• Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. London, 1954-1955.FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, ALL IN THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST STATE DUST JACKETS.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Francesco Fontana. Novae coelestium terrestriumque rerum observationes... Naples: Gaffari, 1646. FIRST EDITION. Contains the first observations of spots on the surface of Mars.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. FIRST EDITION of “the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought” (PMM).
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Benjamin Franklin. Mémoires de la Vie Privée de Benjamin Franklin, écrits par lui-méme… Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. FIRST EDITION OF FRANKLIN'S MEMOIRS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Samuel Johnson, Jr. A School Dictionary… New Haven, [Connecticut]: Edward O'Brien, [1798]. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR, AN EXCEPTIONAL RARITY.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Joseph Smith, Jr. The Book of Mormon. Palmyra: Printed by E. B. Grandin, for the Author, 1830. FIRST EDITION.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Miguel de Cervántes Saavedra. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. THE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED IBARRA EDITION.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: James Joyce. Ulysses. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1936]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED BY JOYCE. Designated a “Presentation Copy” in ink beneath Joyce’s signature.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: [Photoplay]. Delos W. Lovelace. King Kong. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. FIRST EDITION of "a most sought after title" (Davis).
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. 40th Anniversary Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO HUGH HEFNER.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Neil Gaiman. Original manuscript for the "Neverwhere" BBC television miniseries. [London: Crucial Films, LTD., 1995-1996]. TYPESCRIPT "NEVERWHERE" WITH NEIL GAIMAN'S NOTES AND AMENDATIONS THROUGHOUT.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: [DICTIONARY]. Noah Webster. An American Dictionary of the English Language... New York, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY, UNCUT IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BOARDS
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Stephen King. Full Dark, No Stars. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010. WITH AN ORIGINAL TWO-PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATION BY GLENN CHADBOURNE
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: H. G. Wells. The Time Machine: An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895 [but 1897]. With a SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD laid in.
  • Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 1. Rare First Edition of Oronce Fine Double-Cordiform World Map (1531) Est. $50,000 - $60,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 2. French Edition of "Rudimentum Novitiorum" with Woodcut Maps of the World and Palestine (1543) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 3. Complete Edition of Munster’s Cosmographia with over 100 Maps & Views (1560) Est. $32,500 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 4. Purchas' Important Collection of Voyages with 88 Maps, Including John Smith Map of Virginia (1625-26) Est. $55,000 - $70,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 5. Complete First Latin Edition of De Bry's "Grands Voyages," Parts I-IX (1590-1602) Est. $120,000 - $150,000
  • Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 42 - Meyer (Dr. Hans). Across East African Glaciers, limited edition of 50, 1891. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 2 - Agassiz (Louis). Etudes sur les Glaciers, 2 volumes, 1840. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 234 - Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, 1584]. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 288 - Florio (John). A Worlde of Wordes, or most Copious, and Exact Dictionary in Italian and English, 1598. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 289 - Cotgrave (Randle). A Dictionary of the French and English Tongues, 1st edition, 1611. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 368 - Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, 1st edition, 1908. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 52 - Phillimore (R. H.). Historical Records of The Survey of India, 4 vols, 1st edition, 1945-58. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 92 - Albin (Eleazar). A Natural History of English Insects, 1st London, 1720. £2,500-3,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 99 - Leach (William Elford). Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniae, 1815-20 & 1875. £2,500-3,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 247 - Embroidered binding - Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, 1660. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 282 - Nightingale (Florence). Notes on Nursing, 1st ed., 2nd issue, [1860], signed presentation copy. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 66 - Ward (Rowland, editor). Great and Small Game of Africa, limited edition, 1899. £600-800
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 235 - Campo (Antonio). Cremona Fedelissima Citta, 1st edition, 1585. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 355 - Jewish playing cards. Artistic Palestine Play-Cards, Jerusalem: Duchifat Press, circa 1920. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 102 - America. Lea (P. & J. Overton). A New Mapp of America..., London: circa 1686. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 161 - North America. Laurie (R. H.), Map of the Southern Dominions belonging to the United States, 1823. £500-800
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Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Online Auction: Jewish History and Zionism – Books – Art – Photography – Prints and Maps – Numismatics

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Auction Name Online Auction: Jewish History and Zionism – Books – Art – Photography – Prints and Maps – Numismatics Total Sales (USD) 125,362.50
Auction Date July 23, 2024 - July 23, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #54a High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 299
Sold Lots 230 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 76.92% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 69 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
33

"To the People of Palestine" -- Broadside Proclaiming the Initiation of the British Mandate for Palestine -- Palestine, 1920 -- Reference to Balfour Declaration

1920 Not Available USD 4,000.00
49

Large Collection -- Passports and Travel Documents -- Jewish Travelers -- Early 20th Century -- Palestine Immigration Stamps

Early 20th Century Not Available USD 3,250.00
193

Collection of Some 1,000 "Shanah Tovah" Postcards -- Postcards Decorated with Birds and Flowers -- Germany and USA -- First Decades of the 20th Century

First Decades of the 20th Century Not Available USD 3,000.00
5 Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl -- Signed Autograph Letter, Addressed to Max Nordau -- Vienna, 1898

1898 Not Available USD 2,750.00
187

Large Assorted Collection of Postcards -- Some 400 Postcards -- Palestine, Different Publishers, 20th Century

