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Moreshet Auctions: Judaica: Books and Manuscripts

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Auction Name Judaica: Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (USD) 140,322.00
Auction Date December 06, 2017 - December 06, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #16 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 263
Sold Lots 177 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 67.30% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 86 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
317

Manuscript, 4 pages handwritten by the Admor the Tzemach Tzedek—the third leader of the Lubavitch line. Extremely rare.

 Not Available USD 30,000.00
318

Manuscript, four pages of the handwriting of the Maharil of Yanovitz, brother of the Ba'al HaTanya, to his nephew the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Extremely rare.

 Not Available USD 21,600.00
225

Chafetz Haim, first edition. Vilna, 1873. With glosses handwritten by the Chafetz Haim.

 1873 Not Available USD 5,280.00
52

Chiddushei Agadot of the Maharsha. First edition, published during the Maharsha's life. Glosses handwritten. Lublin, 1627-1632. Rare.

 1627-1632 Not Available USD 4,560.00
51

Rabbeinu Asher on Halachot Ketanot. First edition. Bombirgi printing, Venice 1522.

 1522 Not Available USD 3,600.00
227

Lot of 6 pages handwritten by Rav Shlomo Ganzfried, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

 Not Available USD 3,600.00
226

Shoneh Halachot—second section. Copy of the author, Sar HaTorah Rabbi Haim Kanievsky, including glosses and many corrections done by hand. Important historical document.

 Not Available USD 3,120.00
319

Letter of chiddushim written and signed by the Admor HaZaken, Rabbi Schneor Zalman of Liady. Written by copiers. Rare.

 Not Available USD 2,880.00
250

Manuscript of Three Megillot—Song of Songs, Ruth, and Kohelet. Manuscript of the Maharitz. Yemne, 18th century.

 18th century. Not Available USD 2,160.00
279

Important letter on official letterhead, handwritten and signed, stamped, by the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky. The Steipler.

 Not Available USD 2,040.00
233

Page handwritten by Rav Yehuda Patya. Autograph.

 Not Available USD 1,680.00
7

Set of four volumes, the Shulchan Aruch HaRav. Zhitomir 1847-8.

 1847-8. Not Available USD 1,560.00
61

Sefer Torah written by hand on parchment. Europe, end of the 19th century.

 end of the 19th century. Not Available USD 1,560.00
155

Lot of 8 posters on disagreements between the Ashkenazi and Sefardi communities, and within the Ashkenazi community in Jerusaleme. 19/20th centuries.

 Not Available USD 1,560.00
14

Sefer Perot Genosar, by the Or HaHayyim. First edition, during the life of the author. Amsterdam, 1742.

 1742 Not Available USD 1,320.00
62

Sefer Torah written by hand on parchment. Europe, 20th century.

 20th century. Not Available USD 1,320.00
59

Sefer Torah written by hand on Ashkenaz (Beit Yosef) parchment in a small format. 19th century.

 Not Available USD 1,200.00
60

Sefer Torah written by hand on parchment. North Africa, 20th century.

 20th century. Not Available USD 1,200.00
251

Manuscript Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Yemen, 18th century.

 18th century. Not Available USD 1,140.00
321

Letter signed by the Admor the Rayatz of Lubavitch. Otwock, 1938. Rare.

 1938 Not Available USD 1,140.00
15

Siddur Rabbi Yaakov Amdin. Second section, first edition. Altona, 1747.

 1747 Not Available USD 960.00
53

Nahalat Avot. Venice 1545.

 1545 Not Available USD 960.00
237

Manuscript, practical kabbalah. North Africa, 18/19th century.

 18/19th century. Not Available USD 900.00
55

. LeKol Chefetz. Only edition. Venice, 1552.

 1552 Not Available USD 840.00
135

Illustrated ketubah. Gibraltar 1939.

 1939 Not Available USD 840.00
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    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.
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    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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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    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.
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