K2 Judaica Sale: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

Auction 93

May 6, 2021 at 1:00pm

K2 Judaica Sale: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Welcome to our Spring K2 Judaica Auction (Kestenbaum Sale number 93) consisting of 226 lots. The subject matter of the auction is divided as follows:

Manuscripts: Lots 1-21

Including ten lots of Pinkas community records (all American), Lots 12-21

Autograph Letters by Rabbinic & Chassidic leaders: Lots 22-77

Americana - Printed Books, Manuscripts & Autograph Letters: Lots 78-96.

Cook-Books (Lots 107-123)

Holocaust-era (Lots 132-151)

Land (and State) of Israel: Lots 152-169

Graphic Art: Lots 188-209.

Including artwork by Yohanan Simon, Chagall, Pilichowski, Abel Pann and Reuven Rubin. Also a magnificent livre-d'artiste by Joseph Budko, issued entirely on vellum, one of just five copies (lot 188)

Ceremonial and Folk Objects: Lots 210-226

Included in the auction are items that relate to Jewish history in: Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia and Spain.

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Grouped product items
Product Name
Cesare Barzi. Decisiones almae Rotae Bononiensis. First edition. Venice, Damianum Zenarium, 1603. $500.00
Large Sepher Torah written on <<Gevil>> parchment in a North African square Hebrew hand, 51 lines to a column. Set on wooden rollers. $5,000.00
Pizmon. Manuscript in Hebrew and Spanish. The Song “Elo-him Yisadenu” written in both languages and with dedication to “His Excellency Jacob Rodrigues Pereira.” $120.00
Issued to brothers Salamone and Giuseppe Severidi, and to Israel di Veroli and Angeo Ancona; exempt them all from wearing the yellow sign on their hats as was then required of Jewish men of the ghetto. $600.00
Pinkas-Community Ledger: <<Hagenbach.>> Notizen Buch für die Israelitische Cultus Verwaltung Hagenbach [“The Minutes of the Jewish Congregational Board of Hagenbach.”] $5,000.00
World War One-era Diary of a German-Jew, Siegfried Mai. $3,000.00
Archive of minutes, documents and communications regarding Congregation Kehillath Yaakov and the Gemiluth Chessed of Greater New York; both of Washington Heights, NY. $2,000.00
(Austrian-Israeli philosopher, 1878-1965). “Wie Kann Gemeinschaft Werden.” $100.00
(Father of Political Zionism, 1860-1904). Letter Signed, written in German on Zionist Congress letterhead, to the journalist Moritz Zobel of Vienna. $400.00
(Father of Political Zionism, 1860-1904). Typed Letter Signed; counter-signed by Alexander Mamoreck, secretary of the Action Committee. German. $400.00
(Russian Zionist Revisionist leader, 1880-1940). Jewish Colonial Trust Check. Made out to “Miss Petersen” and signed by Jabotinsky. <<* Framed with:>> Jewish Colonial Trust Bond. 15th January, 1900. $200.00
D’Chevrah Kadisha, Chevra <<Navardoker>> Fraternal Organization (New York?). $1,000.00
<<(New York).>> D’Chevrah Kadisha Benei Avraham - Anshei Tchechenover. $1,000.00
<<(New York).>> Pinkas shel Beth HaKnesseth, Chevrah Kadisha: 93 Moore Street Brooklyn. $1,200.00
<<(New York?).>> Pinkas Chevra Kadisha - Independent Ostrelenker Young Man’s Benevolent Association. $800.00
<<(New York).>> Pinkas M’Chevra Kadisha - Eiduth Yisroel, Anshei Mezherith. $800.00
<<(New York).>> Chevrah Kadisha Pinkas - Jamaica. $800.00
<<(New York).>> D’Chevrah Kadisha D’Beth HaKnesseth Benei Yisroel - Bedford Avenue. $1,000.00
<<(New York).>> Sepher HaZahav shel Chevro Machzikei Horav. $4,000.00
<<(Troy, New York).>> Sepher HaZahav - Golden Book of Life. Presented to Congregation Sharah Tephilah. Troy, NY. $300.00
<<(London).>> Pinkas - Sons of Britchan Synagogue, Bromehead Street, E. $1,200.00
Extensive collection of c. 800 photographs of Rabbinic and Chassidic leaders from across the Jewish world. $300.00
(The Baba Meir, 1917-83). Psak-Din Judgement Signed, and with personal stamp. $700.00
(The Würzburger Rov, 1807-78). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to R. Moshe ben Yehuda Steigerfeld. $400.00
<<Rabbi Mordechai Kopstein>> (1875-1954). Autograph Letter Signed on the Chofetz Chaim’s letterhead, written in Hebrew to Rabbi David Potash. Hebrew. $300.00
(1850-1916). Autograph Letter Signed and stamped written in Hebrew. $300.00
(The Chasan Sofer, 1835-83). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Singer. $300.00
