Genazym: Catalog of the Giants, 625, Monsey

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025
Page Size: 76 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Pri Megadim Original Signature

USD 70,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 93,750.00
2

Noda BYehuda and his Beis Din

USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 93,750.00
3

Handwritten Haskama by the Chavas Da'as on an Important Manuscript

USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 77,500.00
4

Lengthy Halachic Teshuvah Handwritten by Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margalios, Author of Beis Ephraim

USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 42,500.00
5

Beis Meir, author's Personal Copy, with Hundreds of Glosses in His Handwriting

USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 72,500.00
6

Glosses by Rabbi Akiva Eiger and his son Rabbi Shlomo Eiger

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 62,500.00
7

Three Complete booklets Handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Eiger

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 45,000.00
8

Miraculous Drashah of Chasam Sofer Saving Jews of Pressburg from Yom Kippur Desecration

USD 40,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 93,750.00
9

Discovery!

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 52,500.00
10

Rare Handwritten and Autographed Semichah by the Yeshuos Yaakov

Lemberg 1829 USD 10,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 16,250.00
11

Handwritten Teshuvah of the Shoel U'Meishiv to Rabbi Tzvi Hersch of Liska

Lvov 1867 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 15,000.00
12

Personal

USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 52,500.00
13

Historical Letter Signed by the Rashash. 1774

1774 USD 80,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 112,500.00
14

Hidden Treasure of Hungarian Jewish History

USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 32,500.00
15

Handwritten Poem by the Son-in-Law of the Maharal of Prague

1609 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 37,500.00
16

Rare and Exceptional

Kushta 1505 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 231,250.00
17

Sefer Yesod

Constantinople 1515 USD 40,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 82,500.00
18

Sefer Yesod on the Principles of the Talmud

Constantinople 1510 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 112,500.00
19

Sefer Yesod

Kushta 1514 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 106,250.00
20

Rare Meah Shearim

Salonika 1543. First Edition USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,000.00
21

The First Kabbalistic Sefer Ever Printed!!

Venice 1523 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 17,500.00
22

Fundamental Kabbalistic Sefer

Mantua 1558 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 23,750.00
23

The Sacred Piyut Azamer Bishvachin by the Holy Arizal

Venice c. 1575 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 22,500.00
24

"Success in all matters and never lacking parnasah" Segulos and Remedies in the Holy Handwriting of Rabbi Chaim Vital

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 168,750.00
25

Manuscript Owned and signed by the Chida.

late 17th century USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 87,500.00
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.