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Sotheby’s Auctions Mega-Philanthropist’s $11 Million Judaica Trove

NY | THE JEWISH WEEK
By Sandee Brawarsky
Detail of Frankfurt Mishnah Torah, which was created in Italy in the Middle Ages.
NEW YORK---In the largest sale of a single owner’s Judaica collection in more than 50 years, Sotheby’s New York is offering “A Treasured Legacy: The Michael and Judy Steinhardt Judaica Collection” at auction on April 29. With 386 lots, the sale is estimated in excess of $11 million. Michael Steinhardt, the legendary hedge fund manager and mega-philanthropist best known for his role in launching the Birthright Israel program, told The Jewish Week, “I’m selling it because I am 72 years old and I have been collecting for over 40 years. No one else in my family, sadly, has expressed any deep interest in the collection.”[link]
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ArtDaily Newspaper said…
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the joint acquisition of one of the finest illuminated Hebrew manuscripts ever created, a rare handwritten copy of the Mishneh Torah by Maimonides, one of the most important rabbinical figures of the Middle Ages. The manuscript was previously in the collection of Judy and Michael Steinhardt, New York, and will be shared by the two museums on a rotating basis.
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