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).
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LOT 172:
DE COLOGNA, ABRAHAM VITA (CHAI). Three-quarter length ...
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
$800 - $1,200
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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DE COLOGNA, ABRAHAM VITA (CHAI).
Three-quarter length portrait, holding Hebrew book and quill. Captioned below in Hebrew and French. Stipple engraving. Strasbourg, circa, 1810.
Rubbed and stained in places, margins trimmed. 6.5 x 10 inches (to mat).
See A. Rubens, Jewish Iconography Catalogue, no. 9 and suppl. volume, p. 10.
Rabbi in Mantua, Abraham de Cologna (1754-1832), was a delegate to the Assembly of Jewish Notables convened by Napoleon in 1806. In 1807 he was given the honorific “Haham” and appointed Vice President of the Sanhedrin (supporting R. David Sinzheim). De Cologna served as one of the three Grand Rabbins of the Central Consistoire, later assuming the position of President and first Chief Rabbi of France. Toward the end of his career he returned to his native Italy and occupied the pulpit in Trieste.
In Toldot Gedolei Yisrael U’Geonei Italia, R. Mordechai Shmuel Ghirondi notes: “[De Cologna] was accorded great honor upon his passing, and was eulogized across both France and Italy" (p. 45).
