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Moreshet Auctions: Fall Auction

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Auction Name Fall Auction Total Sales (USD) 73,250.00
Auction Date October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #87 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 296
Sold Lots 190.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 64.19% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 106 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
3

The Treasures of Venice - Encient Masechet Tmurah - Printed by Daniel Bomberg - Venice, 1528 - Second Edition

1528 Not Available USD 6,875.00
202 Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky

Touching Letter pertaining to Saving Lives by the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky - to His Friend the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna the Rosh Yeshiva of Hebron - London, 1946

1946 Not Available USD 3,250.00
173 Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach and Rabbi Shimon Zvi Horowitz -

Lengthy Letter Hand-Signed by the Famed Mekubalim, Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach and Rabbi Shimon Zvi Horowitz - Jerusalem, 1922

1922 Not Available USD 2,375.00
87

A Day of Celebration for Iyun Students - Exciting Discovery of a Huge Work on the Tractates of Bava Kama and Bava Metzi'a - not Published!

Not Available USD 2,125.00
285

Torat Eretz Yisrae of Harav Hakadosh of Ribnitz: Set of Arba'a Turim - Chatam Sofer Institute Jerusalem, 1965

1965 Not Available USD 2,000.00
238 Rabbeinu Nosson of Breslov

First Edition of Likutei Halachot Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat - by Rabbeinu Nosson of Breslov - Lemberg, 1861

1861 Not Available USD 1,750.00
83

Discovery! Manuscript that was not Published - Chidushim on the Rambam Hilchot Zer'aim - Oriental Script the 18th Century

18th Century Not Available USD 1,500.00
172 Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook

Rare letter of Blessings by Maran Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook - with the Signature of His Daughter the Rebbetzin Batya Kook (Ra'anan) - Jerusalem, 1920

1920 Not Available USD 1,250.00
176 Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog

Recommendation for the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Zvi Kushelevsky Shlita Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog the Chief Rabbi of Israel - Jerusalem, 1958

1958 Not Available USD 1,250.00
212 the Goren Dabid and His Sons and Rabbi Meir Lehman and More

Signatures and Glosses by the Goren Dabid and His Sons and by Rabbi Meir Lehman and More: Shut HaRashba - Vienna 1812.

1812 Not Available USD 1,125.00
21 Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida -

Yesod - Chida - Sefer Vaad Lachachamim and Tov Ayin - by Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida - Livorno, 1796 - First Edition in the Author's Lifetime!

1796 Not Available USD 1,062.50
88

Historical, Most Important Item for the Pedigree of the Residents of Jerusalem! Handwritten Pinkas of Tax Payers to the Ottoman Army - Jerusalem, Early 20th Century

Early 20th Century Not Available USD 937.50
195 Rabbi Moshe Feinstein

Dedication by Maran the Posek Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Handwritten and Signed by Him on His Book Igrot Moshe Section I - First Edition New York, 1959

1959 Not Available USD 937.50
226 HaRav HaKadosh of Berditchev and Baal HaTanya

Of the Ediiton that was Approbated by HaRav HaKadosh of Berditchev and Baal HaTanya: Masechet Nidah and Mishnayot Taharot - Press of the Beralech Slavita, 1812

1812 Not Available USD 937.50
2

Yesod! Rav Alfas on the Tractates of Yevamot and Ketubot - First Edition of the Tosefta and Second Edition of the Rif Bomberg Press Venice, 1522 - Incomplete Copy with Handwritten Glosses

1522 Not Available USD 875.00
169 Rabbi Yaakov David Wilovsky

Dedication Handwritten and Signed by Rabbeinu the Author Rabbi Yaakov David Wilovsky on His Book Shut Beit Ridbaz - First Edition Jerusalem, 1908

1908 Not Available USD 812.50
204 Rabbi david Povarsky

Letter with Many Superlative Describing the Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Ades - Signed by His Rav of of the Ponevezh Yeshiva the Gaon Rabbi david Povarsky - Bnei Berak, 1961

1961 Not Available USD 812.50
205 Rabbi Nachum Partzovitz

Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Nachum Partzovitz the Rosh Yeshiva of Mir

Not Available USD 812.50
294

"What Can I Say about the Agudah" Polemic Letter against Agudas Yisroel - by the Admor the Author of the Tiferet Shmuel of Alexander -1924

1924 Not Available USD 812.50
120 Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles

Kuntres Ahavat David - the Sabbatean Polemic - by the Gaon Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles Av Beit Din of Prague - Prague, 1800

1800 Not Available USD 687.50
269 Rabbi Aharon of Karlin -

Uncommon - Rare Edition of the Book Beit Aharon by Rabbi Aharon of Karlin - Published by His Grandson the Yanuka of Karlin

Not Available USD 687.50
12 Rabbi Avraham Azulai.

Kabbalistic Sefer Yesod: Chessed LeAvraham by Rabbi Avraham Azulai - First Edition. Amsterdam, 1685 Ancient Signatures

1685 Not Available USD 625.00
132

First Time Auctioned - Mechiyat Amalek Veshutafav - Rare Polemic Booklet against the Kol Mevaser Weekly - Sighet, 1901

1901 Not Available USD 625.00
4

Sefer Yesod: Rare Post-Incunabula Book: First Edition of the Commentary of Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi [the Re'em] on Rashi on the Torah - Venice, 1527

1527 Not Available USD 593.75
61

Many and Important Handwritten Glosses: First Edition of Sefer Halichot Eli - Izmir, 1668

1668 Not Available USD 593.75
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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