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).
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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 162:
(JAMAICA).
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(JAMAICA).
ALEXANDER BARNARD DAVIS(?) Lengthy essay on Masonic ceremony and symbolism.
MANUSCRIPT in English with occasional use of Hebrew (in both a Sefardic and Ashkenazic hand). Written in exercise book with printed upper cover: “THE REV A.B. DAVIS’S ACADEMY. SYNAGOGUE HOUSE, KINGSTON, JAMAICA.”
pp. 40. Light wear. 4to.
Kingston, Jamaica, c.1863.
This anonymous manuscript describes the significance of the numbers ‘three’ and ‘seven’ as they relate to the life stages of Man, and how they are symbolized in the details of the ceremonies described. Provided are related biblical texts, with various Hebrew words and phrases ppearing throughout.
The text is written in a notebook issued by the Revd. A. B. Davis’s Academy, Synagogue House, Kingston, Jamaica.
Alexander Barnard Davis (1828-1913) began life in London an orphan, but received a good Jewish education, and by the age of twenty was Head of the Westminster Jews' School. Within the next five years he had married, become the minister of a synagogue in Portsmouth, and then moved to Kingston, Jamaica, where he led the Jewish congregation and established a religious school. After briefly moving back to England, Davis, with the backing of Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, was appointed minister in Sydney, Australia, where he remained for the subsequent forty years of his life.
For details on life of Rev Davis, see Australian Dictionary of Biography:
https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/davis-alexander-barnard-3379.
