of 1, 2, 10, 50 and 100 krone. All feature a portrait of Moses holding the Ten Commandments in Hebrew. Five separate notes.
Theresienstadt, 1943.
On November 24, 1941, the Germans established a Jewish ghetto in the fortress town of Terezin, Czechoslovakia. Known by its German name, Theresienstadt, it functioned both as a ghetto and transit camp to the Auschwitz extermination camp.
Newly arrived prisoners were forced to exchanged all their money for these banknotes once they entered the ghetto. One German Mark was exchanged for Ten Theresienstadt Kronen, although of course, they had no value outside of the ghetto. This all served as a further device to isolate and dehumanize (and rob).
The Ghetto currency was designed by Czech artist Peter Kien, who was later killed in Auschwitz. On the front of each bill was an engraved portrait of Moses holding the Ten Commandments in Hebrew.
"When Kien initially submitted his designs, Reinhard Heydrich objected to the fact that Moses looked Aryan, thus the notes were modified to show Moses with more strongly stereotyped Semitic features. Heydrich also demanded that the hand of Moses cover the commandment that stated "Thou Shalt not Kill.”
See E. J. Sterling, Life in the Ghettos During the Holocaust, 2005. See also: https://holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/findingaids/19881037terezincurrency.html.
