Auction 67 · Lot 1
Hassidic Elder.
Hammer price $7,500
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AUCTION 67 - DECEMBER 16TH 2015
Kestenbaum & Company Sets New Auction Record For A Moritz Oppenheim Painting At Their December 16th 2015 Sale: “One Hundred And Fifty Years of Jewish Art”
Long time rare book and Judaica specialists, Kestenbaum & Company conducted their inaugural auction devoted exclusively to Jewish art and delivered stellar results. The auction cover lot, Moritz Oppenheim’s iconic 1867 painting “Friday Evening Blessing”, delivered a tremendous result, indeed breaking a world record for this artist at auction, selling to a private buyer for $442,100 (prices include the buyer’s premium).
Another auction highlight yielding a satisfying result was a fine portrait by Isidor Kaufmann of a Hassidic Rabbi. The painting realized $251,700.
The complete suite of eight original gouache and ink illustrations for the Book of Job by Arthur Szyk, each signed by the artist, comfortably sold within its estimate at $135,300.
This new venture for Kestenbaum & Company, with its ensuing strong result, signals a future at the firm of increasingly diverse auctions.
Lots in this auction
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Auction 67 · Lot 2
Portrait of a Young Man.
Hammer price $2,500
Auction 67 · Lot 3
The Portuguese Synagogue, Amsterdam.
Hammer price $26,000
Auction 67 · Lot 4
Freitag Abend.
Hammer price $380,000
Auction 67 · Lot 5
Bearded Elder.
Auction 67 · Lot 6
Sabbath Blessings.
Auction 67 · Lot 7
Portrait of a Hassidic Rabbi.
Hammer price $210,000
Auction 67 · Lot 8
A Game of Chess.
Hammer price $4,000
Auction 67 · Lot 9
Friday Evening.
Auction 67 · Lot 10
Market Day in Lublin - The Grodzka Gate, Podzamcze.
Auction 67 · Lot 11
The Jewish Ghetto, Venice.
Hammer price $1,900
Auction 67 · Lot 12
The Days of Awe.
Hammer price $2,500
Auction 67 · Lot 13
Jewish Wedding.
Hammer price $5,000
Auction 67 · Lot 14
Exile.
Auction 67 · Lot 15
Immigration.
Auction 67 · Lot 16
Enraptured Couple.
Auction 67 · Lot 17
News of the Day.
Auction 67 · Lot 18
Two Revelers.
Auction 67 · Lot 19
Jewish Kolkhoznitsa.
Auction 67 · Lot 20
Isaac Israels.
Auction 67 · Lot 21
Interior Study.
Auction 67 · Lot 22
In the Synagogue.
Auction 67 · Lot 23
Leaving the Synagogue, Munkatsch.
Hammer price $2,500
Auction 67 · Lot 24
Theresienstadt - Kleine Festung.
Hammer price $1,600