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Kestenbaum and Company: Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Auction Name	Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts	Total Sales (USD)	134,868.75
Auction Date	January 11, 2024 - January 11, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	74,380.00
Sale Number	#104	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	114,120.00
Total Lots	179
Sold Lots	96.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	170,700.00
% of Lots Sold	53.63%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	263,200.00
Unsold Lots	83	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	51.24%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2	(CHOFETZ CHAIM). Yisroel Meir Kagan of Radin. Mishneh Berurah - Orach Chaim.	FULL THREE-LINE AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION IN THE HAND OF THE CHOFETZ CHAIM ONE THE OPENING PAGE.	1896	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 32,500.00
12	SCHNEERSON, CHAYA-MUSHKA - THE LUBAVITCHER REBBETZIN / Daughter of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and wife of the seventh Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, 1901-88).	Joint autographed letters signed, written in Russian, to Nacha Rivkin.		USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 23,750.00
106	PEREIRA, ABRAHAM.	Espejo de la Vanidad del Mundo ["A Reflection on the Vanity of the World."] pp. (40), 568, (8). FIRST EDITION.	1666	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 6,250.00
17	SCHNEERSOHN, YOSEF YITZCHAK	(RaYa"Tz, the sixth Grand Rebbe of Lubavitch, 1880-1950).		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 5,250.00
164		AMERICAN SAMPLER with Biblical / Jewish motifs.		USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,000.00
57		The Jews at K'ae-Fung-Foo. Being a Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry, to the Jewish Synagogue at K'ae-Fung-Foo, on Behalf of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Among Jews.	1851	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,500.00
16	(SCHNEERSON FAMILY).	FOUR Original portrait family photographs. Sent by REBBETZIN CHAYA MUSHKA (MOUSSIA) SCHNEERSON and her sister Chana Schneerson (Gurary) to their close friend Necha (Nate) Rivkin of Jerusalem.		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 4,000.00
171	ENGELBRECHT, MARTIN.	Synagogue Peep-Show. Augsburg, circa, 1750.		USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 2,750.00
13	SCHNEERSOHN, SHTERNA SORAH	(Wife of the fifth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Shalom Dov Ber Schneerson (RaSHa'B) and mother of the sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, 1860-1942).		USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,500.00
83		Concentration camp currency from Theresienstadt (Terezin), Czechoslovakia. GROUP OF FIVE NOTES.	1943	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 2,500.00
97	JACOB DE CASTRO SARMENTO Antonius Le Duc, Walter Harris.	Dissertationes in novam, tutam, ac utilem methodum inoculationis, seu transplantationis variolarum : prima methodus auctoritate Regiae Majestatis Brittanicae comprobata 28. Julii 1721, et publicata cum criticis notis in varios autores de hoc morbo scriben	1727	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 2,000.00
22		Seder Sepher shel Omer... According to the custom of the Jews in Venice.		USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,875.00
140	EINHORN, RABBI DAVID.	CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH.		USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,875.00
62	(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' ag	1840	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,625.00
15	SCHNEERSOHN, NECHAMA DINA. (Wife of the Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and mother-in-law of the Seventh Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, 1881-1970).	Autograph Letter Signed written in Yiddish to Necha Rivkin.		USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,375.00
23		Complete Scroll of Esther. SMALL Hebrew manuscript, accomplished in black ink on vellum. Composed on four membranes in 25 columns. Height (scroll): 2.5 inches.		USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,375.00
79	AGNES RAJZAI LUKACS.	Auschwitz Noi Tabor - Auschwitz Women's Camp. Edited by "Party of Socialist-Zionist (Ichud)."	1946	USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,375.00
76		Report on the Relief Accorded to Polish Citizens by the Polish Embassy in the U.S.S.R. With Special Reference to Polish Citizens of Jewish Nationality. September, 1941 - April, 1943.	1943	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,250.00
95		Census chart of RAFAEL TORNIGI.		USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 1,250.00
61	INES DE BENEDETTI.	Poesia Nascosta. Ricette di Cucina ebraica in Italia.	(1949).	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,187.50
29		(PINKAS). (NEW YORK). Chevra Mishnayos Anshei Marmarosh.		USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,062.50
4	HAGER, MORDECHAI (Grand Rebbe of Vishnitz-Monsey, 1922-2018).	PERSONAL Retzu'ah from Rabeinu Tam Tefillin. Length: 27 inches.		USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,000.00
30		(PINKAS). NEW YORK. Golden Book of the Sisterhood and Society of Boro Park.		USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,000.00
104		Schocken-Bucherei.	1933-39.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,000.00
126	LEVY, JULIUS.	TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPH mounted in gilt-brass brooch with original glass.		USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,000.00

Sotheby’s
Year in Review

Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD

Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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