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Autograph Letter Signed, written in Yiddish to his son Tzvi.

Auction 75 · Lot 267

Autograph Letter Signed, written in Yiddish to his son Tzvi.

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$800

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

GUTMACHER, ELIYAHU

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Sunday, Pekudei

Place

Grätz

Publication

1853

Description

Concerning family and other matters, especially relating to problems with his daughter-in-law, “let us hope that God will perform a miracle.”

summary

One of the outstanding disciples of R. Akiva Eger, R. Eliyahu Gutmacher (1795-1874) was widely sought after as a “miracle worker.” Together with R. Tzvi Hirsch Kalischer he was one of the forerunners of the Chibat Tzion movement.
One page, with integral autographed address panel.
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