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Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Rare And Important Items

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Auction Name Rare And Important Items Total Sales (USD) 1,245,375.00
Auction Date May 24, 2022 - May 24, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,124,900.00
Sale Number #86a High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,648,400.00
Total Lots 105
Sold Lots 88 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,362,900.00
% of Lots Sold 83.81% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,989,400.00
Unsold Lots 17 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 62.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
73

Miniature Machzor – With Illustrated Passover Haggadah – Elaborate Miniature on a Single Sheet of Parchment Cut into Roundels – Rare and Unique Hebrew Manuscript – Italy, 15th/16th Century

late 15th or early 16th century]. USD 350,000.00 - 450,000.00 USD 425,000.00
79

Pre-Expulsion Sephardi Torah Scroll – Scribed According to a Unique Tradition with Extensive Crownlet Decorations and Many Unusual Letters

[Ca. mid-15th century]. USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 75,000.00
107

Carl Gustav Jung – Large Collection of Letters and Photographs – Letters, Handwritten and Typewritten, Signed by Jung, Addressed to the Psychoanalyst Dr. Rivkah Schärf Kluger – Unpublished Letters

[ca. 1940-60]. USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 62,500.00
105

Autograph Letter Signed by Albert Einstein – Dealing with the Rising Power of Nazi Germany – "There are diseases that cannot be overcome without surgery. I cannot deny this even though I abhor the knife"

ca. 1936]. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 40,000.00
21

Igeret Orchot Olam – First and Rare Edition of the First Hebrew Work Describing America – Venice, 1586 – Signatures and Glosses of "Ish Ger", Rabbi Avraham Yosef Shlomo Graziano

1586 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 35,000.00
40

Three Leaves Handwritten by the Haflaa – Unpublished Novellae on Tractate Pesachim

ca. late 18th century]. USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,000.00
80

Large Illustrated Esther Scroll – Bohemia, Second Half of 18th Century / Germany, 19th Century – From the Estate of Dr. Meyer Marcus Lehman

second half of 18th century]. USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 30,000.00
61

Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Akiva Eger – Posen, 1820

1820 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 25,000.00
75

Decorated Manuscript on Parchment – Order of Brit Milah and Pidyon HaBen – Aszód, 1772

1772]. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
11

Book of Iyov with the Commentary of the Ralbag – Incunabulum – Naples, 1487 – First Printing of the Book of Iyov

1487 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 23,750.00
18

Commentary on Tractate Avot by the Chassid Rabbi Yosef Yaavetz – Adrianopolis, 1555 – First Edition – One of the Few Hebrew Books Printed in Adrianopolis

[1555]. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,500.00
54

Ayin Roah – Unpublished Autograph Manuscript by Rabbi Yaakov Shimshon Shabtai Sinigaglia, Author of Shabbat shel Mi

19th century]. USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 21,250.00
49

Manuscript – Handwritten by the Author Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena – Index to Ein Yaakov

ca. early 17th century]. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,750.00
59

Notebook of Novellae Handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari – Unpublished Halachic Novellae and Homiletics

[Ca. 19th/20th century]. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,750.00
117

Journey of Kaiser Wilhelm II to the Holy Land – Large Collection of Postcards – 1898

ca. 1898 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,750.00
10

Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Venice, 1552-1563 – Printed by Giustiniani – Torah Section Scarce, Not in NLI

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,500.00
53

Manuscript – Segulot, Amulets, Incantations and Hashbaot – Practical Kabbalah Notebook of R. Refael Yeshaya Azulai Rabbi of Ancona, Son of the Chida – Many Passages in His Handwriting

ca. 1818-1819]. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,250.00
66

Letter from the Chafetz Chaim – For the Rabbinical Conference in Kraków – Hrodna, Elul 1924 – Good Year Wishes

1924 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 13,750.00
103

"Schutz-Pass" Signed by Raoul Wallenberg – With Letter Given to the Passport Bearer, Also Signed by Wallenberg – Exemption from Duty to Wear Yellow Badge

1944 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,750.00
108

Shai Agnon – Large Collection of Letters Addressed to Various People, including Dov Kimhi, Yitzhak Lamdan, Benjamin Tammuz, and Salman Schocken – Letters concerning the Publishing of Stories in the "Haaretz" Newspaper – Early Letter in German, Signed "Sha

1920s to 1960s. USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,750.00
48

She'iltot – Venice, 1546 – Glosses of the Kabbalist Rabbi Yaakov Tzemach – Signature of Rabbi Moshe Galante, the First Rishon LeTzion

1546 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 12,500.00
30

Discovery! – Tehillim with the Nora Tehillot Commentary – Zhitomir, Printed by Shapira ca. 1863 – Unknown Chassidic Commentary on Tehillim

ca. 1863]. USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 11,250.00
17

Three Books by the Chassid Yaavetz – First Editions – Ferrara, 1553

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
1

Year-Round Selichot Following Ashkenazi Rite – Special, Rare Copy Printed on Blue Paper – Venice, 1548

1548 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,000.00
7

Tractate Sotah – Venice, 1520 – First Talmud Edition Printed by Daniel Bomberg

1520 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,000.00
  • 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.
  • 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
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
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