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 12:
SCHNEERSON, CHAYA-MUSHKA -
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Sold for: $19,000
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$2,000 - $3,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
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SCHNEERSON, CHAYA-MUSHKA - THE LUBAVITCHER REBBETZIN / Daughter of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and wife of the seventh Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, 1901-88).
* AND: SCHNEERSOHN (HORENSTEIN), SHEINA / SONJA (Youngest daughter of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1904-42).
Joint autographed letters signed, written in Russian, to Nacha Rivkin.
Three pages (written by Moussia) ATTACHED WITH one page (written by Sheina). Riga, 6th May, 1928.
The recipient, Nacha Heber Rivkin (1900-88), met the Schneerson family in Rostov in 1915 and subsequently became a lifelong friend. In 1920, Nacha married the prominent Chabad Chassid Rabbi Moshe Ber Rivkin, who was sent to Eretz Israel to direct the yeshiva Torath Emeth (and later, Torah Voda'ath, New York).
The two Schneerson sisters write here to their friend with news of the visit of Rabbi Rivkin to Riga. Each sister writes engagingly, inquiring in detail of Nacha’s welfare. About themselves they write thoughtfully:
SHEINA: “During all these years we have been through so much… Both you and we suffered until our lives got back on track.”
MOUSSIA: “You ask how we are? Well, what can I say? Each of us became somewhat older and each has one’s own challenges. It has been like this for ages dear. There are few people who are content with their life.”
