Auction Reports

Kedem Auctions Ltd.

Auction Info

Auction Name
Incunable and First Editions | Illuminated Manuscripts and Esther Scrolls | Jewish Ceremonial Art
Auction Date
02/24/2026 - 02/24/2026
Sale Number
#106
Total Lots
13
Sold Lots
13.0
Lots Sold
100.00%
Unsold Lots
0
Total Sales (USD)
2,968,750.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
3,410,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
5,130,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
3,410,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
5,130,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
57.87%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7

Moreh Nevuchim by the Rambam -- Incunabulum -- Rome, Ca. 1473-1475 -- First Edition of a Fundamental Work of Jewish Philosophy -- One of the First Hebrew Books to be Printed

N/A USD 2,000,000.00 - 3,000,000.00 USD 1,250,000.00
2

Decorated Parchment Manuscript -- Ashkenazic-Rite Siddur -- With Passover Haggadah, Tractate Avot and Other Selections -- Rare Piyyutim -- Ashkenazic Lands, 14th Century

N/A USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 475,000.00
13

Likutei Amarim (Tanya) -- First Edition -- Slavita, 1796 -- Complete Schocken Library Copy, with Wide Margins -- Proceeds of Sale Will Be Donated to the Renovation of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Ohel

N/A USD 500,000.00 - 800,000.00 USD 375,000.00
9

Midrash Rabbah on the Torah -- First Edition -- Constantinople, 1512 -- Schocken Copy

N/A USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 212,500.00
3

Decorated Parchment Manuscript -- Bechinat Olam by Rabbi Yedaiah HaPenini, and Other Works -- Provence, 14th/15th Century

N/A USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 100,000.00
4

Early and Important Esther Scroll -- Italy, First Half of the 17th Century -- In the Style of Scrolls by Moshe ben Avraham Pescarolo

N/A USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 93,750.00
5

Engraved Esther Scroll by Shalom Italia -- Amsterdam, Ca. 1641-1650

N/A USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 93,750.00
6

Hand-Colored Engraved Esther Scroll -- Probably Venice, Ca. 1750 -- Closely Related to Scrolls by Engraver Francesco Griselini

N/A USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 87,500.00
12

Passover Haggadah -- Mantua, 1568 -- Many Fine Woodcut Illustrations and Decorations -- Second Illustrated Haggadah Printed in Mantua, Especially Rare -- Highly Impressive Illustrated Hebrew Print Production of the 16th Century

N/A USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 68,750.00
10

Kitzur Piskei HaRosh -- First Edition -- Constantinople, 1515

N/A USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 62,500.00
8

Sefer HaIkarim by Rabbi Yosef Albo -- Incunabulum -- Soncino, 1485 -- Complete Copy of the First Edition, Including Rare Leaves Removed from Most Copies by the Censor -- Wide Margins

N/A USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 57,500.00
11

Zohar -- Cremona, 1559-1560 -- First Edition Printed Simultaneously with Mantua Edition -- Rare "Large Zohar" Edition, Many Copies Destroyed in Cremona Book Burning -- Standard Edition in Germany and Poland

N/A USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 57,500.00
1

Papal Bull of Pope Julius III -- Rome, 1554 -- Burning of the Talmud and Establishment of Official Censorship -- Rare Historical Document

N/A USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,000.00

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  • 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.