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Moreshet Auctions

Auction Info

Sale Name
Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika and more
Auction Date
10/17/2021 - 10/17/2021
Year of Sale
2021
Sale Number
#48
Total Lots
240
Sold Lots
146
Lots Sold
60.8%
Unsold Lots
94
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
38,874.10
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
Inf%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
36,231.40

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
71 Besamim Kli, silver covered in gold and enamel. Austria-Hungary. 20th century.

20th century.

 USD - 1,722.00
143 Letter handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Haim Ozer, Av ...

USD - 1,107.00
144 Postcard handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Shimon Shkop. Horodna 1936

1936

 USD - 984.00
180 Rare: Mei HaShiloach (Izbica, chassidut). First edition, Vienna 1860.

1860

 USD - 922.50
40 Sefer Otzar Nechmad, chiddushim of the Ramban on Tractate ...

USD - 861.00
149 Kvitl handwritten by the Chazon Ish on a letter handwritten by his nephew Rabbi Chaim Greineman.

USD - 799.50
35 Sefer Yesod: Zayit Ra’anan on the Yalkut Shimoni—first edition ...

USD - 738.00
133 Postcard written entirely by hand and signed by Rabbi Chaim ...

USD - 738.00
216 Shemen HaMor, first edition, Warsaw 1871. Copy with notes and stamps of Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin.

USD - 738.00
147 Notes handwritten by Rabbi Zundel of Salant on the book “Tiv Gittin” by Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliyot.

USD - 738.00
57 Lot of 3 yads for a Sefer Torah, silver and other metals.

USD - 738.00
130 Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shmuel David Ungar of Nitra from when he was in Tarnov. 1924

1924

 USD - 676.50
12 Torat Moshe by Rabbeinu Moshe Alshich. Second edition, Venice 1600. Rare condition.

1600

 USD - 676.50
101 Letter of chiddushei Torah handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yaakov David Wilovsky, the Ridbaz

USD - 615.00
169 Shiviti on parchment with gilded decoration—antique handwork.

USD - 615.00
219 Shulchan Aruch HaRav—copy owned by Rabbi Yehoshua Brisk of Tisa-Dada, and his son Rabbi David Yaakov. Jozefof 1875.

1875

 USD - 615.00
230 Letter signed by Admor Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky of Rachmastrivka. Jerusalem 1932

1932

 USD - 615.00
100 Manuscript with instructions for making amulets, segulot, and Jewish astrology, with illustrations. Yemen, 19th century.

19th century.

 USD - 553.50
66 Vizhnitzer Becher—a handsome kiddush cup according to the minhag of the Admorim of Vizhnitz. Stamped silver.

USD - 492.00
39 First edition of the work “Korban Netanel”—copy given personally by the author (Rabbeinu Netanel Weil). Karlsruhe 1755.

1755

 USD - 461.25
38 Panim Me’irot, Shut and Chiddushim on Gittin. First edition ...

USD - 430.50
154 Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Dov Beer Soloveitchik of Spring Valley. 1957.

1957

 USD - 430.50
42 Sefer Leshem Shebo v’Achlama Kabbalah—Jerusalem 1935

1935

 USD - 430.50
77 Pretty manuscript with halachot of shechita, in Hebrew and Marathi.

USD - 418.20
102 Letter handwritten and signed by the Aderet in his youth. Ponevezh 1969

1969

 USD - 399.75
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.