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Kestenbaum and Company: Fine Judaica: including Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Auction Name Fine Judaica: including Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic and Ceremonial Art Total Sales (USD) 201,837.50
Auction Date July 21, 2020 - July 21, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 116,880.00
Sale Number #90 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 179,820.00
Total Lots 193
Sold Lots 104 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 236,700.00
% of Lots Sold 53.89% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 357,650.00
Unsold Lots 89 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
64

Abduction of the Child of Mortara by the Inquisition.

1859 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 27,500.00
119

The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur Szyk. Edited by Cecil Roth.

1939 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 21,250.00
210

Medical Diploma from the University of Padua, of Emanuel Delmedigo de Dattolis, a Venetian Jewish physician.

1686 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,625.00
56

"Isaac Leeser." Circular of the American Jewish Publication Society to the Friends of Jewish Literature.

1845 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,625.00
57

Group of seven "Autograph Letters "from immigrants to the United States, written to their families back home in Germany.

1848-55 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 10,000.00
211

Alonso Hernandez Bonilla, General Inquisitor of Mexico. Report of the Auto-da-Fé held in Mexico on the 15th December, 1577.

1577 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,500.00
147

Charles Chipiez & Georges Perrot. Le Temple de Jérusalem et la Maison du Bois-liban: Restitués d'Après Ézéchiel et le Livre des Rois.

1889 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,250.00
55

Bill of Fare of the Dinner for the Anniversary of the Hebrew Benevolent Society. "* With:" Dinner Admission-card.

1841 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,500.00
62

Articles, Rules and Regulations for the Beth Olam Cemetery of the Congregation Shaarey Tefilla.

1856 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,250.00
58

The Constancy of Israel. A Discourse Delivered Before the Congregation Shearit Israel…by the Rev. "Morris J. Raphall."

1850 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,750.00
134

The German Extermination Camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau. Two Eye-Witness Reports.

1944 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,500.00
91

Instituic am da Companhia General para o Estado do Brazil.

1649 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
63

Board of Delegates of American Israelites. Circular on behalf of the “Appalling Destitution of the Morocco Refugees.”

1859 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
66

Order of Service at the Consecration of the New Synagogue of the Congregation Bnai Jeshurun.

1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
159

Sha’ar Bath Rabim [prayers for festivals]. According to Aschkenazi rite. With commentary Hadrath Kodesh by Isaac Segal of Herrlisheim. Introduction by Isaac Pacifico.

1710-17 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
161

Machzor - Sepher Kerovoth [Festival Prayers].

1800-07 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
139

Album of Personnel. “Search Bureau for Missing Persons.” Containing 53 original snapshot photographs, each captioned with name and departmental office. Compiled by the Jewish Brigade Personnel attached to the Bureau.

1946 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,500.00
216

Gesetz und Verordnungen u?ber Organisation der Ju?dischen Gemeinden Endingen u. Lengnau, vom 11. Brachmont 1824 [“Law and Ordinances on the Organization of the Jewish Communities of Endingen and Lengnau.”]

1824 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,500.00
61

Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations.

1856 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,250.00
87

"Corcos, Tranquillo Vita (Mano’ach Hayim)." Alla Sagra Consvlta Illustriss e Reuerendiss. Monsig. Ghezzi Ponente per l'Uniuersita? degl'hebrei di Roma. Sommario. [Letter of General Father of the Dominicans to the representative of the Church in Poland, de

1706 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,625.00
51

The Farmer’s Weekly Museum: New Hampshire and Vermont Journal.

1799 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,500.00
145

Samuel Bochart. Geographiae Sacrae Pars Prior Phaleg Seu De Dispersione Gentium et Terrarum Diviosone Facta in aedificatione turris Babel. Cum Tabula Chorographica, & duplici Indice, 1. Locorum Scripture. 2. Rerum & Verborum.

1646 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,250.00
82

"Anton Margaritha." Der Gantz Jüdisch Glaub [“The Whole Jewish Belief”]. ff. (128). Second edition. Woodcut vignette on title with three further woodcut illustrations. Sporadic use of Hebrew. [Adams M-574; Freimann, p. 148]. Frankfurt a/Main, n.p. 1544.
"

1544 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
42

"ROMAN VISHNIAC." “The Boycott Changed Peddlers Into Beggars”

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
92

(Act of Parliament). An Act To Regulate the Celebration of Marriages in Newfoundland."Act not to affect Marriages already contracted, or Quakers or Jews."

1817 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,750.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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