Auction 62 · Lot 214
SCHNEERSON, JOSEPH ISAAC.
- Estimate
- $2,500–$3,500
- Hammer price
- $7,750
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
v.p
Publication
1929-32
Description
(Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1880-1950). Group of four letters relating to the wedding of his daughters.
* Hectographed invitation, on letterhead, to the wedding in Warsaw of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s middle daughter, Chaya Mushka, to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Signed and dated with an extra line of greeting to R. Moshe Aryeh Leib. Riga, 16th Mar-Cheshvan, 1929.
* Hectographed letter stating that in celebration of the wedding, he is attaching a copy of a letter from the Alter Rebbe concerning the Misnagdim and Chassidim in Vilna. Warsaw, 14th Kislev, 1929.
* Hectographed letter stating that since all Chassidim will not be able to gather together for the wedding in Warsaw, nonetheless, celebrations should centrally be held in each city they reside in. (Upper left corner torn).
* Hectographed invitation, on letterhead, to the wedding in Landvarov of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s youngest daughter, Shaina, to Menachem Mendel Hakohen Horenstein. (1932).
summary
M.M. Laufer in his Yemei Melech (1991) discusses at great length (pp. 257-86) the preparations made for the wedding of Chaya Mushka Schneerson to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.