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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LOTTO 62:
(DAMASCUS AFFAIR).
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Venduto per: $1 300
Prezzo iniziale:
$
350
Prezzo stimato :
$500 - $700
Commissione per la casa d'aste: 25%
IVA: 8.875%
Il prezzo e la commissione del lotto completo
Gli utenti stranieri potrebbero essere esentati dal pagamento delle tasse, secondo il regime fiscale vigente.
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(DAMASCUS AFFAIR).
(MONTEFIORE, MOSES). Traduzione del firmano accordato da sua maesta imperiale il sultano Abd ool Medjid agli Israeliti del suo impero: a richiesta del cavaliere Sir Moise Montefiore F.R.S. … li 11 Hesvan 5601, li 13 Ramazan 1256 (corrispondente ai 7 Novembre 1840): coll' aggiunta di altri documenti relatifi alla sua missione.
(Malta?), circa, 1840.
Italian text.
pp. 15. Stained, few neat paper repairs. Unbound. 8vo.
“Translation of the firman granted by his imperial majesty Sultan Abd ool Medjid to the Israelites of his empire, at the request of Sir Moise Montefiore… with the addition of other documents relating to his mission.”
Includes letters, translated into Italian, from Rabbis Solomon Hirschel and David Meldola.
The Damascus affair of 1840 refers to the arrest of several notable members of the Jewish community in Damascus on the accusation of murdering a Christian monk and his Muslim servant for the alleged purpose of using their blood to bake matzo - the notorious antisemitic accusation known as a “blood libel.”
Local Christians were supported in their accusation by the French consul at Damascus, Ulysse de Ratti-Menton, who ordered that an investigation be carried out in the Jewish quarter where the two murdered men had last been seen. Encouraged by the Egyptian governor of Damascus to act further upon the matter, random Jews were imprisoned, interrogated under torture, after which they “confessed” to the murders. Thereafter, Christian and Muslim violence against the local Jewish population increased markedly.
The affair drew widespread international attention and opprobrium especially among Western European Jewry. Following demands from Sir Moses Montefiore and Adolphe Crémieux, remaining imprisoned Jews were released, but without acquittal. Finally, in November 1840, following the restoration of Ottoman rule over Syria, Sultan Abdülmecid I issued a firman (edict) that fully denounced the spurious blood libel charges.
