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
276	Letter of Rabbi Yechiel Yehudah Eizikson Rabbi of Sighet (Son-in-Law of the Atzei Chaim) -- Sighet, Nisan 1948 -- Record of Testimony on Deaths in the Holocaust	Sighet	Nisan 1948	Not Available	USD 137.50
277	Besorah Tovah -- Founding Meeting of the Yismach Moshe Society in New York -- 1930 -- Founded by Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum of Lapush-Bronx -- Rare		1930	Not Available	Not Sold
278	Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov -- Cheshvan 1980 -- "May G-d Bless Your Strength... May You Succeed in All Your Endeavors, Be Satisfied and Full of G-d's Blessing, In Health... and Long Life..."		Cheshvan 1980	Not Available	Not Sold
279	Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam -- Sivan 1983 -- With Two Handwritten Lines: "With Much Love, Blessing You with Salvation, Success and All Good Forever"		Sivan 1983	Not Available	USD 812.50
280	Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam -- Shevat 1984 -- "May G-d Bless Your Strength... May You Succeed in All Your Endeavors, Be Satisfied and Full of G-d's Blessing, In Health... and Long Life..."		Shevat 1984	Not Available	Not Sold
281	Photocopies of Unknown Letters of the Rebbe Rayatz -- To His Grandson Barry Gurary -- 1929/1945		1929/1945	Not Available	Not Sold
282	Shanah Tovah Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Elul 1960 -- 200th Yahrzeit of the Baal Shem Tov		Elul 1960	Not Available	USD 1,187.50
283	Shanah Tovah Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Elul 1960 -- 200th Yahrzeit of the Baal Shem Tov		Elul 1960	Not Available	USD 1,062.50
284	Shanah Tovah Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Elul 1962		Elul 1962	Not Available	USD 1,062.50
285	Shanah Tovah Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Elul 1966		Elul 1966	Not Available	USD 1,062.50
286	Shanah Tovah Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Elul 1966		Elul 1966	Not Available	USD 1,187.50
287	Shanah Tovah Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Elul 1967		Elul 1967	Not Available	USD 1,062.50
288	Shanah Tovah Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Elul 1968		Elul 1968	Not Available	USD 1,062.50
289	Shanah Tovah Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Elul 1971		Elul 1971	Not Available	USD 1,125.00
290	Two Letters of Rabbi Shemaryahu Gurary (Son-in-Law of the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch) -- Letters of Thanks for Donations to Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch Yeshiva			Not Available	USD 250.00
291	Large Chabad Collection -- Letters, Posters and Printed Paper Items -- 1920s-1960s		1920s-1960s	Not Available	USD 425.00
292	Collection of Manuscript Leaves and Booklets -- Copyings of Chabad Chassidic Discourses -- Hechaltzu by the Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch and Discourses by the Grandsons of the Tzemach Tzedek of Babruysk -- Incomplete Copyings			Not Available	USD 125.00
293	Decorated Ketubah -- Colorful Booklet -- Rasht (Persia), 1918	Rasht (Persia)	1918	Not Available	USD 750.00
294	Collection of Ketubot -- Yemenite Jews in Eretz Israel -- 1930s-1960s		1930s-1960s	Not Available	Not Sold
295	Ketubah -- Jerusalem, 1874	Jerusalem	1874	Not Available	USD 375.00
296	Ketubot and Wedding Documents -- Zwebner Family -- Jerusalem, 1900-1909 / Tel Aviv, 1926	Jerusalem / Tel Aviv	1900-1909 /1926	Not Available	USD 687.50
297	Tena'im and Engagement Agreement -- Zwebner Family -- Jerusalem, 1891-1904 / Tel Aviv, 1926	Jerusalem / Tel Aviv	1891-1904 / 1926	Not Available	USD 1,000.00
298	Collection of Wedding Invitations -- Lithuanian Yeshiva Students -- 1921-1938		1921-1938	Not Available	USD 812.50
299	Invitation to Wedding of Tzivyah Karelitz, Sister of the Chazon Ish, and Rabbi Shmuel Greineman -- Vilna, 1918	Vilna	1918	Not Available	USD 250.00
300	Collection of Wedding Invitations -- Rabbinic and Scholarly Families -- Various Countries -- 1900s-1970s	Various Countries	1900s-1970s	Not Available	USD 275.00

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.
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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