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Auction Name Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika and more Total Sales (USD) 75,368.25
Auction Date May 23, 2022 - May 23, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #54 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 203
Sold Lots 138 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 67.98% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 65 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
133

Historic: Stamp of the beit din of Rabbi Shmuel Salant. 18/19th century

 18/19th century Not Available USD 6,765.00
194 the Admorim of Peshversk, Rabbi Itzikle and Rabbi Yankele.

Letter handwritten and signed by the Admorim of Peshversk, Rabbi Itzikle and Rabbi Yankele.

 Not Available USD 5,166.00
131 Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

Unique and exciting: letter handwritten and signed by Maran Sar HaTorah Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and the rabbanit Bat Sheva to his father-in-law (her father) Maran HaGrish Elyashiv. Bnei Brak 1952

 1952 Not Available USD 3,690.00
201 hand

Long letter in Yiddish in which the author expresses his strong desire to immigrate to Israel, signed by hand by the Admor of Skolen, Rabbi Eliezer Zussya Portugal. New York, 1961

 1961 Not Available USD 3,444.00
211

Letter from the Rebbe with blessings for health, parnasa, and more. Adar 1957.

 1957 Not Available USD 3,198.00
210

Letter from the Rebbe with the addition of the handwritten “proper briyut and kol tov”. Elul, 1951.

 1951 Not Available USD 2,706.00
191 the Admor Rabbi Ben Zion Leib Twersky of Hornsteipel.

Letter handwritten by the Admor Rabbi Ben Zion Leib Twersky of Hornsteipel. Sent from Tel Aviv! 1936—the only year that he was in Tel Aviv

 1936 Not Available USD 2,460.00
102

Sefardi Sefer Torah inside a handsome wooden case.

 Not Available USD 2,214.00
132 Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

Unique and exciting item from the youth of Rav Kanievsky: Index of abbreviations and synonyms, handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

 Not Available USD 2,214.00
116 Rabbi Yaakov Kuli

Manuscript copy of Sefer Parshat Derachim with alterations from the printed copy, from the period of publication by Rabbi Yaakov Kuli, author of Me’am Loez. First half of the 18th century

 18th century Not Available USD 2,091.00
64

Ramban on the Torah in rare condition. Pizzaro (Italy), 1514. Missing copy.

 1514 Not Available USD 1,968.00
66

Segula: Khok L’Yisrael, one of the famous sifrei yesod. The first Hebrew book printed in Egypt, first edition Cairo 1740

 1740 Not Available USD 1,599.00
126

Taj manuscript, Genesis and Exodus. Yemen, 18/19th century

 18/19th century Not Available USD 1,353.00
144

Sefer Ohel David with handwritten additions by the author. Vienna, 1822.

 1822 Not Available USD 1,353.00
200 the Admor Rabbi Eliezer Fish of Hodos

A kvitl and mazal tov blessing for the wedding of the president of “Oz v’Hadar”, Rabbi Yehoshua Leifer shlita, from the Admor Rabbi Eliezer Fish of Hodos to the Admor of Timi?oara. New York 1977.

 1977 Not Available USD 1,230.00
137 Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook, Chief Rabbi.

Long and early letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook, Chief Rabbi. Yafo 1908.

 1908 Not Available USD 1,168.50
135 Rabbi Aryeh Levin

Long letter written entirely by hand by Rabbi Aryeh Levin to Rabbi Yehezkel Sarna, Rosh Yeshivat Chevron. Jerusalem 1928

 1928 Not Available USD 1,107.00
42

Sefer Yesod: Ma’avar Yabok—first edition, Mantua 1626.

 1626 Not Available USD 1,045.50
100

Antique sefer torah on red gvil parchment

 Not Available USD 1,045.50
198 the Admor Rabbi Shimon Natan Neta of Lalov.

Letter and kvitl handwritten and signed by the Admor Rabbi Shimon Natan Neta of Lalov. Addressed to the kabbalist Rabbi Menachem Menchin Mendel Rabinowitz.

 Not Available USD 1,045.50
2

Tikkun Leil Shavuot—printed by Rabbi Shmuel Shapira. Slavita 1836.

 1836 Not Available USD 922.50
6 the Rahak of Tolna.

First edition of the Sefer Birkat David by the Rahak of Tolna. Printed by Shapira in Zhitomir, 1862. with blessings for the readers.

 1862 Not Available USD 922.50
8

Rare with notes: Kehunat Olam/Imrei Shefer. First edition, Istanbul 1740. Signatures of rabbis from the Meyuchas family.

 1740 Not Available USD 738.00
101

Sefardi Sefer Torah inside a wooden case.

 Not Available USD 738.00
158 Rabbi Yitzhak Hutner,

Letter of hakarat hatov, signed by Rabbi Yitzhak Hutner, Rosh Yeshivat Chaim Berlin. Brooklyn 1972

 1972 Not Available USD 738.00
  • 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
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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
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