Auction of Fine Judaica.
Opening highlights stem from venerated Chassidic and Rabbinic leaders, including the Chofetz Chaim, the Satmar Rebbe and the Vishnitzer Rebbe (Lots 1-5).
Among Autograph Letters are those written in Russian by the Lubavitcher Rebbetzin, including inscribed, personal photographs captured shortly before her marriage to the Rebbe (Lots 12-16).
The auction includes a number of rare books that stem from the library of a distinguished European scholar; as well as further offerings that stem from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon (1912-94).
Judaic books and manuscripts (non-Hebraic) range from Antisemitica to Zionism, and includes Community Pinkas records, Sephardic and Children's Literature, as well as livres d'artistes.
Utilize the Search-bar to locate books that are of regional interest, including: Australia, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Majorca, Poland, Russia, and elsewhere.
The auction includes a further offering of Americana from a distinguished Private Collection. Focusing on Jews in the American Civil War, featuring photographs, autograph letters and printed books (Lots 117-164).
The penultimate portion of the auction features Fine & Graphic Art (Lots 170-188), including canvases by Israeli artists: Moshe Gershuni, Yosl Bergner and Reuven Rubin. Of particular note, is a large, vibrant oil painting by the celebrated Russian-American Chassidic artist Zalman Kleinman, dated 1973 (see lot 179).
An exceptionally rare drawing by the Anglo-Jewish female artist Kate Salaman, c. 1840's, is Lot 176.
The final 20 lots of the sale are 20th-century ceremonial objects including by Agam, Bier, Sugarman and Wolpert and a number of Bezalel-era items (Lots 189-208).
For any and all inquiries please contact Shaya Kestenbaum: jack@kestenbaum.net.
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LOT 8:
GERSTENFELD, SHMUEL. Autograph Letter Signed written ...
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Sold for: $100
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Estimated price :
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sales tax: 8.875%
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GERSTENFELD, SHMUEL.
Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to Rabbi Yehoshua Baumol.
Discusses kashruth, and a Talmudic passage in Gittin about which clarification is requested.
One page. Folds. 4to.
Brooklyn, 19th Adar II, 1935.
Rabbi Gerstenfeld (1873-1958) studied in the yeshiva in Klausenberg before embarking on a rabbinic career, first in England, and then the United States, where he arrived in 1916. In America, he served simultaneously as rabbi of the congregation Shomer Shabbat-Nusach Ashkenaz in Brooklyn, and as Talmudic lecturer at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Rare for his time, he was a European-born and trained rabbi who wrote prolifically in English.
