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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

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  1. (1853-1921) Portrait of a Young Jewish Bride.
    Lot 1
    KAUFMANN, ISIDOR.
     (1853-1921) Portrait of a Young Jewish Bride.
    Est: $200,000 - $300,000
    Hammer $230,000
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  2. Portrait of Hasid at Prayer.
    Lot 2
    KAUFMANN, ISIDOR.
     Portrait of Hasid at Prayer.
    (Austro-Hungarian, 1853-1921)
    Est: $60,000 - $80,000
    Hammer $75,000
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  3. Talmud Students (study for an oil painting).
    Lot 3
    PILICHOWSKI, LEOPOLD.
     Talmud Students (study for an oil painting).
    c. 1925
    Est: $3,000 - $5,000
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  4. Gansemarkt in Krakau. With signature reading: “A. Schönn.”
    Lot 4
    (POLAND)
     Gansemarkt in Krakau. With signature reading: “A. Schönn.”
    (20th century)
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $1,100
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  5. Study Partners.
    Lot 5
    KOLOZSVARY, LAJOS.
     Study Partners.
    (Hungarian, 1871-1937)
    Est: $2,000 - $3,000
    Hammer $3,200
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  6. Game of Chess.
    Lot 6
    MARKOWICZ, ARTUR.
     Game of Chess.
    (Polish, 1872-1934)
    Est: $3,000 - $5,000
    Hammer $3,000
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  7. After). The Divorce (Get).
    Lot 7
    (PEN, YEHUDA
     After). The Divorce (Get).
    St. Petersburg, circa 1980
    Est: $7,000 - $9,000
    Hammer $5,000
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  8. Chassidic Chess Players.
    Lot 8
    (POLAND)
     Chassidic Chess Players.
    St. Petersburg, circa 1980
    Est: $2,000 - $3,000
    Hammer $2,000
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  9. Cantonist Scene.
    Lot 9
    (RUSSIA)
     Cantonist Scene.
    St. Petersburg, circa 1980
    Est: $4,000 - $6,000
    Hammer $5,500
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  10. Group of six drawings on paper. Subjects include character portraits and rural scenes.
    Lot 10
    RYBACK, ISSACHAR BER.
     Group of six drawings on paper. Subjects include character portraits and rural scenes.
    (Russian, 1897-1935)
    Est: $4,000 - $6,000
    Hammer $4,000
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  11. Service on the Day of Atonement by the Israelite Soldiers of the Prussian Army before Metz 1870.
    Lot 11
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
     Service on the Day of Atonement by the Israelite Soldiers of the Prussian Army before Metz 1870.
    New York, H. Schile, 1871
    Est: $2,000 - $3,000
    Hammer $3,000
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  12. (MENDOZA, DANIEL).
    Lot 12
    (MENDOZA, DANIEL).
    (London, c. 1790)
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $2,800
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  13. Alexandre Bida. Le Juifs Devant le Mur de Salomon.
    Lot 13
    (JERUSALEM).
     Alexandre Bida. Le Juifs Devant le Mur de Salomon.
    France, c. 1880
    Est: $1,500 - $2,500
    Hammer $1,500
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  14. Engraving of the Baal Shem, the Great Rabbi Sekel Lev from Michelstadt. Half-length portrait facing front. With captions below in Hebrew and French.
    Lot 14
    WORMSER, YITZCHAK ARYEH ZEKEL LEIB (BAAL SHEM OF MICHELSTADT).
     Engraving of the Baal Shem, the Great Rabbi Sekel Lev from Michelstadt. Half-length portrait facing front. With captions below in Hebrew and French.
    Germany, early 19th-century
    Est: $2,000 - $2,500
    Hammer $1,600
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  15. Snow: Kazimierz, Krakow.
    Lot 15
    (PHOTOGRAPHY). VISHNIAC, ROMAN.
     Snow: Kazimierz, Krakow.
    (1938) printed 1970’s
    Est: $1,500 - $2,500
    Hammer $1,500
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  16. The Rabbi, Warsaw.
    Lot 16
    (PHOTOGRAPHY). VISHNIAC, ROMAN.
     The Rabbi, Warsaw.
    (1938) printed 1970’s
    Est: $1,500 - $2,500
    Hammer $2,700
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  17. The Cheder in Slonim.
    Lot 17
    (PHOTOGRAPHY). VISHNIAC, ROMAN.
     The Cheder in Slonim.
    (1938) printed 1970’s
    Est: $1,500 - $2,500
    Hammer $2,500
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  18. Pastoral Landscape, Jerusalem.
    Lot 18
    RABAN, ZE’EV
     Pastoral Landscape, Jerusalem.
    Jerusalem, 1929
    Est: $2,000 - $3,000
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  19. Study for synagogue stained glass window.
    Lot 19
    RABAN, ZE’EV
     Study for synagogue stained glass window.
    Jerusalem, 1950
    Est: $800 - $1,200
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  20. Gates of Jerusalem at Sabbath Eve. Encircled by verses from Book of Nehemiah (13:19, 22).
