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Moreshet Auctions: The 20th Chabad Auction for Chodesh HaGeulah - session 1

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Auction Name	The 20th Chabad Auction for Chodesh HaGeulah - session 1	Total Sales (USD)	168,268.75
Auction Date	December 07, 2025 - December 07, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	83,300.00
Sale Number	#88a	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	156,800.00
Total Lots	150
Sold Lots	131.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	83,300.00
% of Lots Sold	87.33%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	156,800.00
Unsold Lots	19	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	107.31%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
82	Extremely Rare! Cashier's Check with the Rebbe's Handwritten Signature! Given as a Wedding Gift - Brooklyn New York, 1960s	1960s	USD 25,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 25,000.00
67	Rare and Special! "When You Study This Tanya, All Blessings shall be Fulfilled" Tanya with the Handwritten Signature of the Rebbe of Lubavitch - Tishrei 1978	1978	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 22,500.00
32	Discovery! The ONly One in the World! Siddur HaAri, Bibliographically Unknown! Seder Tefillah Mikol Hashanah - Supervised by Rabbi Chanina Lipa Shapiro - Josefow, 1843 Partial Copy	1843	Not Available	USD 11,875.00
86	$100 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe for Purchasing a House		USD 3,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 5,000.00
66	Touching! The Bag of Pidyon Nefesh Leaves, which was Carried by the Rebbe to the Ohel of the Rebbe the Rayatz - Tamuz, 1991	1991	USD 3,500.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,500.00
79	Kuntres Drushei Chatunah - 17th of Kislev 1991 with $1 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe	1991	USD 2,500.00 - 3,800.00	USD 3,500.00
65	"shr sgvlh yhy' lkl myly dmytb mnpsh v'd bshr" The Original Gift that was Given to the Guests by the Rebbe Rayatz during the Wedding of the Rebbe and the Rebbetizn		USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,750.00
77	Kuntres Maamar Baruch She'Assa Nissim 1904 and 2 Dollars, Given Directly by the Rebbe - Shevat 1991	1991	USD 1,500.00 - 2,800.00	USD 2,750.00
70	Sefer HaTanya with a $1 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe on the 19th of Kislev, 1990 for the 40th anniversary of His Admorut		USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,500.00
122	A Startling Historical Discovery! Document Indicating the Rebbe Received a Visa to the Holy Land before His Marriage!!! Tevet 1926 - an Unknown Historical Chapter in the Rebbe's History	1926	Not Available	USD 2,500.00
147	Letter with the Rebbe's Blessing for Hashpa'ot Miracles and Yeshu'ot by Merit of the Chanukah Days with an Addition of "Livsorot Tovot" Handwritten by Him - Chanukah 1966	1966	Not Available	USD 2,500.00
88	$10 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe - Kislev 1966	1966	USD 1,400.00 - 2,800.00	USD 2,375.00
133	The Rebbe the Rayatz' Blessing for Health and Success - Shvat 1944	1944	Not Available	USD 2,375.00
134	Letter by the Rebbe the Rayatz for the Needs of Holocaust Survivors in the DP Camps of Italy and with a Blessing for Passover - New York 1946	1946	Not Available	USD 2,375.00
150	Letter by the Rebbe with a Blessing for a Shiduch - Tevet 1975	1975	Not Available	USD 2,375.00
90	Two $1 Bills with Sequential Numbering Given Direcly by the Rebbe - Kislev, 1989	1989	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,250.00
148	Letter with the Rebbe's Blessings and Encouragement to an Activist with the Addition of "Histadrut Tovah" Handwritten by the Rebbe - Sivan, 1968	1968	Not Available	USD 2,250.00
69	Sefer HaTanya Given Directly by the Rebbe. 10th Shvat 1990. 40 years of his Admorut		USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,125.00
89	$5 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe - Tevet 1978	1978	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,125.00
143	Letter by the Rebbe from His First Years of Nessi'ut with Blessings for Passover - Yom Habahir Nissan 11, 1953	1953	Not Available	USD 2,125.00
149	"vlbshvrvt tvbvt" Handwritten by the Rebbe on a Igeret Kodesh in Yiddish with a Blessing for Ktivah and Chatimah Tovah - Elul 1968	1968	Not Available	USD 2,125.00
68	Tanya Given Directly by the Rebbe on His 80th Birthday - the 11th of Nissan 1982	1982	USD 1,400.00 - 2,800.00	USD 2,000.00
78	Kovetz 28th of Sivan Yovel Shanim, Sivan 1991 - with a Dollar Given Directly by the Rebbe in the Original Plastic Case!	1991	USD 1,800.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,000.00
87	$20 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe for Pubishing Books		USD 1,400.00 - 2,800.00	USD 2,000.00
33	Extremely Rare! The First Edition of Siddur Torah Or "Prototype Edition" of Siddur Chabad 2 Sections - Vilna, 1886	1886	Not Available	USD 1,625.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
29th January 2026

Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800

Dominic Winter
Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
28th January 2026

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s
Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
27 January 2026

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.

Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.