20th Century Not Available USD 2,750.00
36

"The Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem" -- Memorandum by British Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1928 -- "White Book" Stating Jews' Right to Pray in front of the Western Wall

1928 Not Available USD 2,500.00
224 David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion -- Pungent Letter Regarding the Yossele Schumacher Affair -- Jerusalem, June 1962

1962 Not Available USD 2,500.00
9

Last Will of Baron Maurice de Hirsch -- Official English Translation on Parchment -- London, 7 August 1896 -- With Notary Certificate on Parchment and Official British Wax Seal

1896 Not Available USD 2,375.00
124 Charles Wilson

Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem -- Notes, by Charles Wilson -- London, 1865 -- Street Map of Jerusalem

1865 Not Available USD 1,875.00
155 Rudi Weissenstein

Photo Album -- Photographs by Rudi Weissenstein, Taken during the Ceremony of Israeli's Declaration of Independence -- Tel Aviv, 1948 -- Album Created in 1988, for Israel's 40th Year

1948 Not Available USD 1,750.00
25

Assortment of Real Photo WWI Postcards / The Jewish Legion -- Palestine and Its Surroundings, Ca. 1914-1918

Ca. 1914-1918 Not Available USD 1,625.00
69

Large and Varied Collection of Paper Items Relating to the Yishuv in Palestine -- WWII and Israeli War of Independence / Conscription and Illegal Immigration -- Proclamations, Leaflets and Letters, 1940s

1940s Not Available USD 1,625.00
260

Album Missionis Terrae Sanctae -- Album of Prints in Two Volumes -- Milano, Late

Late Not Available USD 1,625.00
135 Henry Baker Tristram

Pathways of Palestine -- Travelogue in Palestine by Henry Baker Tristram -- Photographs by Frank Mason Good -- London, 1881-1882 -- Two Parts in Two Volumes

1881-1882 Not Available USD 1,500.00
221 David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion -- Autograph Letter to Moshe Dayan, on the Occasion of the Birth of His Granddaughter, 1964

1964 Not Available USD 1,250.00
250 Bernard Picart

The Religious ceremonies and customs of the several nations of the known world -- Bernard Picart -- London, 1733--1739 -- Complete Set -- Engravings

1733--1739 Not Available USD 1,250.00
31

"The Palestine News" / "Haaretz" -- Bound Volumes of Early Issues -- Cairo / Jerusalem, 1918-1920

1918-1920 Not Available USD 1,187.50
100 Frans Hogenberg, after Christian van Adrichem

Map of Jerusalem -- Frans Hogenberg, after Christian van Adrichem -- Koln, 1588 -- Two Large Hand-Colored Sheets

1588 Not Available USD 1,187.50
2 Theodor Herzl

Letter Signed by Theodor Herzl -- Vienna, 1901 -- Preparations for the 5th Zionist Congress in Basel

1901 Not Available USD 1,125.00
108 Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine -- First Edition -- London, 1650 -- Engraved Maps of Palestine and Other Engravings

1650 Not Available USD 1,062.50
149

Fifteen Aerial Photographs of Jerusalem -- 1930s-1940s -- British Airplanes above Jerusalem, Photographs by Keren Hayesod, and more

1930s-1940s Not Available USD 1,062.50
229 Marc Chagall

"Shan Tovah" Greeting Card, Handwritten by Marc Chagall -- Illustration of an Etrog -- France, 1963

1963 Not Available USD 1,062.50
34

"Immigration Ordinance" -- First High Commissioner for Palestine, Herbert Samuel -- 26 August 1920

1920 Not Available USD 1,000.00
101 Abraham Ortelius

Map of Palestine -- Abraham Ortelius -- Antwerp, 1590 -- Hand--Colored Engraving

1590 Not Available USD 1,000.00
236 Abraham Zacuto,

"De medicorum principum historia" -- Vol. I of the Collected Works of Abraham Zacuto, in Latin -- Lyon, 1644

1644 Not Available USD 1,000.00
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 54
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 8th-10th 2024
    Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €
    Gonnelli
    Futurism
    Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €
    Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €
    Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €
    Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
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    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Abraham Lincoln Signed Letter on Executive Mansion Stationary To Secretary of The Navy re: Appointment for Naval Academy!
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Extremely Rare Ben Franklin Printed: Considerations on Keeping Negroes...Part Second. 1762.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: An impressively extra-illustrated copy; Including an Original leaf from Shakespeare’s 1623 First Folio!
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    October 17th, 2024
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Rarest Naval Autograph James Lawrence “Don’t give up the ship On " U.S. Ship Hornet June 19th 1812.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Oversize Ernest Hemingway Signed Photo with long Inscription about Drinking Wine to his dear friend and Secretary Roberto Herrera.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: VOLTAIRE Signed Receipt about a partial payment of debt for the Duke of Wuerttemberg.
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    October 17th, 2024
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: [Maps] Gio. Ant. Magnini, Italia, 1620.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: LAWMAN SALOON JUDGE ROY BEAN Signed Legal Document 1895-RARE!
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Autograph Album with James Garfield as President, Chester A. Aurthur as VP, William T. Sherman, Burnside, P.T. Barnum and many more!
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    October 17th, 2024
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Four Language Ship's Paper.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Hector Berlioz Autograph Musical Quotation Signed.
    One of a Kind Collectibles, Oct. 17: Important Memorandum the Day after Gettysburg July 5th, 1863 where Lincoln asks all Department Heads of the cabinet to meet him at the Executive Mansion.
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