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Kestenbaum and Company: FINE JUDAICA: RARE PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & GRAPHIC ARTS

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Auction Name FINE JUDAICA: RARE PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & GRAPHIC ARTS Total Sales (USD) 356,525.00
Auction Date February 18, 2021 - February 18, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 195,400.00
Sale Number #92 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 290,800.00
Total Lots 264
Sold Lots 183 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 298,770.00
% of Lots Sold 69.32% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 443,730.00
Unsold Lots 81 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 80.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
78 HALBERSTAM, SHOLOM ELIEZER

(Admor of Ratzfert, 1862-1944). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead, to Chaim Fleischman.

 1941 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 37,500.00
61 EGER, AKIVA

(Foremost Posek, 1761-1837). Autograph Manuscript Signed, written in Hebrew.

 1820 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 23,750.00
145 (AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

(Jacob Cohen). "May He that formead and compleated the wonderous work of creation, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom… Bless, preserve, guard… The President and the Vice President of the Union. The Senate and the House of Representatives of the Unite

 1790 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 11,875.00
144 (AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

"To all Humane, Charitable and Well-disposed People…"

 1788 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,250.00
82 HALBERSTAM, YITZCHAK YESHAYA

(Of Tchechoyv (Czchów), 1864-1943). Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to R. Shimon Aharon Deutsch of Szepesváralja, Hungary (now Slovakia).

 n.d USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,750.00
79 HALBERSTAM, SIMCHA YISSOCHER BER

(Cheshanover Rebbe, 1870-1914). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead.

 1907 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,125.00
20 (LITURGY).

Korban Aharon [Kitzur Ma’avar Yabok].

 1862 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 7,500.00
174 (AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

Rabbi B.C. Carillon. Sermon, Delivered during a Public Service, Held at the Reformed Synagogue of Spanish Town. For the Purpose of Supplicating the Divine Assistance in Favor of the Russo-Polish Jews, Against the Tyranny of Emperor Nicholas.

 1847 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,750.00
181 (BRAZIL).

John IV (João) Royal Order.

 1649 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,250.00
182 (BRAZIL).

Alfonso VI Royal Order.

 1657) USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,250.00
96 MEIR SIMCHAH HAKOHEN OF DVINSK

(The Ohr Same’ach, 1843-1926). Autograph Postcard Signed. Written in Hebrew to R. Moshe Rosen.

 1903 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
1 (BEILIS, MENACHEM MENDEL).

Attorney Dimitri Grigorivich Barsky (Chief defense lawyer for M.M. Beilis, 1871-1958). Autograph Manuscript written in Russian. Memoirs and Notes.

 1930’s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,500.00
37 (PINKAS).

<<(Petrova, Maramure? County, Rumania).>> Pinkas MehaChabirah Kadusha de’poh Yishuv <>

 1873 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,500.00
98 NATHANSON, YOSEPH SHAUL HALEVI

(Outstanding Posek in Poland, 1808-75). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Ya’akov Shlomo Heilprin of Premishlan.

 (1851?) USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,500.00
269 (PHOTOGRAPHY).

<> "Snow: Kazimierz, Cracow."

 1938 (printed 1970’s) USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,500.00
26 (PINKAS).

<<(East End, London).>> Chevra Bnai Abraham - Anshei Chechenover.

 1892 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,250.00
76 HALBERSTAM, AVROHOM SHOLOM

(Stropkover Rebbe, 1854-1940). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to "Br?der Stern, Uzhhorod."

 c.1930 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,000.00
99 ORENSTEIN, YA’AKOV MESHULAM

(The Yeshu’os Ya’akov, 1775-1839). Document Signed (twice), written in Hebrew and German.

 1811 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
121 SOLOVEITCHIK, YITZCHAK ZEV

(The Brisker Rov, 1886-1959). Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Kahane. Additionally signed by Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Kaplan.

 1936 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
7 (GERMANY).

Large archive of c. 350 documents and letters to, and accumulated by, <> concerning the campaign to protect Kosher slaughter (Shechitah) in Germany.

 1930-34 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
70 GREENWALD, YA’AKOV YECHEZKIAH

("Vayaged Ya'akov," 1882-1941). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew.

 1913 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
117 SHAPIRA, CHAIM ELAZAR

("The Minchas Eluzur," 1872-1937). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Yehoshua Baumol.

 1921 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
32 (PINKAS).

<<(Bucharest, Romania).>> Sepher HaZikaron [Memorial Book of the Talales Synagogue, Bucharest].

 1870’s - 1950’s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,500.00
53 ALFANDARI, SHLOMO ELIEZER

("The Saba Kadisha," c. 1826-1930). Letter Signed and stamped, written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and Rabbi Yitzchak Yeruchem Diskin.

 192(?) USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,500.00
226 (LITURGY).

Selichoth [penitential prayers for the 15th of Kislev]. With evening service. Prepared by Isaac ben Chaim of Cracow and Berlin.

 1709 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,500.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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  • 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.
  • 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.
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