• Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€

Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Rare and Important Items, 99b, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 05, 2024 - November 05, 2024
Page Size: 95 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
181

Shaarei Teshuvah by Rabbeinu Yonah Gerondi -- Cracow, 1581 -- Fine Copy

Cracow 1581 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,375.00
182

Responsa Tashbetz -- Amsterdam, 1738-1739 -- Fine Copy with Original Decorated "Fish-Skin" Binding -- First Edition -- Variant with Seven Title Pages

Amsterdam 1738-1739 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,250.00
183 Rabbi Eliyahu ibn Chaim

Responsa of Rabbi Eliyahu ibn Chaim -- Constantinople, Ca. 1610 -- Copy of Rabbi Aryeh Leib, Rabbi of Amsterdam (Son-in-Law of the Chacham Tzvi) and His Son Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Berlin

Constantinople, Ca.1610 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,250.00
184

Ir Miklat (Liska) -- Ungvar, 1871 -- Copy of Rebbe Yeshayah of Kerestir

Ungvar 1871 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
185

Responsa Torat Chaim (Maharchash) -- Three Parts -- Thessaloniki, 1713-1722 -- Distinguished Copy: Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Heller, Rabbi Yehudah Grunwald Rabbi of Satmar, and Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar

Thessaloniki 1713-1722 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,000.00
186

Three Books Printed in Thessaloniki -- From the Library of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar

Thessaloniki USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,250.00
187

Five Books from the Library of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar -- With Original Bindings from the Rebbe's Library

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,375.00
188

Maavar Yabok / Chibat Yerushalayim / Kaftor VaFerach -- Three Books from the Library of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,500.00
189

Or LaYesharim Sephardic-Rite Siddur -- Zhitomir, 1867/1869? -- Copy of Rabbi Moshe Wolfson, Rabbi of Emunat Yisrael -- Author of Emunat Itecha, VaAni Tefillah and Likutei Orot

Zhitomir 1867/1869? USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,875.00
190

Meor Einayim (Chernobyl) -- First Edition -- Slavita, 1798

Slavita 1798 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,500.00
191

Menachem Tzion (Rimanov) -- First Edition -- Segulah for Livelihood -- Czernowitz, 1851 -- Fine Copy

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,875.00
192

Divrei Chaim (Sanz) -- Zhovkva, 1864 -- First Edition, Printed Anonymously in Author's Lifetime -- Copy of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Weinberger, Rabbi of Kleinwardein

Zhovkva 1864 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00
193

Tehillim -- Safed, 1833 -- Printed by Rabbi Yisrael Bak

Safed 1833 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
194

Avodat HaKodesh -- Jerusalem, 1841 -- First Book Printed in Jerusalem -- Fine Copy

Jerusalem 1841 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
195

Alot HaBrit -- Jerusalem, 1878 -- Poster of Maharil Diskin's Ban Against the Haskalah Schools -- Rare First Edition of Poster -- With Over 270 Signatures of Jerusalem Rabbis

Jerusalem 1878 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,250.00
196

Hebron Community Pinkas -- 1884-1915 -- With Signatures of Leading Rabbis of the City -- Rabbi Eliyahu Mani, Rabbi Rachamim Yosef Franco, the Sedei Chemed and Others -- Important Manuscript for the History of the Jewish Community in Hebron

1884-1915 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
197 Rabbi David Tevele

Manuscript Booklet -- Halachic Responsa of Rabbi David Tevele, the Nachalat David -- Stowbtsy, 1849 -- With His Signature

Stowbtsy 1849 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,625.00
198 the Chafetz Chaim

Letter of Blessings from the Chafetz Chaim -- To Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky -- Radin, 1932

Radin 1932 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
199 the Rogatchover, Rabbi Yosef Rosen

Interesting Letter from the Rogatchover, Rabbi Yosef Rosen -- Russia, Tamuz 1920

Russia, Tamuz 1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,750.00
200 Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman

Responsa Letter from Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman, Rabbi of Hlusk (Father-in-Law of Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz) -- Hlusk, Ca. 1880s

Hlusk, Ca.1880s USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,750.00
201 Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz

Torah Letter from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz -- Hlusk, 1897 -- Response from His Uncle Rabbi Yisrael Yehonatan Yerushalimsky

Hlusk 1897 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
202 Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz

Lengthy Letter and Shanah Tovah Blessings from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz -- Kamenets, Elul 1933

Kamenets, Elul 1933 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,000.00
203 Rabbi Shimon Yehudah Shkop

Letter of Rabbi Shimon Yehudah Shkop, Dean of Grodno Yeshiva -- Nisan, 1933 -- Blessings for the Pesach Holiday and Request to Rescue the Yeshiva During an International Financial Crisis -- "For One Who Lives Has Hope -- And G-d Has Salvation..."