    Lot 20
    RABAN, ZE’EV
     Gates of Jerusalem at Sabbath Eve. Encircled by verses from Book of Nehemiah (13:19, 22).
    Jerusalem, c. 1940
    Est: $1,200 - $1,800
    Hammer $1,200
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  21. “It Is Written Up Above.”
    Lot 21
    LIEBERMAN, HARRY.
     “It Is Written Up Above.”
    New York, 1972
    Est: $1,200 - $1,800
    Hammer $750
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  22. (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
    Lot 22
    (AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
    Early 20th-century
    Est: $600 - $900
    Hammer $600
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  23. Country Landscape.
    Lot 23
    MANE KATZ
     Country Landscape.
    1946
    Est: $4,000 - $6,000
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  24. KUNSTADT, MEIR.
    Lot 24
    KUNSTADT, MEIR.
    1914
    Est: $2,500 - $3,000
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  25. Female Peasant.
    Lot 26
    HIRSZENBERG, SAMUEL
     Female Peasant.
    1907
    Est: $400 - $600
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  26. “Palestinian Jew.”
    Lot 27
    STRUCK, HERMANN.
     “Palestinian Jew.”
    Haifa, 1927
    Est: $2,000 - $3,000
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  27. Portraits of religious bearded men. Group of four etchings.
    Lot 28
    STRUCK, HERMANN.
     Portraits of religious bearded men. Group of four etchings.
    Est: $500 - $700
    Hammer $250
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  28. Castillo, Martin Del. Arte Hebraispano. Dikduk Lashon Hakodesh Belshon Sepharadith. Grammatica de la Lengua Santa.
    Lot 29
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Castillo, Martin Del. Arte Hebraispano. Dikduk Lashon Hakodesh Belshon Sepharadith. Grammatica de la Lengua Santa.
    Lyons, 1676
    Est: $1,500 - $2,500
    Hammer $1,300
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  29. Washington, George. A Collection of the Speeches of the President of the United States... Addresses to the President, with His Answers.
    Lot 30
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Washington, George. A Collection of the Speeches of the President of the United States... Addresses to the President, with His Answers.
    Boston, 1796
    Est: $4,000 - $6,000
    Hammer $5,500
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  30. Seder HaTephiloth - The Form of Daily Prayers. According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews.
    Lot 31
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Seder HaTephiloth - The Form of Daily Prayers. According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews.
    New York, 1826
    Est: $6,000 - $9,000
    Hammer $6,000
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  31. Ben Sirah. Volksbuch über Moral und Sittenlehre - Sepher Chochmath Yehoshua ben Sirah.
    Lot 32
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Ben Sirah. Volksbuch über Moral und Sittenlehre - Sepher Chochmath Yehoshua ben Sirah.
    New York, 1850
    Est: $3,000 - $5,000
    Hammer $2,000
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  32. Tephilah Mikol HaShanah Minchah Ketanah LeHolchei Derech Ule’Ovrei Yamim LehaNos’im LiMedinath Amerika Hash[em] Y[ishmerem] [prayers for the entire year]
    Lot 33
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Tephilah Mikol HaShanah Minchah Ketanah LeHolchei Derech Ule’Ovrei Yamim LehaNos’im LiMedinath Amerika Hash[em] Y[ishmerem] [prayers for the entire year]
    Fürth, 1860
    Est: $600 - $900
    Hammer $600
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  33. Bill of Exchange number 93.
    Lot 34
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Bill of Exchange number 93.
    Curaçao, 18 August 1863
    Est: $2,000 - $3,000
    Hammer $1,800
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  34. Leeser, Isaac. Discourses on the Jewish Religion.
    Lot 35
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Leeser, Isaac. Discourses on the Jewish Religion.
    Philadelphia, 1866-67
    Est: $10,000 - $15,000
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  35. (Newspaper). The New York Times. Contains on p. 4: “General Grant and the Jews”
    Lot 36
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     (Newspaper). The New York Times. Contains on p. 4: “General Grant and the Jews”
    New York, 1863
    Est: $1,200 - $1,800
    Hammer $1,100
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  36. The African Slave Trade: The Secret Purpose of the Insurgents to Revive It. No Treaty Stipulations Against the Slave Trade to Be Entered into with the European Powers. Judah P. Benjamin’s Intercepted Instructions to L.Q.C. Lamar.
    Lot 37
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     The African Slave Trade: The Secret Purpose of the Insurgents to Revive It. No Treaty Stipulations Against the Slave Trade to Be Entered into with the European Powers. Judah P. Benjamin’s Intercepted Instructions to L.Q.C. Lamar.
    Philadelphia, 1863
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $1,600
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  37. Rabbi H. M. Bien. The Feast of Lights, or, Chanukoh. Three Character Poems and Grand Tableau Finale, Containing the Story of the Book of Maccabeans. Designed for Presentation by Sabbath Schools and Y.M.L.A.
