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Auction Name Seforim, Glosses & Signatures, Chabad, Eretz Yisrael and Zionism, Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Holocaust and refugees. Total Sales (USD) 41,842.00
Auction Date September 19, 2019 - September 19, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 49,890.00
Sale Number #116 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 76,650.00
Total Lots 343
Sold Lots 184 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 99,720.00
% of Lots Sold 53.64% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 151,720.00
Unsold Lots 159 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 27.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
323

Letter with the handwritten signature of the Admo"r Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch, to Rabbi Yisrael Meisel.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,952.00
210

Two yellow badges, black star of David on a yellow background, with the letter J at center, to indicate a Jew.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,708.00
212

Yellow badge, black-colored star of David on yellow fabric, with the word Juif at center ("Jew" in French).

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,220.00
276

* Mikra Mefaresh on chamishah chumshei Torah.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,098.00
315

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USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,037.00
286

Pri Chadash - elucidations and legal novellae on Shulchan Aruch, hilchot: rosh chodesh, Pesach, yom tov and gittin, by Rabbi Chizkiyah da Silva.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 915.00
317

The letter was sent to communal activist Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu, with condolences for his wife"s passing.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 854.00
321

" Just as the Jews had light and joy, gladness and honor (in all its meanings) - so may it be for us ..."

 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 793.00
275

* Mechir Yayin, the Rem"a"s commentary on megillat Esther.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 732.00
39

Felix Bonfils [1831-1885] was a French photographer who was active 1867-1878.

USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 671.00
72

* Engraving: Ceremonies used at the Circumcision of the Jews, with detail at the bottom, from Dictionary of the Holy Bible, London, 1732, by Calmet.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 610.00
205

Chilling historic document: poster the Nazis hung in the Odessa streets during the Holocaust with instructions and warnings for the Jews.

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 549.00
96

[57] Hebrew calendars from: Hamburg, Altona, Hanover, Mainz and Amsterdam.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 512.00
153

Important and fascinating collection with important historic items,

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 512.00
260

Divrei Kodesh sermons and notations on spiritual arousal delivered on Hoshana Rabbah by the "Minchat Elazar" of Munkacs.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 488.00
136

Dod Mordechai - two parts with separate title pages.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 415.00
319

Banknote with a face value of five Israeli shekels given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe"s own hands.

 USD 250.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
338

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USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
149

* Klilat Chatanim - regarding engagement and marriage.

USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 366.00
181

A Brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif published by the Supreme Moslem Council.

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 366.00
95

Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, Oder: Reise-Buch uber die gantze heilige Schrift.

 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 342.00
268

* Maginei Shlomo on commentaries on the Talmud, authored by Rabbi Yehoshua son of Yosef of Krakow.

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 342.00
361

Letter by Rabbi Chaim Nachum Effendi, Chief Rabbi of Egypt (and the Ottoman Empire), to the Rishon L"Tziyon Rabbi Ben Tziyon Meir Chai Uziel.

 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 342.00
51

Black and white pictures.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 317.00
69

Poster published in Russia marking three years since the Communist victory.

 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 317.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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