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Auction 45 · Lot 1
Group of c. 50 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in London.
Hammer price $600
Auction 45 · July 16, 2009
Shelf Sale: Printed Books Primarily Featuring: The Charles (Kalonymus) Richter Collection of Jewish Liturgy Along with Books Formerly in the Libraries of Prof. Leonard C. Mishkin & H.P. Kraus
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Shelf Sale:
Printed Books Primarily Featuring:
The Charles (Kalonymus) Richter Collection
of Jewish Liturgy
Along with Books Formerly in the Libraries of
Prof. Leonard C. Mishkin & H.P. Kraus
Together with deaccessions from the
Reference Library of Kestenbaum & Company
This was the first Shelf-Sale organized by Kestenbaum & Company.
A short auction of just 45 lots it was primarily comprised of books from the Richter Collection of Jewish Liturgy, highlights of which were sold by Kestenbaum & Company in September 2008. The present auction represented the bulk of Mr. Richter's exceptional library of some 2,000 volumes.
Further fine individual rarities from the Richter Collection will be offered for sale at auction later in the Fall.
The Preface to the September 2008 Kestenbaum auction-catalogue first introduced the Richter Collection as follows: "Mr. Richter assembled a vast library comprising a huge range of Siddurim, Machzorim and varied other liturgical works such as Selichoth, Kinoth and Minhag books. Everything that pertained to Jewish liturgy and the Synagogue was of interest to him. In this regard he did much original research on the books in his collection, rich not only with antiquarian material but also containing an extensive research library."
Given the fine summer weather outdoors, the Shelf-Sale was held amidst an appropriately relaxed atmosphere. The enthusiasm of the attendees resulted in a 100% sale record, all conducted by our auctioneer in just 24 minutes!
Lots in this auction
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Auction 45 · Lot 2
Group of c. 55 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Jerusalem.
Hammer price $600
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Auction 45 · Lot 3
Group of c. 55 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Livorno.
Hammer price $1,600
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Auction 45 · Lot 4
Group of c. 45 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Amsterdam.
Hammer price $2,900
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Auction 45 · Lot 5
Group of c. 35 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Prague.
Hammer price $950
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Auction 45 · Lot 6
Group of c. 16 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Germany (Homburg, Wilhermsdorf, Karlsruhe, etc.)
Hammer price $2,200
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Auction 45 · Lot 7
Group of c. 55 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Vilna.
Hammer price $600
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Auction 45 · Lot 8
Group of c. 65 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Roedelheim.
Hammer price $650
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Auction 45 · Lot 9
Group of c. 135 volumes of prayers and practices relating to the Dead and Burial Rites.
Hammer price $1,000
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Auction 45 · Lot 10
Group of c. 85 volumes of penitential-prayers (Selichoth)
Hammer price $1,200
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Auction 45 · Lot 11
Group of c. 125 volumes of bibliographies and other reference-works. Most all with the book-plate of H.P. Kraus, New York.
Hammer price $500
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Auction 45 · Lot 12
Group of c. 22 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in France.
Hammer price $500
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Auction 45 · Lot 13
Group of c. 35 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Germany.
Hammer price $500
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Auction 45 · Lot 14
Group of c. 45 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Vienna.
Hammer price $250
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Auction 45 · Lot 15
Group of c. 55 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in the Near East and North Africa (Aden, Aleppo, Baghdad, Casablanca, Tunis, etc.)
Hammer price $900
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Auction 45 · Lot 16
Group of c. 11 folio-volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Vienna.
Hammer price $250
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Auction 45 · Lot 17
Group of c. 36 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Italy.
Hammer price $1,100
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Auction 45 · Lot 18
18. Group of c. 40 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in America.
Hammer price $500
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Auction 45 · Lot 19
Group of c. 13 folio-volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in Altona and Sulzbach.
Hammer price $800
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Auction 45 · Lot 20
Group of c. 9 volumes of Jewish Liturgies all printed in India.
Hammer price $450
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Auction 45 · Lot 21
Two boxes of contemporary studies on Jewish Liturgy. All in Hebrew.
Hammer price $200
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Auction 45 · Lot 22
Group of c. 44 volumes of Jewish Liturgies. Various imprints.
Hammer price $600
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Auction 45 · Lot 23
Two boxes of contemporary studies on Jewish Liturgy. All in Hebrew.
Hammer price $250
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Auction 45 · Lot 24
Group of 23 volumes of facsimiles of Hebrew manuscripts issued by Mekor Publishers, Jerusalem.
Hammer price $1,300