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Kestenbaum and Company: Rabbinic Autographs and Passover Haggadot

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Auction Name Rabbinic Autographs and Passover Haggadot Total Sales (USD) 246,518.75
Auction Date April 04, 2024 - April 04, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 210,420.00
Sale Number #105 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 293,430.00
Total Lots 116
Sold Lots 66 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 326,680.00
% of Lots Sold 56.90% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 458,220.00
Unsold Lots 50 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 53.80%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4 VOLOZHINER, CHAIM.

His personal copy of: Atzmoth Yoseph [novellae and discourses to Masechta Kiddushin] by Yoseph ben Yitzchak ibn Ezra. ff. 120. Interior lightly stained with expert repaired worming. Binding expertly repaired retaining original patterned front and rear co

 1767 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 68,750.00
17 CHOFETZ CHAIM.

Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to R. David Potash, on letterhead stationery of 'Israel Meir Hakohen, author Chofetz Chaim and Mishnah Berurah' (Hebrew) and 'Rabin I.M. Kagan, Radun' (Polish).

1926 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 31,250.00
13 AVRAHAM YA'AKOV OF SADIGURA.

The First Sadigura Rebbe, (1820-83). Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on behalf of R. Yoseph Vitashkes, who had fallen upon hard times.

1878 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 17,500.00
41 MEIR SIMCHAH HAKOHEN OF DVINSK

Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Moshe Rosen (the Nezer HaKodesh). Addressed in Cyrillic on verso.

1899 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 15,000.00
59 SOLOVEITCHIK, CHAIM HALEVI

Autograph Letter Signed and stamped, written in Hebrew on letterhead to R. Moshe Madilovich(?).

 1911 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,000.00
1

(KABBALAH). Raziel HaMalach. FIRST EDITION.

1701 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,500.00
72

Hagadah shel Pesach. Service for the Two First Nights of Passover. According to the Custom of the Spanish, Portuguese, and German Jews. Translated by David Levi.

1794 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,750.00
11 ALTER, AVRAHAM MORDECHAI

Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew. Written to(?)

1927 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,250.00
19 CHOFETZ CHAIM

Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew by Menachem Mendel Zaks, the son-in-law of the Chofetz Chaim, on letterhead of his father-in-law, to R. Dovid Potash of Tel Aviv.

1925 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,000.00
52 SCHWADRON, SHALOM MORDECHAI HAKOHEN

Autograph Letter Signed.

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,000.00
87

Sepher Zevach Pesach. With commentary by Isaac Abrabanel.

1545 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
67 YOSEPH, YA'AKOV.

Autograph Manuscript Signed, written in Hebrew and German.

1888 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,500.00
3 VOLOZHINER, CHAIM.

Nephesh HaChaim.

1824 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
96 (VILNA GAON).

Seder Hagadah shel Pesach.

1805 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
64 WASSERMAN, ELCHANAN.

Autograph Letter Signed and stamped, written on letterhead in Hebrew and Yiddish to Mrs. Pessia (Jenny) Miller-Fagin of Philadelphia.

1932 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,500.00
48 ROSEN, YOSEPH

Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber in London. Addressed in Cyrillic and English on verso.

1922 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,750.00
54 SHAPIRO, MEIR

Typed Letter Signed written in Hebrew on Yeshivath Chachmei Lublin letterhead to Rabbi Justus Tal.

1931 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,500.00
23 EPSTEIN, YECHIEL MICHEL

Autograph Letter Signed and stamped, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Menachem Mendel.

1904 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,250.00
50 SCHNEERSON, MOUSSIA (CHAYA-MUSHKA) * AND: SCHNEERSOHN (HORENSTEIN), SHEINA / SONYA * AND: SCHNEERSOHN, NECHOMA-DINA

Three Autograph Letters Signed, all written to Nacha Rivkin of Jerusalem (nee Heber, formerly of Kalisch, Rostov and Jerusalem, later of New York; and wife of Rabbi Moshe Dov-Ber Rivkin of Yeshivath Torath Emeth in Jerusalem and later, Torah Voda'ath, Ne

 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,125.00
90

Seder Hagadah shel Pesach. According to Roman rite. Hebrew with translation into Judeo-Italian.

1716 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,125.00
61 SPEKTOR, YITZCHAK ELCHANON

Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Dr. Oscar (Zecharia) Lipschutz.

1893 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
77

Seder Hagadah shel Pesach.

1729 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
115

The Avner Moriah Hagadah.

2003 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
51 SCHNEERSON, MOUSSIA (CHAYA-MUSHKA)

Autograph Letter Signed to Nacha Feigel Rivkin (nee Heber).

1928 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,500.00
2 YEHUDAH HALEVI.

Sepher HaKuzari [philosophy]. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Yehudah ibn Tibbon. With commentary Kol Yehudah by Yehudah Moscato.

1594 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,250.00
  • ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.
    ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
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    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
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    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
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    Auction May 27th
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    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
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    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
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