(The Shimloyer Rov, 1863-1944). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Friedman of Chevra Tomchei Torah, New York. $400.00
(Rabbi of Radomyshl, Bilgoraj and Dukla, 1853-1935). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, also signed in German, written to the Community leadership of Lvov. $1,000.00
Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to the directors of Chevra Tomchei Torah. $300.00
(Rosh Yeshiva Mir, 1879-1965). Typed Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Meir Berlin. $300.00
(The Alter of Slabodka, 1849-1927). Autograph Letter Signed, stamped and written in Hebrew to R. Yeshaya Dov. $5,000.00
(Suranyi Ruv, 1882-1944). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on Yeshiva letterhead to R. Avraham Tzvi. $300.00
(Boyaner Rebbe of New York, 1891-1971). Typed Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead of the Va’ad Ha’Ezra of the Union of Grand Rabbis (Admorim) of United States and Canada. To Rabbi Shmuel Aharon Rubin. $300.00
(Grand Rebbe of Tchortkov, 1854-1934). Secretarial Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to “The Residents of Boro Park, New York.” $3,000.00
(Rosh Yeshiva of Lomza, 1882-1964). Typed Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Chaim Gershon Heimowitz. $200.00
(1876-1936). Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew, on letterhead to Rabbi E. Friedman. $200.00
(1889-1957). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Hillel Medalia. $300.00
(Spiritual leader of Lithuanian Jewry, 1863-1940). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Dr. Yitzhak Unna of Mannheim. $1,200.00
(Rov of Visheve, 1886-1941). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on plain paper. $500.00
(Rabbi of Rimanov, 1858-1934). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to one R. Elazar. $300.00
(“Reb Herschele of Spinka,” 1921-97). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead. $300.00
(1869-1951). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead. $200.00
Rabbi Yitzchak Yerucham Diskin, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Rabbi Moshe Nachum Wallenstein, Rabbi Mordechai Leib Rubin, and Rabbi Yitzchak Porush. $1,000.00
Secretarial Letter Signed, written in Hebrew in a fine calligraphic rabbinic hand. $600.00
(Amshinover Rebbe in America, 1914-93). Typed Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Yehuda Menachem Baum. $200.00
(1785-1869). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to R. Chaim Nathan Dembitzer of Cracow. $2,000.00
(“Reb Chatzkel,” 1885-1974). Autograph Letter Signed and stamped on plain paper, written in Hebrew to Chana Lamstein. $300.00
(“The Tzaddik of Jerusalem,” 1885-1969). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew in his characteristic beautiful hand, written to Rabbi Yisrael Isser Shapiro. $300.00
(Grand Rebbe of Stropkow, 1908-95). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to the Directors of Ezras Torah. $200.00
(1916-91). Typed Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch (1902-94). $200.00
(The Yenukah of Karlin-Stolin, 1868-1922). Secretarial Letter Signed written in Hebrew to R. Avraham Yitzchak Heller. $1,000.00
(ADeRe’T, 1845-1905). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew. $400.00
(Skolyer Rebbe, 1898-1979). Autograph Inscription Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Aharon Moshe Leifer of Chust and Budapest. $300.00
(The Biala Rebbe, 1900-82). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to the rabbis of Mizrachi. $300.00
(1868-1946). Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Ya’akov Schachter of Galatz (Galati). $300.00
(The Rogotchover Gaon, 1858-1936). Autograph Postcard Signed written in Hebrew, to Rabbi Yehoshua Baumol of Brooklyn. $1,200.00
(Rabbi of Ratzfert, 1865-1940). Autograph Postcard. Signed, writrten in Hebrew to Rabbi Pinchas Zimetbaum. $600.00
(Rabbi of Sekelhid, 1879-1944). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Leo Jung of New York. $500.00
(“Reb Ahrele,” 1894-1947). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on plain paper to R. Avraham Groman. $500.00
(Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, 1900-87). Autograph Postcard Signed written in Hebrew to Rabbi Eliezer Silver (1882-1968) President of the Agudas HaRabonim. $200.00
