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 53:
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
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Sold for: $225
Start price:
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Estimated price :
$200 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
BENJAMIN GRATZ. Autograph Letter Signed, written in English to his brother, Simon Gratz.
One page, with integral blank attached, autograph address panel on verso.
Lexington KY. 25th October, 1838.
Benjamin tells Simon of various checks he has written and their amounts, including $226 to brother Hyman, Simon’s partner in the Gratz family firm.
Simon Gratz (1773-1839) and Benjamin Gratz (1792-1884) were sons of Michael Gratz (1740-1811), one of two brothers who in the years before the American Revolution birthed an influential Philadelphia Jewish family actively involved in American civic and commercial life, as well as the Jewish community and education.