Nisan 1933 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00
204 Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Letter of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- Druskininkai, 20th Elul 1932 -- On the Aid Packages to Russia and the Chafetz Chaim's Signing of a Relevant Announcement -- With Shanah Tovah Blessings

Druskininkai, 20th Elul 1932 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,375.00
205 Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski

Letter of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- Vilna, 3rd Tishrei 1932 -- On the Proposal of the Rebbe Rayatz to Establish a Global Center for Aid Packages to Russia -- With Shanah Tovah Blessings

Vilna, 3rd Tishrei 1932 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,000.00
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 51. Ortelius' Influential Map of the New World - Second Plate in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $5,500 - $6,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 165. Reduced-Size Edition of Jefferys/Mead Map with Revolutionary War Updates (1776) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 688. Blaeu's Superb Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 105. Striking Map of French Colonial Possessions (1720) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 98. Rare First Edition of the First Published Plan of a Settlement in North America (1556) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 181. Important Map of the Georgia Colony (1748) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 547. Ortelius' Map of Russia with a Vignette of Ivan the Terrible in Full Contemporary Color (1579) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 85. Homann's Decorative Map of Colonial America (1720) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 642. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 748. The Martyrdom of St. John in Contemporary Hand Color with Gilt Highlights (1520) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Nov 6-20):
    Lot 298. Scarce Early Map of Chester County (1822) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
  • Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 37: Archive of the pioneering woman artist Arrah Lee Gaul, most 1911-59. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 66: Letter describing the dropping water level at Owens Lake near Death Valley, long before it was drained, Keeler, CA, 26 July 1904. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 102: To Horse, To Horse! My All for a Horse! The Washington Cavalry, illustrated Civil War broadside, Philadelphia, 1862. $4,000 to $6,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 135: Album of cyanotype views of the Florida panhandle and beyond, 224 photographs, 174 of them cyanotypes, Apalachicola, FL and elsewhere, circa 1895-1896. $1,200 to $1,800
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 154: Catalogue of the Library of the United States, as acquired from Thomas Jefferson, Washington, 1815. $15,000 to $25,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 173: New Englands First Fruits, featuring the first description of Harvard in print, London, 1643. $40,000 to $60,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 177: John P. Greene, Original manuscript diary of a mission to western New York with Joseph Smith, 1833. $60,000 to $90,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 243: P.E. Larson, photographer, Such is Life in the Far West: Early Morning Call in a Gambling Hall, Goldfield, NV, circa 1906. $2,500 to $3,500
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 261: Fred W. Sladen, Diaries of a WWII colonel commanding troops from Morocco to Italy to France, 1942-44. $3,000 to $4,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 309: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos, por varios autores, a Mexican plate book. Mexico, 1854-1855. $2,000 to $3,000
    Swann, Nov. 21: Lot 8: Diaries of a prospector / trapper in the remote Alaska wilderness, 5 manuscript volumes. Alaska, 1917-64. $1,500 to $2,500.
  • Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia, [col commento di Jacopo della Lana e Martino Paolo Nidobeato, curata da Martino Paolo Nidobeato e Guido da Terzago. Aggiunto Il Credo], 1478
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus, edita da Piero da Figino. Aggiunte le Rime diverse; Marsilius Ficinius, Ad Dantem gratulatio], 1491
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lactantius, Lucius Coelius Firmianus - Opera, 1465
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - Le terze rime di Dante, 1502
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Boccaccio, Giovanni - Il Decamerone. Di messer Giouanni Boccaccio, 1516
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Giordano Bruno - Candelaio comedia del Bruno nolano achademico di nulla achademia; detto il fastidito. In tristitia hilaris: in hilaritate tristis, 1582
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Petrarca, Francesco - Le cose volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha, 1504
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Legatura - Manoscritto - Medici - Cosimo III de' Medici / Solari, Giuseppe - I Ritratti Medicei overo Glorie e Grandezze della sempre sereniss. Casa Medici..., 1678
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Alighieri, Dante - La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni, e copiosi Rami adornata, 1757
    Finarte, Nov 20-21: Lot containing 80 printed guides and publications dedicated to travel and itineraries in Italy