(Zehman, Rabbi of Dukla, Galicia 1864-). Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Ze’ev Wolf Silberberg of Baltimore. $200.00
(Rosh Yeshiva of Eitz Chaim, Volozhin, 1873-1936). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Shlomo Steinberg. $300.00
(1860-1930). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to <<Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik.>> $1,000.00
Autograph Letter Signed (by both), written in Hebrew on letterhead. $600.00
(Grand Rebbe of Chernobyl, 1917-88). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on stamped letterhead to Rabbi Moshe Kamelhar. $300.00
(Zlatopol-Chortkover Rebbe, 1890-1968). Secretarial Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Moshe Meir Kirschenbaum. $300.00
(Grand Rebbe of Hornosteipel-Milwaukee, 1898–1973). Autograph Letter Signed written in Yiddish on letterhead to Modechai Kozakov. $300.00
(Rebbes of Rachmastrivka). Autograph Letter Signed (by both) written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Tuvia Ungar. $500.00
(Rachmastrivka Rebbe, 1903-82). Autograph Letter Signed written in Yiddish on letterhead to Mordechai Peters (Petrushka) of the Montreal Va’ad Ha’ir. $400.00
(Grand Rebbe of Rachmastrivka-Yerushalayim, 1929-2004). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Menachem Porush. $200.00
(Av Beth Din of Sitschel, Rumania). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to <<R. Menachem Mendel Hager of Vizhnitz.>> $500.00
(Rabbi of Verboi, 1873-1942). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein. $500.00
(Rabbi of Mád, 1845-1932). Autograph Postcard Signed written in Hebrew to Dayan Yisroel Welcz of Budapest. $600.00
(Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1920-2013). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Moshe Blau (of Pardes Katz, Bnei Brak). $200.00
(Rosh Yeshiva Radun, 1898-1974). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Cohen. $300.00
(Grand Rebbe of Koidanov-Botoshaner, 1890-1978). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to the Ezras Torah Fund in New York. $400.00
Collection of lottery tickets and lottery advertisements, each with Jewish connection. $4,000.00
(Jacob Cohen). Autograph prayer manuscript. $1,200.00
Two Autograph Letters Signed (’Chaim’) and written to Jacob Cohen, President <<in Yiddish. >> $4,000.00
Louis Salomon. The Mosaic System in Its Fundamental Principles. $200.00
Resolution by the “Portuguese Congregation Mickveh Israel of Philad’a” to send financial aid to the Moroccan Jewish refugees in Gibraltar. $2,000.00
James Levy. Autograph Letter Signed written to Captain C. S. Edwards. $300.00
Rabbi Ben Tomi [i.e. Thomas Poultney]. Songs of the Ring. $300.00
Group of twelve Bonds. Loans to the City of Philadelphia. $400.00
Simon Gratz. Autograph Letter Signed. $100.00
Heinrich Heine. Poems and Ballads. Translated by <<Emma Lazarus. >> $100.00
(Twain, Mark). Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. Number 592. $700.00
<<Photograph>> of a Jewish family gathered at the grave of Mary Benovitz. $200.00
Hart Levey. Manuscript note recording the death of an early American Jew. $100.00
<<David Levy Yulee>> (US Senator from Florida, 1810-86). Autograph Letter Signed. $200.00
<<Rebecca Gratz.>> Two documents relating to Rebecca Gratz’s Sunday School, and her Hebrew Female Benevolent Society. $500.00
Eight financial / commercial documents (both printed and manuscript) pertaining to American Jews. $500.00
Group of three American pamphlets relating to Sir Moses Montefiore: $500.00
Henry Cohen (Philadelphia merchant, 1810-79). Autograph Letter Signed. $500.00
Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to “the American Minister” to dinner “on Sunday next.” Written on behalf of Lionel de Rothschild (1808-79) and his wife Charlotte (1819-84) from their London home, 148 Piccadilly. $300.00
The Original Mr. Jacobs. A Startling Exposé. (Anonymously penned by Telemachus Thomas Timayenis). $200.00
"Rural Labor Equals Slavery by Authoritan Means. Such is Soviet Freedom." Lithograph poster. Ukrainian text. $1,000.00
Trattato Pio Nel quale si Contengono Cinque Articoli Pertinenti alla Fede Christiana con tra l'Hebraica Ostinazione estratti dalle Sacrosante Antiche Scritture [“…Five Articles pertaining to the Christian Faith and Hebraic Obstinacy…”] $500.00
