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Welcome to our Spring K2 Judaica Auction (Kestenbaum Sale number 93) consisting of 226 lots. The subject matter of the auction is divided as follows:
Manuscripts: Lots 1-21
Including ten lots of Pinkas community records (all American), Lots 12-21
Autograph Letters by Rabbinic & Chassidic leaders: Lots 22-77
Americana - Printed Books, Manuscripts & Autograph Letters: Lots 78-96.
Cook-Books (Lots 107-123)
Holocaust-era (Lots 132-151)
Land (and State) of Israel: Lots 152-169
Graphic Art: Lots 188-209.
Including artwork by Yohanan Simon, Chagall, Pilichowski, Abel Pann and Reuven Rubin. Also a magnificent livre-d'artiste by Joseph Budko, issued entirely on vellum, one of just five copies (lot 188)
Ceremonial and Folk Objects: Lots 210-226
Included in the auction are items that relate to Jewish history in: Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia and Spain.
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LOT 9:
HERZL, THEODOR
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Sold for: $850
Estimated price:
$
400 - $600
Auction house commission: 25%
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HERZL, THEODOR
(Father of Political Zionism, 1860-1904). Letter Signed, written in German on Zionist Congress letterhead, to the journalist Moritz Zobel of Vienna.
Reporting the appointment of Martin Buber as chief editor of Die Welt.
One page. Folds, taped on verso. 4to. Full transcription and English translation available upon request.
Altaussee: 17th August 1901
Founded by Theodor Herzl, the weekly newspaper “Die Welt” was the central organ of the Zionist movement, published from 1897 to 1914.
