Kestenbaum and Company: Auction of Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books & Manuscripts, 117, Brooklyn
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 11, 2026 - June 11, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | Modena Judah Aryeh; Buxtorf M.J.; Hurd William | Ceremonies et Coustumes qui s’Observent Aujourd’huy parmy les Juifs; Schole der Joden; Oude en Tegenwoordige Staat en Geschiedenis van alle Godsdiensten |
The Hague; Leiden; Amsterdam | 1682; 1702; 1781 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 210 | Nieto David | Mateh Dan-Cuzari Chelek Sheni |
London | 1714 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 211 | Pagnini Sanctes | Epitome Thesauri Linguae Sanctae |
Leiden | 1609 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 212 | Zydzi w Polsce Odrodzonej |
Warsaw | 1933 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 213 | Spis Abonentow Sieci Telefonicznej m. st. Warszawy |
Warsaw | 1939 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,375.00 | |
| 214 | Spis Abonentow Sieci Telefonicznych Dyrekcji Okręgu Poczt i Telegrafow w Krakowie |
Warsaw | 1939 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 215 | Bayly Anselm | Torah Nevi’im U’Kethuvim |
London | 1774 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 216 | Levi David | Lingua Sacra |
London | 1785-87 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 217 | Alberstat Ya’akov ben Tzvi | Divrei Ya’ave”tz |
Manchester | 1891 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 218 | Notarial Deed |
Madrid | 1518 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 219 | The Legend of Sacao and Abisain |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 375.00 | ||
| 220 | de Mesquita J.J. | Ontwerp ter verbetering van den financielen toestand der kolonie Suriname |
Amsterdam | 1842 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 221 | Lowe Christian Peter | Speculum Religionis Judaicae |
Stockholm | 1732 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 222 | Bullae diversorum Romanorum Pontificum |
Rome | 1559 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 | |
| 223 | Boudinot Elias; Edrehi Moses | 2 Books, including: A Star in the West |
Trenton, NJ; Philadelphia | 1816; 1853 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 224 | Twain Mark | Concerning the Jews |
New York | 1899 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 225 | Herz Salomon Edler von | Group of Six Autograph Letters Signed |
Vienna | 1824-25 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 226 | Kreisschreiben |
Vienna | 1821 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 227 | Deutsch Simon | Offener Brief an die Juden |
Vienna | 1848 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 228 | Vorschriften fur Trauungs-Anmeldungen |
Vienna | 1895 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 229 | Fine Israel | The New Lamentations |
Baltimore | 1917 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 230 | Ben-Gurion David | Mekor Ha’Atzma'ut |
S’de Boker, Israel | 1954 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 231 | Ben-Gurion David | Typed Letter Signed |
Jerusalem | 1963 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 232 | Pinsker Leon | Autoemancipation! |
Berlin | 1882 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 233 | Herzl Theodor | Die Welt |
Vienna | 1897 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
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