After sixty years building the most extensive private Judaica collection in the world, Jack Lunzer is looking for a new home for his rare possessions. But bidders are being deflected on two counts: the $30–$50 million asking price (“Not exactly small change,” Lunzer admits) and the condition that the collection not be dismantled. (“Had I agreed to that, I could have sold it at once.”) Will the diamond magnate and bibliophile find a savior for his collection?
Jack Lunzer is very concerned.
For the past two years he has been looking for a buyer to purchase his unique library one of the most valuable collections in the Jewish world. Just recently he thought that he had finally attained his goal. A private anonymous buyer offered a high price for the library. But money was not the only factor that Lunzer was taking into consideration and the deal fell through at the last minute.
Now he is worried again. At his advanced age he wants to see his collection end up in good hands a buyer who will appreciate the true significance of the thousands of ancient seforim.
“This valuable historic collection should belong to the future generations of the Jewish nation” he says from Fairport his mansion in the Golders Green neighborhood of London. “I have invested many years of research into this collection. The seforim are like my children.”
Jack of all Trades
An octogenarian with a sharp sense of humor Jack Lunzer’s frequent smiles reveal a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.
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