Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Jewish Ceremonial Art and Photographs, 60, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025

Page Size: 378 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Handwritten and Hand-Decorated Parchment Leaf -- Megillah Blessings -- Italy, 18th Century	Italy	18th Century	Not Available	USD 2,125.00
2	Large-Format Esther Scroll -- Ca. 19th Century		Ca. 19th Century	Not Available	USD 212.50
3	Small-Format Esther Scroll -- Illustrated -- Italy, 19th Century	Italy	19th Century	Not Available	USD 1,375.00
4	Esther Scroll in Decorated Case -- Possibly Russia, Turn of 20th Century	Possibly Russia	Turn of 20th Century	Not Available	USD 2,000.00
5	Small-Format Esther Scroll -- 19th/20th Century		19th/20th Century	Not Available	USD 575.00
6	Large Esther Scroll -- 19th-20th Century		19th-20th Century	Not Available	USD 325.00
7	Miniature Esther Scroll -- 19th/20th Century		19th/20th Century	Not Available	USD 687.50
8	Miniature Esther Scroll -- 20th Century		20th Century	Not Available	USD 600.00
9	Printed Esther Scroll -- Basel, 1806	Basel	1806	Not Available	USD 187.50
10	Printed Esther Scroll -- Nitra, 1834 -- Illustrated	Nitra	1834	Not Available	USD 200.00
11	Printed Family Tree -- Rabbi Yisrael of Rozhinoy and the Sackheim and Gunsburg Families -- Europe, 1888	Europe	1888	Not Available	USD 137.50
12	Portrait of the Vilna Gaon -- Large Color Lithograph -- Breslau, Turn of 20th Century	Breslau	Turn of 20th Century	Not Available	Not Sold
13	Portrait of the Vilna Gaon -- Large Color Lithograph -- Germany, Early 20th Century	Germany	Early 20th Century	Not Available	Not Sold
14	Portrait of Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Rabbi of Kovno -- Large Color Lithograph -- Germany, Turn of 20th Century	Germany	Turn of 20th Century	Not Available	USD 187.50
15	Portraits of the Vilna Gaon and Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor -- Large Color Lithograph -- Germany, Early 20th Century	Germany	Early 20th Century	Not Available	USD 212.50
16	Color Lithograph -- Portraits of the Vilna Gaon, the Malbim and Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor Rabbi of Kovno -- Germany, Early 20th Century	Germany	Early 20th Century	Not Available	USD 200.00
17	Portrait of Rabbi Isaac Bernays, Rabbi of Hamburg -- Lithograph -- Hamburg, 1822	Hamburg	1822	Not Available	USD 237.50
18	Portrait of Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsch -- Basel, Late 19th or Early 20th Century	Basel	Late 19th or Early 20th Century	Not Available	USD 212.50
19	Portrait of Cantor Salomon Sulzer -- Lithograph -- Vienna, Ca. 1850	Vienna	Ca. 1850	Not Available	USD 250.00
20	Jewish Figures -- Collection of Prints -- 17th-19th Centuries		17th-19th Centuries	Not Available	USD 250.00
21	Jewish Customs and Rituals -- Collection of Engravings -- 18th Century -- Augustin Calmet and Bernard Picart		18th Century	Not Available	USD 275.00
22	Photograph of Rabbi Avraham Shag-Zwebner -- Vienna, 1860s-1870s	Vienna	1860s-1870s	Not Available	USD 375.00
23	Photograph of the Imrei Emet of Ger			Not Available	USD 125.00
24	Two Photographs -- The Chasdei David of Sochatchov and Rabbi Aryeh Tzvi Frummer, the Gaon of Kozieglowy / Rabbi Binyamin Moshe Landau, Rabbi of Bedzin			Not Available	USD 600.00
25	Collection of Photographs -- Portraits of Rabbis and Torah Scholars -- Late 19th and 20th Century		Late 19th and 20th Century	Not Available	USD 125.00

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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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.