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Kestenbaum and Company: K2 JUDAICA SALE: RARE PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, GRAPHIC & CEREMONIAL ARTS

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Auction Name K2 JUDAICA SALE: RARE PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, GRAPHIC & CEREMONIAL ARTS Total Sales (USD) 133,031.25
Auction Date May 06, 2021 - May 06, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 77,860.00
Sale Number #93 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 117,790.00
Total Lots 210
Sold Lots 133 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 193,980.00
% of Lots Sold 63.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 283,690.00
Unsold Lots 77 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 46.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
32 FINKEL, NOSSON TZVI

(The Alter of Slabodka, 1849-1927). Autograph Letter Signed, stamped and written in Hebrew to R. Yeshaya Dov.

 n.d USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,625.00
47 KLUGER, SHLOMO

(1785-1869). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to R. Chaim Nathan Dembitzer of Cracow.

 1859 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,000.00
6

World War One-era Diary of a German-Jew, Siegfried Mai.

 1917-19 and 1938 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,750.00
19

<<(New York).>> Sepher HaZahav shel Chevro Machzikei Horav.

 1938 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,625.00
78

Collection of lottery tickets and lottery advertisements, each with Jewish connection.

 1761-1826 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,375.00
29 ENGEL, SHMUEL

(Rabbi of Radomyshl, Bilgoraj and Dukla, 1853-1935). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, also signed in German, written to the Community leadership of Lvov.

 1884 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,750.00
44

Rabbi Yitzchak Yerucham Diskin, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Rabbi Moshe Nachum Wallenstein, Rabbi Mordechai Leib Rubin, and Rabbi Yitzchak Porush.

 1919 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,750.00
21

<<(London).>> Pinkas - Sons of Britchan Synagogue, Bromehead Street, E.

 1931 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,500.00
28 Ehrenreich, Shlomo Zalman

(The Shimloyer Rov, 1863-1944). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead to Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Friedman of Chevra Tomchei Torah, New York.

 1931 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,250.00
82

Resolution by the “Portuguese Congregation Mickveh Israel of Philad’a” to send financial aid to the Moroccan Jewish refugees in Gibraltar.

 1859 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,750.00
101

Brass Presentation Key. Commemorating the opening of the Machzikei Hadas Synagogue, Brussels.

 1933 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,750.00
7

Archive of minutes, documents and communications regarding Congregation Kehillath Yaakov and the Gemiluth Chessed of Greater New York; both of Washington Heights, NY.

 1940’s-1970’s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
105

Giuseppe Vigevano. Nisayon Ktav Lashon HaKodesh - Saggio di Caratteri Ebraici. [“Student’s Guide to Hebrew Calligraphy.”]

 1824 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,500.00
150

Archive of Military Government Officer Captain Norman W. Borring, among the liberators of the Laufen concentration camp, 5th May 1945.

 v.d USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
57 ROSEN, YOSEPH

(The Rogotchover Gaon, 1858-1936). Autograph Postcard Signed written in Hebrew, to Rabbi Yehoshua Baumol of Brooklyn.

 1930 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,250.00
52 PERLOW, YISROEL

(The Yenukah of Karlin-Stolin, 1868-1922). Secretarial Letter Signed written in Hebrew to R. Avraham Yitzchak Heller.

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,125.00
27 EHRENFELD, SHMUEL

(The Chasan Sofer, 1835-83). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Singer.

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,000.00
137

P. Hassine. Megilath Hitler [“Scroll of Hitler”].

 1943 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,000.00
154

Roberts, David. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia.

 1855-56 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,000.00
175 LUZZATTO, SIMONE

Socrate, ouero, Dell`humano Sapere Esercitio Seriogiocoso.

 1651 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,000.00
17

<<(New York).>> Chevrah Kadisha Pinkas - Jamaica.

 1929 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
40 HAGER, MENACHEM MENDEL

(Rov of Visheve, 1886-1941). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on plain paper.

 1921(?) USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,500.00
60 ROTH, AHARON

(“Reb Ahrele,” 1894-1947). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on plain paper to R. Avraham Groman.

 n.y USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,500.00
92

<> Two documents relating to Rebecca Gratz’s Sunday School, and her Hebrew Female Benevolent Society.

 v.d USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,500.00
171 (ITALY).

Pius Papa V. Praeceptum De Iudæorum exterminatione ex omni dominio temporali S.R.E. & subditorum, præter Romam & Anconam.

 1569 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    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
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