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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תיאורי הפריטים המוגשים בעברית אינם מכילים את כל המידע על הפריטים. חובת המציע לעיין בקטלוג באנגלית לפני ההשתתפות במכירה. לא ניתן להחזיר פריטים שמצבם מתוארים באנגלית.
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LOT 50:
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA). Hebrew Union ...
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Sold for: $3,500
Start price:
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3,500
Estimated price :
$4,000 - $6,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
Hebrew Union Veterans Association. Honorary Member Medal. Bronze, with pin intact.
Eagle-topped obelisk within laurel, with 1861 / 1865 at base. Minted by Dieges and Clust, NY.
MANY TIMES RARER THAN THE VETERAN MEMBERS BADGES.
One medal was awarded annually to highly distinguished recipients, this included President Theodore Roosevelt and Simon Wolf. Minutes of the organization state that only 25 such medals were struck.
On March 15th 1896, 63 Civil War Union veterans of the Jewish faith answered a call to meet at the Lexington Avenue Opera House in New York whereupon they formed the Hebrew Union Veterans Association. For their minutes, see https://nmajmh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HUvA-for-web.pdf.
See also Adam D. Mendelsohn, Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War: The Union Army (2022)
pp. 252-56.
