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Winner's Auctions Ltd: Holy books, Chassidut, Manuscripts, Rabbinical & Admors' letters, Eretz Yisrael & Zionism, Americana, Judiaca & Prof. Albert Einstein

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Auction Name Holy books, Chassidut, Manuscripts, Rabbinical & Admors' letters, Eretz Yisrael & Zionism, Americana, Judiaca & Prof. Albert Einstein Total Sales (USD) 2,269,452.00
Auction Date October 24, 2017 - October 24, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 431,100.00
Sale Number #102 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 572,050.00
Total Lots 400
Sold Lots 291 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 536,950.00
% of Lots Sold 72.75% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 705,840.00
Unsold Lots 109 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 321.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
36

Professor Albert Einstein, Regarding Fitting Way of Life. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo [Japan], 1922

 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 1,560,000.00
37

Professor Albert Einstein on Willpower. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo [Japan], 1922

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 240,000.00
34

Albert Einstein Extends Himself for the Hebrew University and Expresses Amazement at its Achievements. Princeton, 1954

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 33,600.00
360

Novellae on Tractate Sanhedrin, in the Handwriting of the Chatam Sofer

 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 26,400.00
301

Letter from the First Admor of Sadigura, Rabbi Avraham Yaakov. 1866

 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 24,000.00
33

Magnificent Silver Pendant of the Head of the Judenrat in the Lodz Ghetto, Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski. Lodz Ghetto, [1941], Historic Piece

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,200.00
68

Early Illustrated Ketubah on Parchment. Ancona [Italy], 1722, Signature of the 'Shemesh Tzedaka'

 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 16,800.00
221

Keter Shem Tov - First Edition. Complete Set. Zolkiew 1795-1796

 USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 14,400.00
389

Chiddushim V'Zichronot, by One of the Sages of the Sages of the "Hesger" in the Yeshiva of Rabbi Yaakov Chagiz in Jerusalem. [Jerusalem], 17th Century

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 14,400.00
25

The Secrets, Reports, Documents and Protocols from the Archive of Rudolf Israel Kastner. 1940-50s

 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 12,000.00
261

Moving Letter from the Chafetz Chaim

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,800.00
387

Large Archive of the Emissary Rabbi Natan Amram. 19th Century

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,800.00
187

Rabbeinu Yerucham. Constantinople, 1516. Complete Copy in Special Condition

 USD 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 USD 10,200.00
35

Professor Albert Einstein Expresses Willingness to Assist the Chairman of the Jerusalem Art Gallery. Princeton, 1947

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,600.00
260

Long Responsum from Rabbi Yosef Rosen the 'Rogatchover' to Rabbi Meir Hildesheimer. Halachic Polemic, with Many Changes from the Printed Version

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,000.00
26

Fascinating Archive of the Chairman of the World Jewish Congress in Sweden 'Hillel Storch,' the Activities and Meetings with the Nazi Leaders to Save Jews

 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 8,400.00
361

Manuscript of "Avodat HaGershoni" with the Original Approbation of Rabbi Dov Berish Ashkenazi. Ashkenaz, End of the 18th Century

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,400.00
262

Rare Poster Which Unites the Foremost Admors and Rosh Yeshivas, with their Handwritten Signatures. 1967

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,200.00
274

Letter from Rabbi Yehuda Assad to his Son-In-Law. 1861

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,200.00
386

Archive of Letters from Rabbi Yitzchak Gagin. Jerusalem, Early 20th Century

 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 6,600.00
188

Commentary on the Book of Eicha. Salonica, 1521. First Edition. Extremely Rare

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,800.00
302

Lengthy and Rare Letter on the Topic of Mandatory Education by the Admor Rabbi Shalom of Shotz - Criticism of Leaders of the Generation

 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,800.00
19

Long Letter from Rabbi Yaakov Yosef the First Chief Rabbi of New York. New York, 1891

 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,320.00
318

Five Rare Books of Kabbalah. Signatures of Admor Rabbi Zhvi Hirsch of Tlust together with seals of his son the Rebbe Rabbi Yosef of Kosson - Kabblastic Marginilia .

 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,200.00
71

Ya'arot Ad. The Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Patilon "The Holy Painter"

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,080.00
  • 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.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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