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Kestenbaum and Company: The Valmadonna Trust Library: Highly Important Hebrew Books

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Auction Name The Valmadonna Trust Library: Highly Important Hebrew Books Total Sales (USD) 1,741,562.50
Auction Date November 09, 2017 - November 09, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 766,400.00
Sale Number #74 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,080,700.00
Total Lots 209
Sold Lots 198 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 861,000.00
% of Lots Sold 94.74% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,210,100.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 143.92%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
209

THE COMPLETE REFERENCE LIBRARY OF THE VALMADONNA TRUST

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 237,500.00
201 (TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Talmud Bavli. With commentary of Rashi, Tosaphoth, Piskei Tosaphoth, compendium by Asher b. Jehiel, commentary on the Mishnah by Moses Maimonides, plus index of decisions “Ein Mishpat.”

 1644-47 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 112,500.00
141 (LITURGY).

Machzor [prayers for the entire year]. According to Roman rite.

 1485-6 USD 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 100,000.00
142 (LITURGY)

Tephilah kephi Minhag Roma [prayers for the entire year]. According to Roman rite.

 1537-38 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 90,625.00
25 BEDERSI, YEDAI’AH (HAPENINI)

Bechinath Ha’Olam [“Contemplation of the World.”] With anonymous commentary.

 1484 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 46,875.00
168 MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES /

RaMBa”N). Chidushei HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

 1489 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 43,750.00
131 KOL BO

[“Omnia in Eo:” compendium of Jewish Law]. (Attributed to Aaron HaKohen of Lunel).

 (ca. 1490-1492) USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 37,500.00
169 MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES /

RaMBa”N). Peirush HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

 1490 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 37,500.00
172 MOSES OF COUCY

Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (SeMa”G) [“The Great Book of Commandments”: Enumeration of the 613 precepts]

 1488 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 37,500.00
12 (AMERICANA)

Joseph ben Joshua HaKohen. Divrei HaYamim LeMalchei Tzarfath U’Malchei Beith Othoman HaTogar [“History of the Kings of France and the Ottoman Turks.”]

 1553-4 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 33,750.00
56 (BIBLE

Hebrew). Kehiloth Moshe. With numerous commentaries including Ralbag, Chizkuni, Sforno, Imrei Noam, Kometz HaMincha, Minchath Ketana, Minchath Erev, etc.

 1724-27 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 31,250.00
79 (HAGADAH)

Chukath HaPesach. With commentaries (see below).

 1569 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 31,250.00
194 SOLOMON IBN ADRET.

Four volumes of Chidushei HaRaShB”A [novellae to the Talmud]:
* Chidushei Berachoth. ff. 47.
* Chidushei Chulin. ff. 133 (i.e. 134).
* Chidushei Gitin. ff. 133.
* Chidushei Bava Bathra. Appended: Dina DeGarmei by Nachmanides. ff. 116.

 1523 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 27,500.00
81 (HAGADAH)

Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary by R. Joseph of Padua.

1601 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 26,250.00
113 JACOB BEN ASHER

Arba’ah Turim.

 1540 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 26,250.00
30 (BIBLE

Hebrew. Job). Sefer Iyov.

 1487 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 25,000.00
80 (HAGADAH)

Hagadah shel Pesach.

 1599 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,500.00
121 KARO, JOSEPH.

Shulchan Aruch [code of Jewish law]. With commentary by Moses Isserles (ReM”A).

 1583-1586, 1593 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,500.00
29 (BIBLE

Hebrew. Psalms). Sepher Tehilim. With commentary by David Kimchi (RaDa”K).

 1487 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,000.00
32 (BIBLE

Hebrew. Five Scrolls, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah). Chamesh Megiloth [Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Ruth, Lamentations]. * AND: Daniel, Ezra, Nechemiah.

 1487 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 20,000.00
200 (TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Twenty Basle Tractates, bound in fifteen volumes.
Masechta Avoth. ff. 12. Vinograd, Basle 116. * Masechta Gittin. ff. 122. Vinograd, Basle 124. * Masechta Yevamoth. ff. 156. Vinograd, Basle 126. * Masechta Shevu’oth. ff. 68. Last page with signature of Sh

 1578-80 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 18,750.00
82 (HAGADAH)

Hagadah shel Pesach. With commentary by Isaac Abrabanel.

 1695 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 17,500.00
34 (BIBLE

Hebrew. Pentateuch). [Chamishah Chumshei Torah]. With Targum Onkelos and commentaries of Rashi and Nachmanides.

 1520 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 16,250.00
104 IMMANUEL BEN JEKUTIEL OF BENEVENTO

Livyath Chen [grammar].

 1557 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 16,250.00
124 KIMCHI, DAVID

(RaDa”K). Sepher HaShorashim.

 1513 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 16,250.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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