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Three letters signed by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Harry A. Goodman, Agudath Israel leader in London, concerning efforts to seek release of the Skulener Rebbe from prison in Romania, will be sold by New York’s Kestenbaum auction house. By COLlive reporter
Kestenbaum & Company, an auction house based in New York City specializing in the sale of books, manuscripts and fine Judaica, will be holding their auction Thursday, April 2, 2009. Between the artifacts, a COLlive.com fan has identified a few Lubavitch related items including the first Tanya printed in America. Founder and Director, Daniel E. Kestenbaum, with over twenty years in the auction business, is renowned for his expertise in Hebraica and Judaica.  On March 22, 2007, he sold Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi’s Likutei Amarim, the editio princeps of the Tanya printed in Slavuta in 1796, for $70,800. more@COLlive.com