Sothebys: Fine Judaic Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The property of various owners, including Charles E. Feinberg The Traub Collection The Collection of the Warner Resort Company, San Francisco, CA, 5237,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 06, 1984 - December 06, 1984

Page Size: 437 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
199	Carl Michel Boog Swiss School			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,430.00
200	Fine Collection of 70 Jewish New Year's Cards			USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	550.00
200A	Collection of Jewish New Year's and Institutional Cards			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	825.00
201	Ilya Schon Group of Five Woodblock Prints			USD 400.00 - 600.00	770.00
201A	Three German Paper New Year's Cutouts			USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
202	Collection of Six Prints			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
203	Blessing			USD 500.00 - 700.00	330.00
204	Mizrach			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	660.00
205	Group of Six Lithographs			USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
206	Collection of Sterioscoptic Views of Jerusalem	Israel	1950/51	USD 500.00 - 700.00	550.00
207	Herman Struck			USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	4,400.00
208	Group of Ten Prints			USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	1,650.00
209	Lionel Reiss			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,870.00
210	Mane Katz			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,100.00
211	Arthur Szyk			USD 400.00 - 600.00	825.00
212	Saul Raskin		1966	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	7,700.00
213	Benno Elkan			USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	14,300.00
214	Yaacov Agam			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,870.00
215	Jewish Still Life			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	2,750.00
216	Gustave Bauernfeind Austrian			USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	165,000.00
217	Isidore Kaufmann			USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00	132,000.00
218	Isidore Kaufmann			USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	35,200.00
219	Shalom of Safed (Shalom Moskovitz)			USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
220	Three Bezalel Bronze Plaques			USD 700.00 - 900.00	440.00
221	Five Bezalel Bronze Plaquettes			USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
222	Bezalel Printed Mizrach			USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
223	Bezalel Silver-Mounted Bible			USD 500.00 - 700.00	605.00
224	Group of Fourteen Small Bezalel Silver and Silver Mounted Articles			USD 500.00 - 700.00	385.00
225	Bezalel Silver Inlaid Brass Shell Case Vase			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
226	Palestinian Woodcased Esther Scroll			USD 500.00 - 700.00	550.00
227	Six Pieces of Bezalel Silver Jewelry			USD 400.00 - 600.00	330.00
228	Bezalel Brass Hanukah Lamp			USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	2,750.00
229	Palestinian Silver Cased Mezuzah			USD 700.00 - 900.00	660.00
230	Two Judaic Open-Faced Pocket Watches			USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
231	Group of Nineteen Goldplated Brooches			USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
232	Four Pieces Gold and Gold-Mounted Jewlery			USD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
233	Two Pieces of Gold Jewelry			USD 700.00 - 900.00	660.00
234	Continental Eighteen Karat Gold and Enamel Marriage Ring			USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	880.00
235	Group of Palestinian Silver Jewelry			USD 700.00 - 900.00	660.00
236	Group of Twelve Pieces of Palestinian Silver Jewelry			USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
237	Persian Silver Amulet			USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
238	Small Italian Silver Amulet			USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
239	American Gold Talisman			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	880.00
240	Persian Silver Amulet			USD 200.00 - 300.00	330.00
241	Near Eastern Two-Piece Silver Marriage Buckle			USD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
242	Two Persian Copper Amulets			USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
242A	Shekel			USD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	Not Sold
242B	Shekel			USD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	Not Sold
242C	Shekel			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,760.00
242D	Shekel and Half-Shekel			USD 900.00 - 1,100.00	605.00
242E	Two Half-Shekels			USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,045.00
243	Ilya Schor			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	6,050.00
244	Ilya Schor			USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	2,750.00
245	Ilya Schor			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	3,575.00
246	Ilya Schor			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	3,850.00
247	Ilya Schor			USD 500.00 - 600.00	770.00
248	Ilya Schor			USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	93,500.00
249	Continental Silver Etrog Container			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
250	Syrian Copper and Silver Inlaid Brass Etrog Container			USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	4,400.00
251	German Silver Etrog Container			USD 500.00 - 700.00	1,320.00
252	German Silver Etrog Container			USD 700.00 - 900.00	1,650.00
253	German Silver Etrog Container			USD 600.00 - 800.00	825.00
254	Hungarian Silver Circumcision Knife Box			USD 500.00 - 700.00	440.00
255	Two Pieces of Anglo-Judaica			USD 300.00 - 500.00	1,430.00
256	Czech Silver Pidyon Haben Plate			USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
257	Syrian Silver and Copper Inlaid Brass Wall Plaque			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,750.00
257A	Fine Polish Cast Brass Eight-Light Synagogue Chandelier			USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	2,200.00
258	Pair Dutch Brass Wall Sconces for the Torah Ark			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	770.00
259	Moroccan Brass Memorial Lamp			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
260	Unusual Synagogue Bronze Wall Sconce			USD 600.00 - 800.00	605.00
261	Moroccan Brass Memorial Wall Sconce			USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,760.00
262	German Copper Synagogue Wall Lavabo and Basin			USD 500.00 - 700.00	1,045.00
263	Wood, Brass and Steel Burial Society Knife			USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	2,750.00
264	Victorian Silver Presentation Inkstand			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	1,980.00
265	Unusual North African Silver and Enamel Shiviti			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
266	Interesting Italian Silver Three-Piece Traveling Passover Flatware Set			USD 500.00 - 700.00	1,045.00
267	American Silverplated Synagogue Laver			USD 600.00 - 800.00	495.00
268	Important Czech Silver Presentation Cigar Case			USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
269	Silver Purim Noisemaker			USD 700.00 - 900.00	1,430.00
270	Circumcision Shield			USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
271	Two Charity Boxes			USD 500.00 - 700.00	385.00
272	Two Charity Boxes			USD 500.00 - 700.00	715.00
273	Palestinian Painted Olivewood Etrog Container			USD 400.00 - 600.00	330.00
274	Rare Hungarian Silver Alms Bowl			USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	9,350.00
275	German Silver Charity Box			USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00	6,325.00
276	Georgian Silver and Niello Drinking Bowl			USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00	1,100.00
277	Two Moroccan Gold Snuff Boxes			USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
278	Persian Silver Festival Bowl			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	1,980.00
279	Good Polish Parcel Gilt Silver Alms Dish			USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	3,300.00
280	Syrian Silver and Copper and Inlaid Brass Box			USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	935.00
281	Silver Cosmetic Etui			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
282	Austrian Silver Snuffbox			USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
283	Yemenite Silver Box			USD 350.00 - 450.00	165.00
284	Continental Sheet Copper Charity Box			USD 500.00 - 700.00	330.00
285	Persian Brass Astrolabe			USD 600.00 - 800.00	1,320.00
286	Pair of Polish Parcel-Gilt Silver Tefillin Cases			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	4,675.00
287	Central European Pewter Purim Plate			USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	1,045.00
288	German Pewter Passover Plate			USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	2,750.00
289	Continental Silver Passover Plate			USD 800.00 - 1,000.00	1,320.00
290	Extraordinary Pewter Passover Plate			USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	12,100.00

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.
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.
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