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Sale Name
Important Judaica
Auction Date
12/19/2012 - 12/19/2012
Year of Sale
2012
Sale Number
#NO8922
Total Lots
69
Sold Lots
41
Lots Sold
59.4%
Unsold Lots
28
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
2,014,130.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
1,427,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
2,054,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,930,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,766,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
72.82%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
2,295,930.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
122 HAGGADAH SHEL PESAH (PASSOVER HAGGADAH), WITH THE COMMENTARY OF DON ISAAC ABRABANEL, MATTEH AHARON BY AARON TEOMIM OF WORMS AND AN ANONYMOUS KABBALISTIC COMMENTARY.

1730

 USD 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 962,500.00
109 MAHZOR FOR YOM KIPPUR AND SUKKOT ACCORDING TO THE FRENCH RITE.

USD 180,000.00 - 240,000.00 218,500.00
128 AN IMPORTANT DECORATED ESTHER SCROLL IN A MATCHING CONTEMPORARY SILVER CASE

1800

 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 170,500.00
167 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN DERSHOWITZ AND CAROLYN COHEN AN IMPORTANT AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF JEWISH POSTCARDS, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA.

USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 104,500.00
119 DEREKH ETZ HAIM (PATH OF THE TREE OF LIFE), HAIM VITAL

1700

 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 56,250.00
151 MAP OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA

1821

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 53,125.00
138 MIDRASH TANHUMA,

1520

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 46,250.00
155 PRAYERS FOR SHABBAT, ROSH-HASHANAH, AND KIPPUR, OR THE SABBATH, THE BEGINING OF THE YEAR, AND THE DAY OF ATONEMENTS; WITH THE AMIDAH AND MUSAPH OF THE MOADIM, OR SOLEMN SEASONS. ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE JEWS. TRANSLATED BY ISAA

5526

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 40,625.00
110 TOSAFOT, TRACTATE KIDDUSHIN

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 28,750.00
131 MICROGRAPHIC SHIVITI, SCRIBE: DANIEL STERN

1865

 USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 26,250.00
125 HAGGADAH SHEL PESAH IM ZIYYURIM NA'IM . . . (PASSOVER HAGGADAH WITH PLEASANT ILLUSTRATIONS . . . ), DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON PARCHMENT.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 22,500.00
108 GUIDE TO THE PERPLEXED: TWO EARLY LEAVES FROM YEMEN; BOOK I, CH. 68 (ON THE INTELLECT OF GOD); BOOK II, CH 24 (ON THE MOTION OF PLANETS)

1280

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 21,875.00
124 SEDER BIRKHOT HA-TORAH…, HAFTARAH…, (ORDER OF BLESSINGS OF THE TORAH, … HAFTORAH,…[AND OCCASIONAL BLESSINGS]),

1892

 USD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 18,750.00
107 TWO EARLY LEAVES FROM YEMEN: SEFER MADDA (BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE) LAWS OF REPENTANCE, 5:7-6:2; SEFER AHAVAH (BOOK OF LOVE) LAWS OF PRAYER, 3:10-4:9

1230

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 17,500.00
133 A COLLECTION OF THREE DECORATED MARRIAGE CONTRACTS FROM VIDIN, BULGARIA: 1858, 1900, 1904

1858

 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 17,500.00
121 LETTERS RELATING TO THE NEHEMIAH HIYYA HAYON CONTROVERSY

1729

 USD 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 16,250.00
106 A RARE AND IMPORTANT EARLY ASHKENAZIC TORAH FRAGMENT

1270

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 15,000.00
160 AN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT APOLOGIA FOR ISAAC LEESER'S BIBLE TRANSLATION, PHILADELPHIA: 1853; WRITTEN ON THE VERSO OF AN IMPORTANT RARE PRINTED CIRCULAR CALLING FOR A CONVENTION OF JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES,

1849

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 13,750.00
140 SHA'AR BET HASHEM HA-KADMONI (THIRD RABBINIC BIBLE),

1546

 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 11,250.00
116 AMAROT TEHOROT AND LIKKUTEI HAKDAMOT LE-HOKHMAT HAKABBALAH (KABBALISTIC COMPENDIUM), SOLOMON BEN MOSES HA-LEVI ALKABEZ

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 11,250.00
118 A COLLECTION OF POLEMICAL TEXTS,

1700

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 10,625.00
134 A HAND-DRAWN ILLUSTRATED KETUBBAH BORDER DESIGN BY ZE'EV RABAN,

1950

 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 10,000.00
171 THE MOSS HAGGADAH (A SONG OF DAVID LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION) WITH ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY VOLUME,

1987

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 10,000.00
162 PROPERTY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY JEWISH COOKERY BOOK, ESTHER LEVY,

1871

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 9,375.00
120 SEFER HA-KAVANOT (BOOK OF INTENTIONS), ATTRIBUTED TO ISAAC LURIA,

5480

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 8,750.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.