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Kestenbaum and Company: FINE JUDAICA: PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, GRAPHIC & CEREMONIAL ARTS

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Auction Name FINE JUDAICA: PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, GRAPHIC & CEREMONIAL ARTS Total Sales (USD) 686,593.75
Auction Date November 12, 2020 - November 12, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 384,300.00
Sale Number #91 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 574,800.00
Total Lots 235
Sold Lots 169 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 546,950.00
% of Lots Sold 71.91% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 814,600.00
Unsold Lots 66 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.29%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5

Fürth Memorbuch. A Yizkor - Memorial Volume, 1650-1828.

 1650-1828 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 56,250.00
50 HALBERSTAM, YECHEZKEL SHRAGA.

(The Shinaver Rav, 1815-98). Autograph Letter Signed, written on letterhead in Hebrew.

 1893 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 45,000.00
96 STEINER, YESHAYAH OF KERESTIR.

(“Reb Shayele,” Grand Rabbi of Kerestir, 1851-1925). Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew.

 n.d USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 32,500.00
60 HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL

(Founder of German neo-Orthodoxy, 1808-88). <>

 1548 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 25,000.00
159

The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth.

 1939 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 22,500.00
117

Mordecai, Jacob (1762-1838). Autograph Manuscript, written in English (with some Hebrew): Collected articles, all of a religious and philosophical nature. Approx. 120 pages.

 1820’s USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,500.00
36 FRIEDMAN, MORDECHAI SHRAGA FEIVUSH.

(Grand Rebbe of Husiatyn, 1835–1894). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to his son-in-law, <>

 n.d USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 16,250.00
37 FRIEDMAN, DOVID MOSHE.

(Grand Rebbe of Chortkov, 1828–1903). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew.

 1899 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 16,250.00
9

“Hazkorath Neshamoth…” Anthology of Hebrew prayers for the Sabbath, mostly for the Hazan.

 1762 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 15,000.00
35 FRIEDMAN, AVROHOM YA’AKOV.

(Grand Rebbe of Sadigura, 1820–1883). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to his brother-in-law, <>

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,000.00
142

Archive of approximately 60 legal manuscripts concerning <> and his sons.

 1790-1805 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
76 PICK, YESHAYA.

(1725-99). Yoseph Karo. Sepher Torath Kohanim, Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat. With commentary Me’irath Einayim and Sifthei Kohen. Owned and heavily annotated by Rabbi Isaiah Berlin (Pick).

 1691 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 13,750.00
92 SOLOVEITCHIK, CHAIM.

(“R. Chaim Brisker,” 1853-1918). Autograph Letter Signed and stamped, written in Hebrew to Baron Horace (Naftali Herz) Günzburg (1833-1909).

 1909 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 13,750.00
97 TEITELBAUM, CHAIM TZVI.

(Atzei Chaim, Admor of Sighet, 1879-1926). Autograph Letter Signed on letterhead, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Samet.

 1916 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,875.00
102 TWERSKY, AHARON.

(Third Grand Rebbe of Chernobyl, 1784-1871). Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to his son-in-law, Rabbi Dovid Moshe Friedman of Chortkov (1828-1903).

 (circa, post-1855) USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,875.00
104 TWERSKY, PINCHAS.

(“R. Piniele,” Grand Rebbe of Ustile, 1880-1943). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew, on letterhead to R. Yechiel (of London).

 1938 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,250.00
129

Cyrus Comstock and John Tucker. Three important <> concerning <> expelling the Jews from the Department of Tennessee.

 1866 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,250.00
65 KARELITZ, AVRAHAM YESHAYAH.

(The Chazon Ish, 1878-1953).  Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Moshe Blau.

 1945 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,625.00
114

Darmsdate, Joseph. An extensive <> doggerel written in English, offered as a Purim gift to Jacob I. Cohen.

 1789 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,625.00
175

‘GLOVES THAT CAPTURED EICHMANN 11.6.60.’

 1988 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 10,000.00
4

Sepher Takanoth of the Chevra Kadishah of Bamberg.

 1778-91 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,375.00
113

Congregation Mikveh Israel. Dedication Ceremony. <> in Hebrew and Yiddish. Written by(?) Hazan <>

 1782 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 9,375.00
18 ABUHATZEIRA, YA’AKOV.

(The Abir Ya’akov, 1806-1880). Autograph Document Signed, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Menashe.

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
180

Raziel HaMalach [celebrated cornucopia of mystical texts and magical recipes].

 1701 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,500.00
13 RAWNITZKI, YEHOSHUA CHANA.

(Israeli publisher and literary partner of Bialik, 1859-1944). Archive of miscellaneous papers. Texts in English, Hebrew and Yiddish.

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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