Palabras Del Excelentisimo Señor Presidente de la Nacion Argentina General Juan Peron Dirigidas a la Colectividad Israelita Argentina en el Acto Realizado el dia 6 de Noviembre de 1953. Su repercusión en el Estado de Israel. $200.00
Brass Presentation Key. Commemorating the opening of the Machzikei Hadas Synagogue, Brussels. $1,000.00
Former Prophets [Nevi’im Rishonim]. Book of Joshua and Kings (I) [Yehoshua and Melachim]. Group of ten leaves (fragments). $5,000.00
Joseph Zedner. Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Library of the British Museum. $50.00
(The Elder). Tiberias sive Commentarius Masorethicus Triplex [commentary to the Tiberian Masorah of the Bible]. $200.00
Giuseppe Vigevano. Nisayon Ktav Lashon HaKodesh - Saggio di Caratteri Ebraici. [“Student’s Guide to Hebrew Calligraphy.”] $1,500.00
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. Die Reid…fon Admo’r Shlit’a. $100.00
Miss M.A.S. Tattersall. Jewish Cookery Book. $200.00
Dainty Dinners and Dishes for Jewish Families. Arranged by May Henry and Kate Halford. $300.00
Council Cook Book. $200.00
The Ladies’ Auxiliary to Temple de Hirsch. Famous Cook Book. Compiled by Mrs. Sigismund Aronson, Mrs. Samuel Brown and Committee. $100.00
A.B. Mishulow. Vegetarische Koch Buch / Vegetarian Cook Book. $200.00
Tempting Kosher Dishes. Prepared from World Famous Manischewitz’s Matzo Products. - Batemte Idishe Ma’achalim. $100.00
Erna Meyer. How to Cook in Palestine. $200.00
Rokeach Cook Book - Rokeach Koch Buch. $100.00
At Home on the Range. Issued by the Westchester Ladies’ Auxiliary of the United Home for Aged Hebrew (New Rochelle). $100.00
Lilien Kornfeld. Keitzad Mevashlim BeYemei Milchamah? [“What to Cook During War-Time”]. $100.00
Tina Lohman. Book of Jewish Recipes. $100.00
Mildred Grosberg Bellin. The Jewish Cook Book. $100.00
Lilien Kornfeld. Mah Evashel Memanot Tzena? [“What to Cook During Rationing”] $100.00
Union Cook Book. Compiled by Union of Jewish Women of South Africa, Cape Town Branch. $100.00
WIZO. Kach Nivashel - Kochbuch. $100.00
Molly Goldberg and Myra Waldo. The Molly Goldberg Cookbook. $100.00
Mordecai Kosover. Yiddishe Macholim - Food and Beverages: A Study in History of Culture and Linguistics. $100.00
Psst...! Numbers 1-85 (all published) $1,000.00
“Dreyfus est un Traitre.” $300.00
Musée des Horreurs. Number 51 (of 51) by V. Lenepveu. $300.00
Shemesh Lashon HaKodesh - Sole della Lingua Santa. $400.00
Sendschreiben an Seine Hochwürden, Herrn Oberconsistorialrath und Probst Teller zu Berlin, von einigen Hausvätern jüdischer Religion. pp. (2), 86. $300.00
Hamodia. Five complete issues of the Hebrew newspaper. Each with an historic headline relating to the leaders of Chareidi World. $300.00
(Caleb Ashworth.) The Principal Rules of Hebrew Grammar. $100.00
Moses Stuart. A Grammar of the Hebrew Language. $100.00
Die Greuelpropaganda ist eine Lügenpropaganda Sagen die Deutschen Juden Selbst [“Atrocity Propaganda is Based on Lies Say the Jews of Germany Themselves.”] $200.00
Vogel, Alfred. Erblehre und Rassenkunde in bildlicher Darstellung [“Racial Biology and Ethnology in Pictorial Presentation”]. Graphic reproductions by Eberhard Braucht. $800.00
Menachem Mendel Kirschbaum. Takanoth Eich LeHithnaheg Ka’Eth Be’Epher HaNisraphim. $1,500.00
Jan Stanczyk. Rights for Jews in New Poland, Declaration of the Polish Government-in-Exile. $300.00
A. Golubov. Di Hitlerishe Retziches in Polin. $1,000.00
P. Hassine. Megilath Hitler [“Scroll of Hitler”]. $600.00
Buchenwald Camp. The Report of a Parliamentary Delegation. $150.00
Témoignages de Déportés Politiques en Allemagne, Les Camps d’Extermination [“Testimonies of Political Deportees in Germany, The Extermination Camps.”] $300.00
Stephen Gorski. German Crimes Forgotten? Reflections on the Nuremberg Trial. $120.00
Two Yiddish Pamphlets Summarizing the Laws of Family Purity. <<>> Sepher Taharas Benos Yisroel. Issued by the Agudath Israel of Austria. ff. (2), 24. Vienna, 1947. <<>> Sepher Taharas Hamishpocha. Rabbi Shmuel Abba Snieg. ff. 11. Paris, 1950. $300.00
Luach - Jaarboek van de Israelietische Gemeente te Antwerpen, 5700 (1939-40). $600.00
Agenda Ebraica per l’Anno 5703. Issued for the Tempio Israelitico di Torino. $500.00
Luach - Jodisk Almanak 5704. $500.00
Luach - Le Calendrier Israelite. Pour l’annee de la Victoire et du Retour 5706 - 1945/46. Prepared by N. Grunewald, Limoges. $500.00
