• Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    April 16, 2026
    Doyle, Apr. 16: Twelve miscellaneous volumes on Italian history and literature. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: A fine collection of Company school paintings of Mughal monuments. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: A Book of Hours of Rouen with eight miniatures. $30,000 to $45,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: Einstein discusses General Relativity and the Unified Field Theory. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: An extraordinary letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: Extraordinary color plates of the geology of St. Helena. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Apr. 16: The deluxe issue of Rorer's Mimpish Squinnies. $800 to $1,200.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.

Moreshet Auctions: Prestigious Winter Auction, 89, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 08, 2026 - February 08, 2026
Page Size: 146 items in 6 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Glory of the Italian Printing Presses! The First Machzor that was Printed with a Commentary: Two Sections of the Machzor per the Custom of Rome, First Edition of Kimcha DeAvishuna and the Sforno -

Bologna 1540 Not Available USD 4,000.00
2

Valuable Treasure! Hundreds of Glosses Handwritten by the Italian Geonim Rabbi Shneur Ibn Danan and Rabbi Pinchas Anav on the Sheets of a Complete and Rare Set of the Sefer Yesod Rav Alfas - First Edition of Shiltei Hagiborim Sabbioneta

 1554-1555 Not Available USD 18,750.00
3

Rare! She'elot Lehachacham Rabbi Shaul Hacohen with Commentaries on Moreh Nevochim - Single Edition

Venice 1574 Not Available USD 1,125.00
4

Chavatzelet Hasharon - Commentary by Rabbeinu the Alshich Hakadosh on Sefer Daniel - Printed in the Author's Lifetime!

Venice 1591 Not Available USD 625.00
5

Volume with Two Books by Rabbi Shmuel Hagiz of Fes: Mevakesh Hashem / Devar Shmuel - Juan di Gara Press - First Edition in the Author's Lifetime

Venice 1596 Not Available USD 750.00
6

Fine Copy with All (!) the Rare Indices Leaves which are Bibliographically Not Listed: Midrash Shmuel on Pirkei Avot by Rabbi Shmuel di Uzeda - Third Edition in the Author's Lifetime

 Venice 1600 Not Available USD 1,375.00
7

Fine Copy in an Ancient Leather Binding: Selichot per the Custom of the Ashkenazim of Italy -

Venice 1600 Not Available USD 2,375.00
8

Rare Treasure! Fine Complete Set in Ancient Wooden and Leather Bindings! Talmud Bavli Printed by Emanuel Benvenisti -

Amsterdam 1644-1648 Not Available USD 25,000.00
9

The First Bible in Yiddish - with the Leaf with the Table of Haftarot and the Metaken's Apology

 Amsterdam 1676-1679 Not Available USD 687.50
10

Chamisha Chumshei Torah Tikkun Sofrim -

Amsterdam 1726 Not Available USD 375.00
11

Rare! Seder Zera'im of the Talmud Published by Rabbeinu Yonasan Eibeschitz "Having being Allowed to Print Talmud Books" -

Prague 1728 Not Available USD 1,750.00
12

Rare! Fine Copy in an Original Binding: Moshe Yedaber by Rabbi Moshe Yisrael Av Beit Din of Rhodes - First Edition

 Salonika 1815 Not Available USD 812.50
13

Rare! First Time Auctioned: Ish Chayil, the History of the Gaon Rabbi Dov Berish Meisles Av Beis Din of Warsaw - Single Edition

 Krakow 1871 Not Available USD 500.00
14

First Edition of Two Works by the Mekubal Rabbi Natan Shapira: Matzat Shimurim and Mamar Yayin Hameshumar -

 Venice 1660 Not Available Not Sold
15

An Important Sefer Yesod! Complete Set of the First Edition of the Noda BiYehuda Mahadura Kama and Mahadura Tanyana - Copy of the Chasam Sofer's Disciples

Prague 1776-1811 Not Available USD 625.00
16

Extremely Rare! First Edition of Likkutei Tehillim Known Today as Tehillim HaChida which is a Segulah for Refu'ah and Yehshu'ah -

Willhelmsdorf 1717 Not Available USD 625.00
17

Miniature Siddur - Fine Copy! Seder Chamesh Ta'aniyot -

 Amsterdam 1740 Not Available Not Sold
18

Masterpiece! First Time Auctioned! Complete and Elegant Copy: Siddur Tefillot Tikkun Ezra -

 Vienna 1815 Not Available USD 2,250.00
19

Fine Copy of a Rare Prayer Book with Interesting Ancient Ownership Signatures: Tefillat Yom Kippur Katan -

Russia-Poland, ca. 1840 Not Available USD 750.00
20

Chemdat Segulah! Copy of Rabbeinu Hakadosh the Maharal Tzintz with Glosses: Abudraham -

Amsterdam 1726 Not Available Not Sold
21

Twofold Kedushah! First Edition of Sefer Peirot Genosar by Rabbeinu the Author of the Or Hachaim Hakadosh with Signatures of the Gaon Author of the Arugot Habosem and His Father - First Edition in the Author's Lifetime

 Amsterdam 1742 Not Available USD 4,250.00
22

The Shelah HaKaddosh of the Gaon Rabbi Daniel Prusstitz Rosh Av Beit Din of Pressburg in the Period of the Chasam Sofer: Shnei Luchot Habrit -

Frankfurt an der Oder 1717 Not Available USD 2,000.00
23

Sefer Luchot Edut the Work that was Written to Defend Rabbeinu Yonasan Eibeschitz during the Amulet Polemic with Rabbeinu the Yavetz - First Edition

 Altona 1755 Not Available Not Sold
24

Rare! With the Opening Leaf with Photocopies of Letters: ULehatzdik Tzaddik Booklet - the Dispute between the Rashban Schuck and the Levushei Mordechai of Mad - Single Edition,

 Sasfalau 1912 Not Available USD 375.00
25

Letter of Kana'ut against the HaMizrachi - Handwritten on the Official Stationery of HaMizrachi (!!!) -

Grosswardein 1920 Not Available USD 250.00
  • Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
    Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
    Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
    Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.
  • S&D Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    Rare Maps, Prints & Art 1478-1882
    April 16, 2026
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Ptolemy. North Africa from Ulm edition. Unique copy. 1482-86.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Blaeu. Masterpiece world map. c.1659.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Unknown. Sea Flags printed on silk. Rare. c.1840.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Fredrik Kolstø. Aftenstemning ved Kysten. c.1890-t.
    SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Knut Yran. OL-plakaten Oslo 1952.