Sothebys: Important Judaica, N11907, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025
Page Size: 45 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
77

First edition of the correspondence between George Washington and the American Jewish communities, 1796

1796 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,065.00
78

Hebrew Bible (Everard Van Der Hooght, ed.)

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,096.00
79

The Form of Prayers According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Philadelphia: Isaac Leeser, 1837-1838, 6 volumes

Philadelphia 1837-1838 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Not Sold
80

The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, Translated by Isaac Leeser, Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., 1869

Philadelphia 1869 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
81

THE TWENTY-FOUR BOOKS OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, TRANSLATED BY ISAAC LEESER, PHILADELPHIA: [ISAAC LEESER], 1853

PHILADELPHIA 1853 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,096.00
82

Three Anniversary Addresses for the Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans of New Orleans [1857, 1861, 1862]

[1857, 1861, 1862] USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
84

Autograph Manuscript of Theodor Herzl's "The Family Affliction"

USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 95,250.00
85

Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State), Theodor Herzl

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 35,560.00
87

The Kennicott Bible with Accompanying Commentary Volume (London, 1985: Facsimile Edition)

(London 1985 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,334.00
88

A Rare Mizrah Papercut, Circa 1900

Circa 1900 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,525.00
89

An Illustrated Traveler's Prayer and Bedtime Shema (Tefilat ha-Derekh and Kriyat Shema 'al ha Mitah) [Germany,] 1757

[Germany] 1757 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,400.00
90

Central European Regulations on the Taxation of Jews and Kosher Food, Composite Register of Printed and Manuscript Instructions for Tax Collectors

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,430.00
91

Fourteenth-Century Scroll of Esther (Megillat Esther) on Carved Wooden Roller

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 38,100.00
92

A Rare Monumental Ashkenazic Torah Scroll, [Northern Italy, ca. 1400]

[Northern Italy ca. 1400] USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 215,900.00
93

A Historic Yemenite Torah Scroll

USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 69,850.00
94

MINIATURE TORAH SCROLL, [EASTERN EUROPE: LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURIES]

[EASTERN EUROPE LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURIES] USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 17,780.00
99 Shalom of Safed (Shalom Moskovitz, 1887--1980)

A Family Around the Sabbath Table, Safed: Circa 1960

Safed Circa 1960 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,334.00
100 Shalom of Safed (Shalom Moskovitz, 1887--1980)

Sephardic Jews Reciting Psalms in a Synagogue [Safed, Mid-20th century]

[Safed Mid-20th century] USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,890.00
101

Illustrations for the Passover Haggadah, Ze'ev Raban, 1890-1970

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
102

The Moss Haggadah (A Song of David Limited Facsimile Edition) with Accompanying Commentary Volume, Rochester: Bet Alpha, 1987

Rochester 1987 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,985.00
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000