Auction 76 · June 14, 2018

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Auction of Fine Judaica - June 14, 2018: Post-Sale Report

Kestenbaum & Company offered a wide selection of materials in this auction of 414 lots. The Printed Books section performed well overall, with a number of noteworthy sales. Among them was David Kimchi’s Sepher Shorashim, (Naples, 1490) which sold for $43,750 (Lot 196).

The first secular text written in Ladino “La Guerta de Oro” by David Attias (Livorno, 1778) performed remarkably well, earning $16,250 against its $3,000-5,000 estimate (Lot 201).

The Walton Bible (London, 1655-57) “the most accurate and best-equipped of the great Polyglots” (Darlow & Moule 1446) exceeded its estimate of $5,000-7,000 garnering $11,875 (Lot 67).

The Manuscripts and Autographed Letters section displayed a veritable pantheon of Jewish personalities of recent centuries. A letter written by Albert Einstein in 1946 addressing the seemingly contradictory values of Zionism and Universalism was hammered in at $45,000 against its estimate of $20,000-30,000 (Lot 291).

A letter written by “Reb Shayele,” Grand Rabbi of Kerestir, requesting financial assistance to rebuild his Beit Midrash, estimated at $10,000-15,000, fetched $21,250 (Lot 301). A Yemenite 17^th-century Biblical commentary by R. Shalom Shabazi’s “Hemdath Yamim, formerly in the celebrated collection of Savid Solomon Sassoon and carrying an auction estimate of $10,000-15,000 was sold for $32,500 (Lot 324).

Kestenbaum & Company’s forthcoming auctions of Fine Judaica will include an Online sale to be held mid-August, 2018; followed by: Two Important Single Owner Libraries, November, 2018.

For further information, or any related queries, please contact Zushye Kestenbaum at 212-366-1197 or Zushye@Kestenbaum

Lots in this auction

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Auction 76 · Lot 1

Moses Hyman. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to Sir Moses Montefiore, London.

Auction 76 · Lot 2

Rev. Samuel Myer Isaacs. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English (with three words in Hebrew) to Sir Moses Montefiore. Sending funds from his Congregation, Shaaray Tefillah of New York, “for the poor of the Holy Land.”

Auction 76 · Lot 3

(Pentateuch). Torath Ha’Elo-him: The Law of God. “Edited, and with Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised” by Isaac Leeser.

Hammer price $6,000

Auction 76 · Lot 10

Sidur Divrei Tzadikim. The Book of Daily Prayers for Every Day in the Year. According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

Hammer price $550

Leeser, Isaac. Discourses on the Jewish Religion.

Auction 76 · Lot 11

Benjamin Szold. Moses Mendelssohn: Eine Gedenkschrift zu dessen 150ster Geburtsfeier [“A Memorial on the 150th Anniversary of his Birth.”]

Auction 76 · Lot 21

Services at the Installation of Rev. Dr. David Philipson as Rabbi of Congregation B’ne Israel, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 8, 1888.

Auction 76 · Lot 22

Judge`s Library. Our Friend - The Hebrew.

Hammer price $300

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Auction 76 · Lot 23

Pinkas Chevra Beth David Anshei Rakov.

Auction 76 · Lot 24

Abraham Jacob Gershon Lesser. Be’Achrith HaYamim - In the Last Days. A Dialogue Between Father and Son Concerning the Hope of Israel.

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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

Lots in this auction

Moses Hyman. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to Sir Moses Montefiore, London.

Rev. Samuel Myer Isaacs. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English (with three words in Hebrew) to Sir Moses Montefiore. Sending funds from his Congregation, Shaaray Tefillah of New York, “for the poor of the Holy Land.”

(Printed circular).

Morris J. Raphall.

(Bible, Hebrew). Torah Nevi’im U’Kethuvim / Biblia Hebraica… Editio Prima Americana.

Isaac Leeser (transl.) Instruction in the Mosaic Religion.

