Kestenbaum's Early Spring auction of Fine Judaica is, as usual with all our sales, exceptionally broad in Judaic subject matter.
The opening 33 lots are seasonal, being Passover Hagadot. Of particular note is Lot 30.
American-Judaica commences with lot 34. Initial 14 lots are Civil War era carte-de-visite photographs, followed by varied autograph letters and printed books. Of particular note is Lot 50.
The next subsection are Hebrew manuscripts and autograph letters (Lots 68-98). This includes Chassidic materials, Synagogue Pinkas record books, and two very sweet Italian liturgical manuscripts (lots 82 and 83).
Lot 99 commences the section of Printed Books in which both Hebrew texts and books in a multiplicity of other languages are combined. Sprinkled throughout are books from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon, especially Sephardic texts, many of which carry inscriptions from the Authors.
Utilize the Search-bar to locate books that are of regional interest, including: Austria, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Syria.
Holocaust-era materials are numbered Lots 149-169.
The penultimate lot in the auction is the first English edition of Theodor Herzl's Jewish State (Lot 228).
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LOT 31:
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Sold for: $850
Start price:
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100
Estimated price :
$150 - $200
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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(HAGADAH
-style). Seder shel Pesach - Passover Seder [menu for Seder meal].
Mimeographed. Cover artwork featuring palm-tree and Mount Pinatubo with Ten Commandments above. Contains a menu of the traditional Seder meal (gefilte fish with horseradish, hard boiled eggs with salt water, chicken soup with matzoh balls, etc).
pp. (2) + stapled illustrated wrapper. 8vo.
Clark Air Force Base, Philippines
April 18th , 1962.
Passover Seder menu for Jewish-American military servicemen stationed in the Philippines.
Located on Luzon Island, Clark Air Base was a United States military facility operated in the Philippines by the US Air Force from 1903-91. The base was a stronghold of the combined Philippine and American forces during the final months of World War II and a backbone of logistical support during the Vietnam War until 1975.
