Auction of Fine Judaica.
Opening highlights stem from venerated Chassidic and Rabbinic leaders, including the Chofetz Chaim, the Satmar Rebbe and the Vishnitzer Rebbe (Lots 1-5).
Among Autograph Letters are those written in Russian by the Lubavitcher Rebbetzin, including inscribed, personal photographs captured shortly before her marriage to the Rebbe (Lots 12-16).
The auction includes a number of rare books that stem from the library of a distinguished European scholar; as well as further offerings that stem from the library of the late Haham Solomon Gaon (1912-94).
Judaic books and manuscripts (non-Hebraic) range from Antisemitica to Zionism, and includes Community Pinkas records, Sephardic and Children's Literature, as well as livres d'artistes.
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The auction includes a further offering of Americana from a distinguished Private Collection. Focusing on Jews in the American Civil War, featuring photographs, autograph letters and printed books (Lots 117-164).
The penultimate portion of the auction features Fine & Graphic Art (Lots 170-188), including canvases by Israeli artists: Moshe Gershuni, Yosl Bergner and Reuven Rubin. Of particular note, is a large, vibrant oil painting by the celebrated Russian-American Chassidic artist Zalman Kleinman, dated 1973 (see lot 179).
An exceptionally rare drawing by the Anglo-Jewish female artist Kate Salaman, c. 1840's, is Lot 176.
The final 20 lots of the sale are 20th-century ceremonial objects including by Agam, Bier, Sugarman and Wolpert and a number of Bezalel-era items (Lots 189-208).
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LOT 154:
CHESTNUT, MARY BOYKIN. A Diary From Dixie.
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
$500 - $700
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
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CHESTNUT, MARY BOYKIN. A Diary From Dixie.
FIRST EDITION. Uncut copy. 16 plates.
pp. xxii, 424. Original gilt boards, upper cover soiled. 4to.
New York, D. Appleton, 1905.
Regarded as the finest memoir written of, and in, the Confederacy. An outstanding diary by the wife of South Carolina senator and Confederate General James Chestnut, Jr., who was also an aide to President Jefferson Davis. Provides an eyewitness narrative of all the years of the war. The Chestnuts had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances in the high society of the South and the Confederacy.
MANY JEWISH REFERENCES including her close friends Miriam Cohen and Rachel Lyons. Others noted are: Judah P.Benjamin, Eugenia Levy Phillips, Martha Levy, Rachel (the French actress), and Edwin DeLeon.
