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Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Jewish History and Zionism

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Auction Name	Jewish History and Zionism	Total Sales (USD)	123,362.50
Auction Date	June 30, 2025 - June 30, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#58a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	282
Sold Lots	207.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	73.40%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	75	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
307		Manuscript, Samaritan Commentary on Bereshit	Ca. 1859/1860	Not Available	USD 5,000.00
311		Large Collection of Anti-Jewish Writings	16th-19th Centuries	Not Available	USD 4,750.00
10	Ephraim Moses Lilien	Young Samaritan from Nablus -- Signed Engraving		Not Available	USD 4,250.00
12	Ephraim Moses Lilien	Esther and Her Maidens -- Signed Etching		Not Available	USD 4,000.00
316		J'accuse...! -- Second Printing in L'aurore, on the Occasion of the Victory in the Dreyfus Affair	1899	Not Available	USD 4,000.00
295		Decorated Calligraphic Document -- Wedding Blessing from the Schmalzhoftempel Association,	1910	Not Available	USD 3,750.00
287		Large Collection of Dictionaries and Philological Works -- Hebrew Grammar -- 16th-19th Centuries		Not Available	USD 3,250.00
252		The Jewish National Fund -- Private Photo Album: Founding of Tel Aviv, Jewish Legions, Official Visits in Eretz Israel -- Photographers: Abraham Soskin, Walter Zadek, Zvi Feigin, and Others		Not Available	USD 2,750.00
228		Anthology of Muslim Legal Rulings (Fatwas) Prohibition Against Sale of Muslim-Owned Land to Jews	Ca. 1940	Not Available	USD 2,500.00
322		The Eichmann Trial -- Police Interrogation Transcript / List of Witnesses / Photographs from the Trial		Not Available	USD 2,000.00
39	Jakob Steinhardt	Litauische Juden	1920	Not Available	USD 1,875.00
51	Hermann Struck	Land Israel -- Portfolio of Etchings, Signed by the Artist	1905	Not Available	USD 1,875.00
9	Ephraim Moses Lilien	On the Way to Jerusalem -- Signed Engraving		Not Available	USD 1,500.00
115	Jacob Pins	Fifteen Signed Woodcuts -- Figures		Not Available	USD 1,375.00
213		The Jewish Legion -- Large Group Photograph, -- The "American" Battalion (39th), in Which David Ben-Gurion and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Served,	1918	Not Available	USD 1,375.00
327	Marc Chagall	Marc Chagall -- Book with Illustrated Inscription	1947	Not Available	USD 1,375.00
45	Hermann Struck	Landscapes in Palestine -- Large Collection of Prints		Not Available	USD 1,250.00
33	Jacob Steinhardt	Judische Motive	1920	Not Available	USD 1,187.50
79	Reuven Rubin	The Godseekers -- Portfolio with Woodcuts	1966	Not Available	USD 1,187.50
88	Anna Ticho	Original Drawing and Print		Not Available	USD 1,125.00
156		Chaliastre Literary Almanac	1924	Not Available	USD 1,125.00
274		Four Incunabulum Leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle	1493	Not Available	USD 1,125.00
221		Palestine & Near East -- Seven Volumes of Issues	1926-1933	Not Available	USD 1,062.50
41	Jacob Steinhardt	Large Collection of Color Woodcuts		Not Available	USD 1,000.00
78	Reuven Rubin	The Godseekers -- Portfolio with Woodcuts	1966	Not Available	USD 1,000.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.