Kestenbaum and Company: Auction of Hebraica & Judaica Rare Printed Books and Manuscripts Including the Eretz Israel / Holy Land Collection of the late Dr. Gershon Hait., 114, Brooklyn
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 18, 2025 - November 18, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | (BIBLE). | Chamishah Chumshei Torah [Pentateuch]. With Five Scrolls and Haphtaroth. |
Amsterdam | 1693 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 27 | (BIBLE). | Biblia Hebraica Manualia. |
Amsterdam | 1753 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 28 | (BIBLE). | Ezrath HaSofer - Tikun Sofrim, Vavei Ha'Amudim. Quinque Libri Mosis. |
Vinograd, Amsterdam | 1942 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 29 | (BIBLE). | Chamishah Chumshei Torah - Tikun Sofrim. |
Vinograd, Amsterdam | 1951 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 30 | (BIBLE). | Torath Ha'Elo-him. Prepared by Wolf Heidenheim. |
(Offenbach | 1797 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 31 | BUCHNER, CHAIM BEN BENJAMIN ZE'EV. | Ohr Chadash [on daily and occasional Berachoth]. |
Amsterdam | 1671 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 32 | (CAIRO). | Aharon Menachem Mendel HaKohen. |
Cairo | 1924 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 33 | (CEREMONIES). | Minhagim. Prepared by Shimon HaLevi Gunzburg. |
Venice | 1589 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 34 | (CEREMONIES). | Minhagim. Prepared by Shimon HaLevi Gunzburg. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 | ||
| 35 | (CEREMONIES). | Birchath Hamazon - Dos Benshen [compendium of selected prayers and festive rites]. According to the custom of Poland and Germany. |
Frankfurt a/Main | 1727 | USD 1,300.00 - 1,700.00 | Not Sold |
| 36 | (CEREMONIES). | Sepher HaMinhagim al Seder Ma'aseh Bereishith. |
Amsterdam | 1768 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 37 | CHAIM BEN BEZALEL. | Sepher HaChaim [ethics]. |
Cracow | 1593 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,562.50 |
| 38 | (CHASSIDISM). | Amaroth Tehoroth...al Sepher Tehilim. |
Warsaw | 1838 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 39 | CHIYA GAVRIEL OF TZFAT. | Seder Zemanim [intercalation and calculations of the calendar for the years 1685-1705]. |
Venice | 1685 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 40 | (CHOFETZ CHAIM). | Guenzburg, Aryeh Leib (The Sha'agas Aryeh). |
Piotrkov | 1907 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 41 | (CIRCUMCISION). | David Lida. Sepher Sod Hashem [Mohel's compendium, with prayers]. |
Amsterdam | 1745 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 42 | DANON, MEIR BENJAMIN MENACHEM. | Be'er Basadeh [super-commentary to Rashi and Mizrachi on the Torah]. |
Jerusalem | 1846 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 43 | DEINARD, EPHRAIM. | Atikoth Yehudah [bibliophilic treasures]. |
Jerusalem | 1915 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 44 | DOVID OF NOVARDOK. | Galya Masechet [sermons and eulogies]. |
Vilna | 1844 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 45 | DURAN, SHLOMO BEN SHIMON. | Sepher HaRaSHBa"SH [responsa]. |
Livorno | 1742 | USD 120.00 - 180.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 47 | EGOZI, MENACHEM. | Gal shel Egozim [commentary to Bereishith]. |
Belvedere, Constantinople | (c.1593-95). | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 48 | (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA). | Yitzchak Eisik ben Yekuthiel Zalman of Mohilev. |
Grodno (Horodna) | 1798 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 49 | ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA. | Tosephta Zeraim. |
Vilna | 1799 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 50 | (ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA). | Shenoth Eliyahu [commentary on Mishnah, Seder Zera'im]. |
Lemberg | 1799 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 52 | ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA. | Tzurath Ha'aretz LeGevulotheha [commentary to select verses from the Books of Yehoshua, Melachim and Yechezkel, with text]. |
Shklov | 1802 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