Latvijas 1940. g. Telefona Abonentu Saraksts [“Telephone Subscriber List in Latvia.”] $1,000.00
A Budapesti Egységes Hálózat (Budapest és Környéke) Betűrendes Távbeszélő Névsora [“Alphabetical Telephone Directory of the Budapest Unified Network (Budapest and Surroundings).”] $1,000.00
Group of c. 30 documents relating to Rabbi Shimon Alter Frankel, mostly when living in the Cracow Ghetto. $5,000.00
Group of c. 18 printed and manuscript items in German, Polish, Czech. $1,000.00
Archive of Military Government Officer Captain Norman W. Borring, among the liberators of the Laufen concentration camp, 5th May 1945. $2,000.00
Garcia de Trasmiera, Diego. Epitome de la Santa Vida y Relacion de la Glorioso Muerte del Venerable Pedro de Arbues. $500.00
Reland, Hadrian. Palaestina ex Monumentis Veteribus Illustrata. $800.00
Arias Montanus, Gaspar de Vilalpando, Bernard Lamy. Geographia Sacra Illustrata, or Sacred Geography Illustrated. $2,000.00
Roberts, David. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia. $1,500.00
<<LAILLIER, THÉODORE.>> Antiquités Judaïques: Histoire, Archéolologie, Plans et Monuments [“Jewish Antiquities: History, Archeology, Maps and Monuments.”] $500.00
A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Under the Command of General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby G.C.B., G.C.M.G. July 1917 to October 1918. Edited by H. Pirie-Gordon. $100.00
Cheshbon Tzedek. Balance Sheet of Chevrath Meah Shearim Drainage Works listing over <<130 names of residents>>. With official seal. $100.00
Vekamta Ve’Alita [on the mass holiday pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Modern Age]. Edited by Shmuel Rotshtein. Anecdotes and many photographic illustrations. $50.00
Finfuntzwantzig Yahr Va’ad HaYeshivos fon Vilna bin Yerushalayim. $150.00
G. Eric Matson. The Middle East in Pictures. $300.00
Printed broadside: “Keriah Kedoshah.” Encouraging the Daily Recital of Psalms during Israel’s War of Attrition. $100.00
Group of c. 43 printed posters, documents, letters etc. pertaining to the Eidah Chareidis and Jerusalem’s Meah Shearim in Mandate Palestine and Early Israel. $1,000.00
Group of c. 10 printed posters, broadsides, etc pertaining to the pre-State Mizrachi Movement. $200.00
Group of c. 44 printed posters, documents, etc. relating to Jewish life in Ottoman and Mandate Palestine. $600.00
Group of ten election-related printed materials from Mandate Palestine and the early State. $400.00
Group of nine broadside posters relating to the “Protests Against Public Sabbath Desecration.” $400.00
Printed broadside: “Bikshu Rachamim… Leshlomo Veshichruro shel Sholom Shtrokes. $120.00
Printed broadside. “Ay Shamayim.” A Protest by the Badatz against Israel’s Draft Laws. $100.00
Yediot Ma’ariv [newspaper]. Pnei HaMandat MeHat’chalato Ve’Ad Siyumo [“The Face of the Mandate from Beginning to End.”] $200.00
Vereeniging tot Bevordering van Beeldende Kunsten [Association for the Promotion of Visual Arts]. Jozef Israëls. $200.00
Pius Papa V. Praeceptum De Iudæorum exterminatione ex omni dominio temporali S.R.E. & subditorum, præter Romam & Anconam. $2,000.00
National-Gesänge der Hebräer [“National Songs of the Hebrews.”] $150.00
Songs of a Semite: The Dance to Death, and other Poems. $200.00
Philologus Hebraeus, $100.00
Socrate, ouero, Dell`humano Sapere Esercitio Seriogiocoso. $800.00
Mischnah. Oder der Text des Talmuds. Translated into German by Johann Jacob Rabe. $400.00
Kuntres Kavod Hachaim. $60.00
Henrik Wergeland. Indlœg i jødesagen, til, understøttelse for forslaget om ophœvelse af Norges Grundlovs [Par.] 2, sidste Passus [“The Jewish Case in Support of the Proposal for the Abolition of the Norwegian Constitution’s Second Paragraph.”] $500.00
Tena’im Le’Purim. $60.00
Directory of Manufacturers & Merchants of Poland - 1938. Chairman of editorial committee: Jozef Jakubowski. $2,000.00
Discorso intorno a l’humana miseria e sopr’al modo di fuggirla [“A Discourse on Human Suffering and How to Escape It”]. ff. (4), 38. $500.00
Evreiskie Pogromy [“Jewish Massacre”] 1918-1921. $200.00
Bericht über die Tätigkeit im ersten Gesellschaftsjahr [“Report on Activities in the First Year of the Society.”] $180.00
Neun holzschnitte zu ausgewählten Versen aus dem Buche Jeschu ben Elieser ben Sirah. $100.00
The New Order $100.00
*Tephiloth Yisrael - Israelitiches Gebetbuch. << With:>> Techinoth. Einige erbauliche Gebete…fuer Israelitische Frauen.** $300.00
