Kestenbaum & Company

Spring Sale: March 12, 2002

Auction of
Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

The Property of Various Owners including:

The Hallegua Family of Cochin, India

Selections from the Library of the Late Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber of London (including his unpublished memoirs).

The Library of Mr. Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Connecticut

Together With:
A Significant Collection of Early Twentieth Century
Russian-Jewish Illustrated Books

Sale Fifteen, held on March 12th, 2002, generated enthusiasm in the Judaica market with a broad collection of Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art from the Library of Mr. Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Connecticut, the Library of the Late Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber of London (including his unpublished memoirs), The Hallegua Family of Cochin, India, and A Significant Collection of Early Twentieth Century Russian-Jewish Illustrated Books.

A full listing of sale results (prices realized) by lot number for Sale Fifteen.

Sale results from other recent auctions.

Highlights of the sale included (prices include 15% buyer's premium):

(HAGADAH). Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. THE SECOND MANTUA HAGADAH. EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT AND ELUSIVE. RARER THAN THE FIRST EDITION. SINCE THE WAR, ONLY THE PRESENT COPY HAS APPEARED AT PUBLIC AUCTION. Mantua, Joseph Shalit ben Jacob Aschkenazi, 1568. Sold for $86,250. Lot 194.
(BIBLE, Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehillim. Square Spanish Hebrew hand with vocalization and accents On Vellum.ff. 159. Initial word illuminated with decorative flourishes in red, green and black inks. 16mo. Spain, 15th Century. Sold for more than six times the low estimate at $80,500. Lot 435.

(Bible, Hebrew. FIVE SCROLLS & HAFTOROTH). On Vellum. Wide margins. Initial words illuminated with decorative flourishes in red, green and black ink. Double columns of twenty-seven lines. Germany, 13th Century. Sold for over twice the low estimate at $63,250. Lot 434.
MENDELSSOHN, MOSES. (Celebrated Philosopher of the German Enlightenment. 1729-1786). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew. Berlin, 29th Teveth, 1779. Sold for $9,775. Lot 483
SCHOR, ILYA. Prayers in the Synagogue. An uncommonly large canvas with a most distinctive Cubist influence, vibrant in color and style. Signed by artist, framed. Acrylic on board. American, circa 1950. Sold for $3,000. Lot 575

Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. Mantua, 1568.
Sold for $86,250.

Sepher Tehillim.Spain, 15th Century.
Sold for more than six times the low estimate at $80,500.

ILYA SCHOR. Prayers in the Synagogue.
American, circa 1950. Sold for $3,000.