Kestenbaum's Early Spring auction of Fine Judaica is, as usual with all our sales, exceptionally broad in Judaic subject matter.
The opening 33 lots are seasonal, being Passover Hagadot. Of particular note is Lot 30.
American-Judaica commences with lot 34. Initial 14 lots are Civil War era carte-de-visite photographs, followed by varied autograph letters and printed books. Of particular note is Lot 50.
The next subsection are Hebrew manuscripts and autograph letters (Lots 68-98). This includes Chassidic materials, Synagogue Pinkas record books, and two very sweet Italian liturgical manuscripts (lots 82 and 83).
Lot 99 commences the section of Printed Books in which both Hebrew texts and books in a multiplicity of other languages are combined. Sprinkled throughout are books from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon, especially Sephardic texts, many of which carry inscriptions from the Authors.
Utilize the Search-bar to locate books that are of regional interest, including: Austria, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Syria.
Holocaust-era materials are numbered Lots 149-169.
The penultimate lot in the auction is the first English edition of Theodor Herzl's Jewish State (Lot 228).
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LOT 34:
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Sold for: $900
Start price:
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900
Estimated price :
$1,200 - $1,800
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On the full lot's price and commission
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
TWO CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPHS. Colonel Abraham C. Myers; AND his wife Marion Twiggs Myers.
Waist-up view of Myers in uniform, cheeks lightly rouged. Both identified in brown period ink by the same hand on versos. Photographer: Rees of Richmond.
Myers was the highest ranking Jew in the Confederate army serving as Quartermaster General with the rank of full Colonel. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina in 1811, he graduated USMA, West Point in 1833. He served in the Second Seminole War and in the Mexican War with distinction. He commanded the Quartermaster stores in New Orleans which he surrendered to the Confederacy, simultaneously resigning his U.S. Army commission to join the Confederate Army. He helped design the first Confederate army uniform. Fort Myers, Florida is named in honor of Abraham C. Myers. His wife, Marion Twiggs Myers, was the daughter of General David E. Twiggs.