Large collection of printed papers issued by and relating to Jewish militant groups of the Mandate period, including: $1,000.00
Der Babylonische Talmud in Auswahl. Text by Jakob Fromer. $40,000.00
Four watercolor illustrations of unidentified Ghetto scenes. $400.00
Kibbutz Landscape (titled on verso). $4,000.00
Moses and the Tablets of the Law. $7,000.00
Group of <<five>> French First-Day Cover stamps, all designed by Chagall. <<Each boldly signed in charcoal by Chagall.>> $400.00
Tribute to Marc Chagall. $120.00
Talmud Students (study for an oil painting). $1,500.00
The God-Seekers. <<Complete set>> of ten woodcuts. From the limited series of 65. Each plate signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. $600.00
Portrait Album. Subjects of these portraits include Ch. N. Bialik, Rabbi Jacob Mase, and a self-portrait of Pasternak himself. $400.00
Les Alliés. $400.00
Une Victime. $300.00
The Discussion. $150.00
Reaches of Heaven, A Story of the Baal Shem Tov. 24 etchings, each signed and numbered by the artist in pencil below image. $400.00
“Evening.” $200.00
[Gezicht van de Portugeesche Jooden-Kerk, van de Breestraat te zien, tot Amsterdam]. $600.00
“Joppe; in’t Hebreeusch by ouds Japho; hedendaags Japha, of Jaffa; volgens d’aftekening gedaan 1668.” $300.00
Jerusalem from the South. $500.00
The Ascent of the Lower Range of Sinai. $500.00
Folk depiction of a cemetery surrounding central mausoleum with several Hebrew and Biblical phrases relating to death and customs for the Yahrtzeit day. $200.00
Mishenichnath Adar… $100.00
Collection of 52 German postcards, almost all after artwork by Hermann Junker and Moritz Oppenheim, portraying life in the Frankfurt Ghetto. $800.00
Kinetic Star-of-David. Lithograph on silk. Bearing signature; limitation on verso. 24 x 24 inches. $600.00
Set on three short rounded stands, small circular plate set with beaded border; the Hebrew words “Holy Sabbath” intertwined amidst filigree rim. Marked 18k on verso. Diam: 5 inches (12.7 cm). $9,000.00
Of tower form, the square container fitted with hinged door, above which is a clock-face with moveable clock-hand. Marked. Height: 9.5 inches (24.1 cm). $1,500.00
Adam-style by Richard Pitt. Removable lid. Marked. 5 x 10 inches (12.7 x 25.4 cm). $1,000.00
Set on mounted base, large central bowl with five removable small dishes attached to filigree rim. Marked. With accompanying wine goblet. H; 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm). $2,000.00
A long band of linen sewn in two sections. Of traditional style, skillfully and humorously painted. Commemorating the birth of Shmuel ben Reuven (“aka Robert Zelig”) on Wednesday 19th Iyar, 1942. Text all in Hebrew. Length: 138 inches (350.5 cm). $1,000.00
Including embroidered Torah-Ark curtains, synagogue mats, personal bags. $500.00
Decorated Textile (Challah-cover) for donors to Va’ad Ha’Ezrah Levnei Koleloth Bukovina. 22 x 24 inches. $100.00
Satin applique. Gold threads on central velvet panel, recording the gift of this from the community Burial Society and Sick Visitation Committee. 18 x 32 inches (45.5 x 81.2 cm). $800.00
Richly attired and clasping a box of trinkets. Set on a flower-strewn base. Height: 7 3/4 inches (19.7 cm). $1,500.00
<<Shevithi.>> Traditional Hebrew amidst sunburst. Hook on reverse. Diam: 15.5 inches (39.4 cm). $200.00
Backplate with striking composition, centered by winged rampant lions flanking Menorah. H: 10.5 inches (26.6 cm). L: 10 inches (25.4 cm). $1,200.00
Leather acordion base, with metal clasp, closure, link chain and handle. 5 x 5 inches. $300.00
Turned wood on hollow base. Height: 12.5 inches (31.8 cm). $200.00
Yellow rectangular Pushka-box with coin slot on top, round cap on bottom for removing money. H: 115mm. Worn. $100.00
Brass plate with raised rim. Star of David in center, with surrounding floral decorations. Artist’s signature, ‘The Young Elijah Coheen ST’ etched near center. $1,000.00
Wooden base with inscribed metal appliques. Memorial dedication in Hebrew and in French: “Joseph Jacqueline Emile William Tubiana Décédés les 29 Nov 1949 l’age de 19 Ans.” 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm). $500.00
Pair of miniature portraits, evidently of an Orthodox husband and wife, very finely painted and encassed behind glass. $6,000.00

