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Auction Info

Sale Name: Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books
Auction Date: 06/23/1999 - 06/23/1999
Year of Sale: 1999
Sale Number: #9192
Total Lots: 143
Sold Lots: 143
Lots Sold: 100.0%
Unsold Lots: 0
Price Unknown: 0

Total Sales (USD): 3,767,300.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 1,301,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 2,039,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 1,301,600.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 2,039,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 184.68%
Currency: USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars: 4,578,840.00

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
105		SIDDUR (daily prayer-book according to the Ashkenazic rite).	(1515)	USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00	937,500.00
106	ben Isaac of Przemysl [d. after 1630]	SIDDUR (daily prayer-book)	[early 17th century]	USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00	387,500.00
99	SAMUEL of Ulm (Germany, mid-15th century).	Sefer Minhagim (with many other texts).	(1453)	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	222,500.00
7	ALFASI, Isaac ben Jacob (Rif; 1013-1103).	Hilkhot ha-Rif	[14th century]	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	222,500.00
2	ABRAHAM BEN BARUCH, of Rothenburg (d. 1298; brother of Meir of Rothenburg [MAHARAM]).	Sefer Sinai	(1391)	USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00	211,500.00
5	ADRET, Solomon ben Abraham ben (Barcelona, c. 1235-1310).	Teshuvot She'elot (Collection of responsa)	[c. 1469-1473]	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	134,500.00
14	AVERROES (Mohammed ibn Rushd; Cordova 1126-Marrakech 1198).	Commentaries on Aristotle, mostly in the translation of Zerahiah ben Isaac Hen	late 13th century	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	112,500.00
3	ABUDARHAM, David ben Joseph (Spain, 14th century).	Perush ha-Berakhot ve-ha-Tefillot	1 Tevet, 5250 (= 25 November 1489)	USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	101,500.00
12		[ASTRONOMY]. Miscellany volume of scientific texts	[14th-15th century]	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	60,800.00
57	JUAN GIL de Burgos (Spain, 13th century).	Treatise on astronomy, chronology, astrology and mathematics in one hundred chapters.	[ 14th century]	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	57,500.00
51	ISAAC BEN JOSEPH, of Corbeil (d. 1280).	Sefer Mitsvot Katan (Semak)	1392	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	55,200.00
9	ANAV, Jehiel ben Jekuthiel, of Rome (second half 13th century).	Sefer Ma'alot ha-Middot	(1366)	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	51,750.00
30	ELIEZER BEN JOEL HALEVI, of Bonn (1140-1225).	Sefer Ra'avyah (or Avi ha-Ezri).	[16th-17th century]	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	48,300.00
59	KIMHI, David (Narbonne, 1160?-1235?).	Commentary on Ezekiel and the twelve Minor Prophets	[14th century]	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	48,300.00
52	ISAAC BEN JOSEPH, of Corbeil (d. 1280).	Sefer Mitsvot Katan (Semak)	[14th-15th century]	USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00	43,700.00
8	ANAV, Benjamin ben Abraham (Rome; c. 1215-c. 1295).	Commentary on the Alfabetin	[late 13th century]	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	43,700.00
33	GABIROL, Solomon ben Judah ibn (Malaga, c. 1021-c. 1056).	Mivchar ha-Peninim (A Choice of Corals [or Pearls]	(1484)	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	40,250.00
98	SAMSON BEN ZADOK (pupil of Meir of Rothenburg, 13th century).	Sefer Tashbets (Responsa).	[15th century]	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	40,250.00
102	SHEM TOV, Joseph ibn (Spain, c. 1400-c. 1460).	Commentary on Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics.	[between 1455 and 1489]	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	36,800.00
61	LANDAU, Jacob Baruch ben Judah (fl. 1460).	Divrei Agur and Sefer Chazon	[end of 1491-1492.]	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	36,800.00
13	AVERROES (Mohammed ibn Rushd; Cordova 1126-Marrakech 1198).	Collection of commentaries on Aristotle	(1446)	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	36,800.00
36	GHAZALI, Mohammed (1058-1111).	Anonymous short commentary on his Intentions of the Philosophers	(1429)	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	34,500.00
55	JACOB BEN ASHER (1270-1340).	[Arba'ah Turim]. Tur Orach Chayyim.	[15th century]	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	34,500.00
88	NARBONI, Moses ben Joshua (= Maestre Vidal Bellsom, Perpignan, c. 1300-Spain, 1362).	Commentary on Mohammed Ghazali's Intentions of the Philosophers.	[15th century]	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	34,500.00
19	with commentary by Immanuel ben Solomon ben Jekuthiel of Rome.	BIBLE, in Hebrew -- HAGIOGRAPHA. Sefer Mishlei (Proverbs),	[1487].	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	32,200.00

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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, 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.

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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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