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 2:
(CHOFETZ CHAIM). Yisroel Meir Kagan of Radin. Mishneh ...
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Sold for: $26,000
Start price:
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10,000
Estimated price :
$12,000 - $18,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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(CHOFETZ CHAIM). Yisroel Meir Kagan of Radin. Mishneh Berurah - Orach Chaim.
FULL THREE-LINE AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION IN THE HAND OF THE CHOFETZ CHAIM ONE THE OPENING PAGE.
Lengthy marginal note on first page. pp. 390. Original boards, light wear. 4to.
Warsaw, 1896.
The volume was warmly presented as a wedding gift by the Author to R. Avraham Abba Zarachowitz, Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshath Vayikra, 1913.
Although signed letters appear for auction sale, THE APPEARANCE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE CHOFETZ CHAIM’S VERY OWN PUBLICATIONS PERSONALLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HIM, IS HIGHLY UNCOMMON.
Inscribed by the Chofetz Chaim to Rabbi Avraham Abba Zarachowitz for his wedding in 1913. Rabbi Zarachowitz (1893-1932), who preferred to use the surname Zarach, was the rabbi of Švenčionys, Minsk and Ilya. He was the author of Zichron Shaul (Vilna, 1929), a book of novellae and Torah lectures delivered in places such as the Chevra Shas of Ilya.
R. Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838-1933) is universally acclaimed as the pre-eminent Halachic decisor and Tzaddik of the generation. His reputation as halachist par-excellence rests upon his “Mishnah Berurah, ” a commentary to Shulchan Aruch, section Orach Chaim.
TIPPED INTO VOLUME: 14-page Autograph Letter by R. Avraham Abba Zarachowitz.