    Lot 38
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Rabbi H. M. Bien. The Feast of Lights, or, Chanukoh. Three Character Poems and Grand Tableau Finale, Containing the Story of the Book of Maccabeans. Designed for Presentation by Sabbath Schools and Y.M.L.A.
    Vicksburg, Mississipi, 1885
    Est: $1,000 - $1,500
    Hammer $1,000
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  38. Jacob Joseph. Toldoth Ya’akov Yoseph BeNew York [sermons and responsa].
    Lot 39
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Jacob Joseph. Toldoth Ya’akov Yoseph BeNew York [sermons and responsa].
    New York, 1888
    Est: $500 - $700
    Hammer $550
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  39. Berachiah Mayerovitz. Magen Avoth: The Shield of the Fathers. A Commentary on the Ethics of the Fathers.
    Lot 40
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Berachiah Mayerovitz. Magen Avoth: The Shield of the Fathers. A Commentary on the Ethics of the Fathers.
    Chicago, 1895
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $350
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  40. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud. Edited and translated by Michael L. Rodkinson.
    Lot 41
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud. Edited and translated by Michael L. Rodkinson.
    New York, 1896-1903
    Est: $1,200 - $1,800
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  41. Historical Souvenir Journal. Yeshiva College Building Fund. Madison Square Garden, May 23rd, 1926.
    Lot 42
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     Historical Souvenir Journal. Yeshiva College Building Fund. Madison Square Garden, May 23rd, 1926.
    (New York, 1926.)
    Est: $600 - $900
    Hammer $1,400
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  42. “To All Consumers and Retail Butchers of Brownsville & East New York… Protest Against the High Cost of Meat by Coming to our Demonstration.”
    Lot 43
    (AMERICAN JUDAICA).
     “To All Consumers and Retail Butchers of Brownsville & East New York… Protest Against the High Cost of Meat by Coming to our Demonstration.”
    Brooklyn, New York, (1935)
    Est: $400 - $600
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  43. Almenara de la Luz (Menorath HaMe’or). Translated from Hebrew into Spanish by Jacob Hagiz.
    Lot 44
    ABOAB, ISAAC.
     Almenara de la Luz (Menorath HaMe’or). Translated from Hebrew into Spanish by Jacob Hagiz.
    Livorno, 1656
    Est: $800 - $1,200
    Hammer $800
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  44. Devar Shmuel [responsa]. With supplement (often lacking): Zichron LeB’nei Yisrael [concerning the pseudo-messiah Shabthai Tzvi].
    Lot 45
    ABOAB, SAMUEL.
     Devar Shmuel [responsa]. With supplement (often lacking): Zichron LeB’nei Yisrael [concerning the pseudo-messiah Shabthai Tzvi].
    Venice, 1702
    Est: $500 - $700
    Hammer $450
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  45. Miphaloth Elo-him [on the question of creation ex-nihilo, miracles and prophecy].
    Lot 46
    ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.
     Miphaloth Elo-him [on the question of creation ex-nihilo, miracles and prophecy].
    Venice, 1592
    Est: $400 - $600
    Hammer $550
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  46. & Ahron Eliasberg (Eds.) Das Buch von den Polnischen Juden.
    Lot 47
    AGNON, SHMUEL YOSEF.
     & Ahron Eliasberg (Eds.) Das Buch von den Polnischen Juden.
    Berlin, 1916
    Est: $200 - $300
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  47. Laniado, Abraham. Magen Avraham [sermons pertaining to circumcision, marriage, Torah, charity, repentance, etc.]
    Lot 48
    (ALEPPO)
     Laniado, Abraham. Magen Avraham [sermons pertaining to circumcision, marriage, Torah, charity, repentance, etc.]
    Venice, 1603
    Est: $700 - $1,000
    Hammer $600
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  48. Sutton, Moshe. Koheleth Moshe [encyclopedic work on both halachic and aggadic topics].
    Lot 49
    (ALEPPO).
     Sutton, Moshe. Koheleth Moshe [encyclopedic work on both halachic and aggadic topics].
    Aleppo, 1873
    Est: $500 - $700
    Hammer $500
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  49. Tzava’ah Sedura [ethical will and testament by author of Yesod VeShoresh Ha’Avodah]. With Derech Etz Chaim by Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramcha’l).
    Lot 50
    ALEXANDER ZISKIND BEN MOSES OF GRODNO
     Tzava’ah Sedura [ethical will and testament by author of Yesod VeShoresh Ha’Avodah]. With Derech Etz Chaim by Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramcha’l).
    Amsterdam [sic. Lemberg?), n.d
    Est: $300 - $500
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  50. Tovey, D’Blossiers. Anglia Judaica: Or the History and Antiquities of the Jews in England.
    Lot 51
    (ANGLO JUDAICA).
     Tovey, D’Blossiers. Anglia Judaica: Or the History and Antiquities of the Jews in England.
    Oxford, 1738
    Est: $500 - $700
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