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 35:
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
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Sold for: $950
Start price:
$
800
Estimated price :
$1,000 - $1,500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
TWO CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPHS. Miriam Mordecai (1845-1923) and her brother Gratz Mordecai (1849-1902).
Each full standing. Photographer of both: Johnston Bros., New York.
1860’s
Two of the eight children of Alfred Mordecai Sr. (1804-1887) U.S. Army Officer, born to Jewish parents in Warrenton, NC, he graduated from West Point in 1823. Assigned to the Engineers, fought with distinction in the Mexican War, was sent by the army as an observer during the Crimean War, along with future Civil War General George McClellan. In 1836, he married Sarah Hayes of Philadelphia. When the Civil War began, Maj. Mordecai, who was raised in the south, but opposed secession, resigned his commission in the Army and stayed out of the war, rather than fight against his family and friends in the south.
Son Gratz Mordecai born in Washington, DC, became a prominent civil engineer and was also an author, writing on both engineering subject matter as well as on Jewish themes. He is buried in the Jewish cemetery of Congregation Mikveh Israel, in Philadelphia.
