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Marc van de Wiele Auctions: Jewish books, maps, manuscripts, ketubbot, art books

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Auction Name	Jewish books, maps, manuscripts, ketubbot, art books	Total Sales (EUR)	56,643.20
Auction Date	October 05, 2012 - October 05, 2012	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	30,550.00
Sale Number	#43	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	42,690.00
Total Lots	183
Sold Lots	134.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	40,160.00
% of Lots Sold	73.22%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	56,600.00
Unsold Lots	49	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	100.08%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
10	KAPLAN, Anatoli	The Bewitched Tailor (title page in Russian and Yiddish)	1965	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	EUR 4,464.00
17	RYBACK, Issachar Ber (1897-1937)	Shtetl mein Chorover Heim a Gedechnis (My little town, my Destroyed Home, in memory)	1923	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,224.00
42	POSTCARDS JEWISH INTEREST	Collection of 338 postcards	1898	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 2,976.00
11	LEIBO, J.	Illuminated Letters of the Hebrew Alphabet	1933	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,480.00
40	POSTCARDS [ALBUM PHOTO-HOLY LAND]	Album photographique concernant l'Israël, la Tunisie, l'Algérie, le Maroc et la Syrie		EUR 280.00 - 360.00	EUR 2,356.00
58	FULLER, Thomas	A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the Historie of the old and new Testament acted thereon	1650	EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,736.00
78	ROGER, Eugene	La Terre Saincte ou description topographique tres-particuliere des saincts Lieux et de la Terre de Promission et une relation veritable de Zaga Christ Prince d'Ethyopie	1646	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,612.00
170	ORTELIUS, Abraham	Abrahami Patriarchae Peregrinatio et Vita	1590	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,488.00
75	REISSNER, Adam	Ierusalem, die alte Haubstat der Jüden	1563	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,488.00
168	ORTELIUS, A.	Palestinae sive totius terrae promissionis		EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,364.00
102	MARRIAGE CONTRACT	Kethubah from Ancona on parchment	1682	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,116.00
86	BIBLE (in Hebrew) in 16°	Bible, [Five books of the Law carefully printed by Christopher Plantin to the order of master Bomberg in the year 326]	1566	EUR 500.00 - 700.00	EUR 806.00
96	MANUSCRIPT in LADINO	Psalms		EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 806.00
49	POSTCARDS of JERUSALEM and ISRAEL	Collection of 140 postcards	1898	EUR 140.00 - 200.00	EUR 744.00
33	[JAULUS, Heinrich]	Illuminated manuscript on vellum to honor dr. Heinrich Jaulus on his Jubilee	1901	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 682.00
38	[PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM] ALLENBY	Photograph album of General Allenby	1917	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 682.00
95	MANUSCRIPT BIBLE LEAF	Manuscript on parchment		EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 682.00
97	MARRIAGE AND BETROTHAL CONTRACTS IN COLORS FROM JERUSALEM	A Jerusalem Ketubah for the marriage of Shmuel b. Are Leib with Chaya Sara Gutshtein. Illustrated by Ya'akov Keller	1905	EUR 500.00 - 0.00	EUR 682.00
28	CONDER - KITCHENER	Map of Western Palestine in 26 sheets from surveys conducted for the committee of the Palestine exploration Fund During the Years 1872-1877	1880	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	EUR 595.20
109	MARRIAGE CONTRACT	Kethubah from Rome on parchment	1889	EUR 400.00 - 700.00	EUR 558.00
172	PLANCIUS, Petrus	Tabula geographica qua Iisraelitarum, ab Aegypto ad Kenahanaeam		EUR 220.00 - 300.00	EUR 558.00
39	POSTCARDS [ALBUM-PHOTOCHROM]	Photochrom album of Israel and neighbouring countries	1900	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 558.00
60	GOUJON, R.P. Jacques (1621-1693)	Histoire et voyage de la Terre-Sainte, où tout ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable dans les Saints lieux, est tres-exactement descrit	1670	EUR 350.00 - 450.00	EUR 558.00
147	HAREIO, Fr	Lumen Historiarum per Orientem,		EUR 280.00 - 360.00	EUR 496.00
140	YISRAEL	Terumat HaDeshen. Halachik verdicts in the form of responsa by R. Yisrael, known among the Ashkenazim as R. Isserlin	1546	EUR 250.00 - 400.00	EUR 471.20

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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