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Daniel E. Kestenbaum

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Auction 93

May 6, 2021 at 1:00pm

K2 Judaica Sale: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

We are pleased to offer public viewing of our February 18th auction. However viewing is by appointment only, on weekdays from Wednesday, November 4th to Wednesday, November 11th, 11am-5pm. There is no admittance to the viewing without a pre-booked appointment.

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Product Title	Auction 93
Auction Date	May 5, 2021
Auction Time	1:00pm
Departments	Judaica
Available for Sale	No
Short Description	Bidding via Bidspirit ONLY. Welcome to our Spring K2 Judaica Auction (Kestenbaum Sale number 93) consisting of 226 lots. The subject matter of the auction is divided as follows: Manuscripts: Lots 1-21 Including ten lots of Pinkas community records (all American), Lots 12-21 Autograph Letters by Rabbinic & Chassidic leaders: Lots 22-77 Americana - Printed Books, Manuscripts & Autograph Letters: Lots 78-96. Cook-Books (Lots 107-123) Holocaust-era (Lots 132-151) Land (and State) of Israel: Lots 152-169 Graphic Art: Lots 188-209. Including artwork by Yohanan Simon, Chagall, Pilichowski, Abel Pann and Reuven Rubin. Also a magnificent livre-d'artiste by Joseph Budko, issued entirely on vellum, one of just five copies (lot 188) Ceremonial and Folk Objects: Lots 210-226 Included in the auction are items that relate to Jewish history in: Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia and Spain. Utilize the "find" mode button to locate areas of particular interest. Limited viewing is available by APPOINTMENT ONLY.

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