Online Auction 44 - Chabad

A Special Chabad Auction on the Occasion of "Yom HaBahir", Yud (the 10th of) Shevat – Day of Passing of the Rebbe Rayatz, and Day of the Ascendancy to Leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe"

Opera Gloves of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneersohn, Daughter of Rebbe Rayatz and Wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Off-white kidskin opera gloves (full length). With mousquetaire openings at the wrists, and beaded buttons for closure. Import stamp (indistinct) and stamp of the Saks - 34th Street fashion store on Broadway Street, Manhattan, New York.
Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chana Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift… the white dinner gloves that both my sister and I wore in the 1950's". Dated – 10th September 1989.
Approx. 51 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and defects. Lacking one button.
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"Items and Objects of "Beis Rabbe