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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

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. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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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