Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Rare and Important Items, 107, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 15, 2026 - April 15, 2026
Page Size: 71 items in 3 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Elaborate Silver Binding with Dedication to Groom – Probably Germany, 1779

Germany 1779 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,250.00
2

Elaborate Silver Binding – Venice, 18th Century – Levi Family Coat of Arms

Venice 18th Century USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,875.00
37

Engraved Esther Scroll – Amsterdam, 18th Century

Amsterdam 18th Century USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,500.00
38 Family Member of Benaiah HaSofer

Manuscript, Taj Torah (Bereshit-Shemot) – Written by Family Member of Benaiah HaSofer – Yemen, 15th/16th Century

Yemen 15th/16th Century USD 10,000.00 - 13,000.00 USD 15,000.00
39 Family Member of Benaiah HaSofer

Manuscript, Taj Torah (Bamidbar-Devarim) – Written by Family Member of Benaiah HaSofer – Yemen, 15th/16th Century

Yemen 15th/16th Century USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,750.00
40

Parchment Megillat Yechezkel – Prayers Recited at the Gravesite of the Prophet Yechezkel – Iraq, Ca. 19th Century

Iraq c. 19th Century USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,875.00
41

Decorated Manuscript – Pocket Siddur – Shabbat and Festival Prayers – Baghdad, 20th Century

Baghdad 20th Century USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,000.00
42 R. Yeshayahu Bassan; R. Menashe Chefetz

Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Verona, 1712 – Basevi and Caravaglio Families – Signatures of Rabbis of Verona, R. Yeshayahu Bassan and R. Menashe Chefetz

Verona 1712 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 23,750.00
43

Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Livorno, 1747 – Sacuto and Caravaglio Families – With Illustrations of the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem

Livorno 1747 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 31,250.00
44

Ketubah Decorated with Colorful Parchment Cut – Senigallia, 1777

Senigallia 1777 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,625.00
45

Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Corfu, Greece, 1804

Corfu, Greece 1804 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,250.00
46

Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Malta, 1807 – Only Known Ketubah from Malta

Malta 1807 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,250.00
47

Large Decorated Paper Ketubah – Karaite Community of Chufut-Kale – Crimea, Ukraine, 1826

Crimea, Ukraine 1826 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,750.00
48

Decorated Paper Ketubah – Ruse (Rustchuk), Bulgaria, 1848

Ruse (Rustchuk), Bulgaria 1848 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,250.00
49

Decorated Paper Ketubah – Herat, Afghanistan, 1890

Herat, Afghanistan 1890 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,125.00
50 Shmuel Ben David

Ketubah for the Wedding of the Daughter of Menachem Ussishkin and the Son of Max Bodenheimer – Illustrated by Shmuel Ben David, Senior Bezalel Instructor – Jerusalem, 1923

Jerusalem 1923 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,875.00
51

Year-Round Roman-Rite Siddur – Bologna, 1537 – Printed on Parchment

Bologna 1537 USD 60,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 60,000.00
52

Shlah Siddur Shaar HaShamayim – Amsterdam, 1717 – First Edition – Complete Copy of All Parts – Segulah Book

Amsterdam 1717 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 93,750.00
53

Sephardic-Rite Siddur – Printed on Parchment – Amsterdam, 1760 – Pocket Edition

Amsterdam 1760 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 32,500.00
54

Passover Haggadah – Prague, 1526 – Many Fine Woodcut Illustrations – First Printed Illustrated Haggadah, Prototype for Centuries of Illustrated Haggadot – Incomplete Copy

Prague 1526 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 68,750.00
55

Passover Haggadah – Mantua, 1560 – Many Fine Woodcut Decorations and Illustrations – First Illustrated Haggadah Printed in Italy – One of the Most Impressive Hebrew Printed Productions of the 16th Century

Mantua 1560 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 75,000.00
56 Arthur Szyk

The Szyk Haggadah – Illustrated Parchment Haggadah by Arthur Szyk – London, 1940

London 1940 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 23,750.00
57 Rabbi Yosef Albo

Sefer HaIkarim by Rabbi Yosef Albo – Incunabulum – Soncino, 1485

Soncino 1485 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 35,000.00
58

Kuzari – Fano, 1506 – Printed by Gershom Soncino – First Edition of Fundamental Work on Jewish Faith – Schocken Copy

Fano 1506 USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 93,750.00
59

Torat Kohanim – Sifra – Constantinople, 1510 – First Edition – Printing of Book Not Completed – Especially Rare

Constantinople 1510 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 93,750.00
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
  • June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950