New York, NY – Two Prominent Auction Houses Featuring Over 600 Pieces of Jewish History

New York, NY – Jewish history comes alive the week of June 19 – 24 in New York City. Two prominent auction houses will be having auctions featuring a combined total of over 600 pieces of Jewish history.

The first one on Monday, J Greenstein & Company, Inc., whose founder and expert in charge, is widely acknowledged as the world’s leading expert on Jewish Antique Ritual Art. He has been featured on CNN, Fox News, NBC with Chuck Scarborough, CBS, KTLA TV, Long Island Business News, Crain’s New York, The New York Times, Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, The Jewish Week, The Jewish Press and many others. In addition, he has a regular column in Reform Judaism magazine titled the Antique Judaica Evaluation Show.

Each piece offered has been hand authenticated and certified by Mr. Greenstein. J Greenstein also has a gallery in Cedarhurst, New York. Some featured items are: a rare 19th century kiddush cup made of holy coins, a pewter Seder dish made in Germany in 1793, a pair of torah finials made in turkey in the mid 19th century, a silver torah shield made in Breslau in 1790, an exceptionally diamond encrusted torah shield made in Germany in 1719 and two silver Chanukah lamps made by Shuki Freiman. In total there are 189 lots of rare antique judaica. More information can be found by visiting www.jgreenstein.com or by calling the gallery at 516 295 2931.

Then on Thursday, June 23rd, Kestenbaum & Company’s spring auction of Fine Judaica will be held at 3:00 pm. The sale will take place at the company’s gallery at 242 West 30th Street in New York City with viewing beforehand from June 19th through June 22nd.

Kestenbaum & Company is an established auction house based in New York City specializing in the sale of Western and Oriental Books, manuscripts and fine judaica. Founder and Director, Daniel E. Kestenbaum, with over twenty years in the auction business, is renowned for his expertise in Hebraica and Judaica. Collectors, curators and dealers around the world rely on his expertise and value his discretion and integrity.
Highlighting this auction will be part II of the historic Cassuto Collection of Iberian-related books and manuscripts. This extensive sale also features many fine early printed books from the Delmonico Collection, a celebrated library of fine Hebrew books formed by the late New York-based collector, William Roth. The sale also includes books recently de-accessioned from a European institutional library. For further information relating to bidding or any other queries, please contact Jackie Insel at 212-366-1197 or visit www.kestenbaum.net.

Both auctions can be followed on Live Auctioneers at www.liveauctioneers.com