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 41:
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
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Sold for: $450
Start price:
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400
Estimated price :
$500 - $700
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH of a Union Cavalryman, with autograph signature on front: “Isidore Kastner.”
On the reverse is photographer's imprint: "Photographed by S. L. Bergstresser, Army of the Potomac;” and signed in the same hand as the front: “Your friend, I. K.”
c. 1863
Isidore Kastner of Pennsylvania (1842-95) fought with the 13th Cavalry. He was captured in 1863 and returned to the Union Army in an exchange with the Confederates. He returned to the battlefield and was wounded twice in battles in Virginia and subsequently discharged.
Roughly 10,000 American Jews fought in the Civil War, 7,000 on the Union side.
See Donald Altschiller, Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social and Military History (2000) pp. 1070-71.
