Auction No. 114
Golden coins, Seforim, Chabad, Eretz Yisrael and Zionism, Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Holocaust and refugees.
* Silhouette print on fabric. Wayfarer's prayer.
30x40 cm, fine-very fine condition, some of the fabric is slightly detached from the back.
* Leaf from a portfolio: "The Western Wall," the silhouette itself is 24.5x19 cm, the leaf is 46x30 cm, very fine condition.
Cloth matzah cover with three compartments. The four corners display printed drawings of Rachel's Tomb, Yad Avshalom, the Tower of David, and supplicants at the Western Wall respectively. The cover's center contains an inscription of the components of the seder: זרוע, ביצה, מרור, חרוסת, כרפס וחזרת; and the printed inscription "לכבוד חג הפסח, לשנה הבאה בירושלם הבנויה." Underneath the inscription is an image of the menorah. The margins feature gilt thread embroidery. Printed on the cover's back is the inscription: Made in Palestine.
Source: Private collection
35x35 cm. Stains. Fine condition.
Series of pictures of the tabernacle and its vessels, including: the gold alter, the high priest, the laver, the menorah, the holy (chamber), the holy ark, the table and the entire exterior of the tabernacle. All the pictures have descriptions in English.
[12] pictures 11.5x18 cm. Color and gold, with the original pack.
Very fine condition.
* Hebraica Ambrosiana, catalog of undescribed Hebrew manuscripts from the Ambrosiana library by Aldo Luzzato; description of decorated and illuminated Hebrew manuscripts from the Ambrosiana library by Luisa Mortara Ottolenghi. Milano, 1972. With colorful pictures.
* B'Machzor HaYamim, "Festival and weekday in Jewish art and folklore, accompanied by eighty-six pictures" by Heschel Golnitzki. Haifa, [1963].
* Objects of Ancient Jewish Ritual Art and Illuminated Hebrew Script and Ornament of Printed Books by Heinrich Frauberger. Jerusalem, 1970. With pictures.
* Thora und Krone: Kultgeräte der jüdischen Diaspora in der Ukraine. Vienna, 1993. With colorful pictures.
Varying sizes. Fine overall condition.
There is a special pocket for changing the name of the weekly Torah portion [this copy has one card, from Tetzvah though Vayikra] as well as pictures of two clocks in which the time can be changed to the time Shabbat starts and the time it ends.
The chart has pictures of a menorah, a star of David, cedars of Lebanon and columns.
27x40 cm. Very fine condition.
The word Chanukah [in Hebrew] is displayed in the center of the poster, framed within two frames, with the blessing on lighting Chanukah candles to its right and to its left, as well as "HaNerot Hallallu" and "Mizmor Shir Chanukat HaBayit L'David." Underneath, there are illustrations of the Decalogue, Jerusalem, the alter, the table, the cruse of oil, the ramp, and a star of David with the word 'ציון' ['Zion']. Under them, there is an illustrated frame with drawings of holy sites, with the Temple Mount at center and the verse "והיה באחרית הימים נכון יהי' בית ה' בראש ההרים ונשא מגבעות ונהרו אליו כל הגויים" ["And it will be at the end of days: The mountain of the Temple of G-d will be established as the head of the mountains and it will be uplifted among the hills and all the nations will flow to it."]. Around them is the Western Wall, the tombs of the kings of the House of David, the study hall at the tomb of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNes, the Tower of David, Rachel's Tomb, Yad Avshlom, Safed, Jaffa, Shechem, and Haifa.
30x25 cm. Green paper, gold lettering.
Israeli flag - the word "Tziyon" appears in the middle of the star of David [in Hebrew].
10x16 cm, placed in gilt frame.
Very fine condition.
Collection of caricatures and drawings about Carlsbad by Friedrich August von Kaulbach (1850-1920) arranged by Franz Wolter.
German artist Kaulbach became famous for his imaginative and decorative portraits in the French style of the 19th century, especially of feminine society.
35 cm. [22] plates, some in color.
Very fine condition.
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* Erinnerungen - Memories of the Jewish painter Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (Hanau, 1800 - Frankfurt am Main, 1882) by Moritz Oppenheim. Frankfurt am Main, 1924. 26 picture plates. First edition.
* Diglei HaMadpisim HaIvriyim by Avraham Ya'ari. Jerusalem, 1944. Special edition.
* Migzarot Ma'assei Yedei Yosef Wiznitzer. Spectacular papercuts. Tel Aviv, 1943.
Fine overall condition.
Huge celebratory ketubah, decorated and illustrated in color by Tzur Hadassah artist Ya'akov Boussidan.
Verses related to weddings are displayed along the entire length of the ketubah.
39x57 cm.
6 pages. Stiff silk binding, ribbon ties for secure closure, Hebrew and English. Cropped margins. Copy 15/350.
There are a number of letters attached relating to an earlier sale of the ketubah.
Very fine condition.
One half of the ball has an engraved scene depicting a Shabbat meal, and the other, an engraving of two Jews studying Torah.
Diameter: 5 cm.
Fine-very fine condition.
Stiff cardboard sign for hanging on the wall. Hebrew letters appear in alphabetical order, followed by a number of verses whose first and final letters parallel the first and final letters of the name Elyah Yosef Elisha per the custom first brought in the Kitzur HaShla"h. The verses 'תורה ציווה לנו משה' and ו'שמע ישראל' also appear.
15x25 cm.
Moderate condition, faded with aging stains, the text is entirely legible.