Isaac Leeser. The Claims of the Jews to an Equality of Rights.

Grace Aguilar. Shema Yisrael - The Spirit of Judaism. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

(Pentateuch). Torath Ha’Elo-him: The Law of God. “Edited, and with Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised” by Isaac Leeser.

Sidur Divrei Tzadikim. The Book of Daily Prayers for Every Day in the Year. According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

Leeser, Isaac. Discourses on the Jewish Religion.

(Houston, George). Israel Vindicated;

(Stokes, George). The Manner and Customs of the Jews and other Nations Mentioned in the Bible.

Louis Salomon. The Mosaic System in Its Fundamental Principles.

Speech of Hon. J.P. Benjamin of Louisiana on the The Right of Secession. Delivered in the Senate of the United States.

(Newspaper). The Crisis.

(Newspaper). The New York Herald. Main headline: “In State. The Dead Body in the Capitol.”

Nathan the Wise. A Dramatic Poem of Five Acts by Lessing. Translated into English Prose by Dr. Isidor Kalisch.

Hymns for Divine Service in the Temple Emanu-El.

Benjamin Szold. Moses Mendelssohn: Eine Gedenkschrift zu dessen 150ster Geburtsfeier [“A Memorial on the 150th Anniversary of his Birth.”]

Services at the Installation of Rev. Dr. David Philipson as Rabbi of Congregation B’ne Israel, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 8, 1888.

Judge`s Library. Our Friend - The Hebrew.

Pinkas Chevra Beth David Anshei Rakov.

Abraham Jacob Gershon Lesser. Be’Achrith HaYamim - In the Last Days. A Dialogue Between Father and Son Concerning the Hope of Israel.

Lots in this auction

Moses Hyman. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to Sir Moses Montefiore, London.

Rev. Samuel Myer Isaacs. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English (with three words in Hebrew) to Sir Moses Montefiore. Sending funds from his Congregation, Shaaray Tefillah of New York, “for the poor of the Holy Land.”

(Printed circular).

Morris J. Raphall.

(Bible, Hebrew). Torah Nevi’im U’Kethuvim / Biblia Hebraica… Editio Prima Americana.

Isaac Leeser (transl.) Instruction in the Mosaic Religion.

Isaac Leeser. The Claims of the Jews to an Equality of Rights.

Grace Aguilar. Shema Yisrael - The Spirit of Judaism. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

(Pentateuch). Torath Ha’Elo-him: The Law of God. “Edited, and with Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised” by Isaac Leeser.

Sidur Divrei Tzadikim. The Book of Daily Prayers for Every Day in the Year. According to the Custom of the German and Polish Jews. Edited by Isaac Leeser.

Leeser, Isaac. Discourses on the Jewish Religion.

(Houston, George). Israel Vindicated;

(Stokes, George). The Manner and Customs of the Jews and other Nations Mentioned in the Bible.

Louis Salomon. The Mosaic System in Its Fundamental Principles.

Speech of Hon. J.P. Benjamin of Louisiana on the The Right of Secession. Delivered in the Senate of the United States.

(Newspaper). The Crisis.

(Newspaper). The New York Herald. Main headline: “In State. The Dead Body in the Capitol.”

Nathan the Wise. A Dramatic Poem of Five Acts by Lessing. Translated into English Prose by Dr. Isidor Kalisch.

Hymns for Divine Service in the Temple Emanu-El.

Benjamin Szold. Moses Mendelssohn: Eine Gedenkschrift zu dessen 150ster Geburtsfeier [“A Memorial on the 150th Anniversary of his Birth.”]

Services at the Installation of Rev. Dr. David Philipson as Rabbi of Congregation B’ne Israel, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 8, 1888.

Judge`s Library. Our Friend - The Hebrew.

Pinkas Chevra Beth David Anshei Rakov.

Abraham Jacob Gershon Lesser. Be’Achrith HaYamim - In the Last Days. A Dialogue Between Father and Son Concerning the Hope of Israel.

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