Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul., 112, Brooklyn
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | (CHASSIDISM). | Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (The Tzemach Tzedek). Ohr HaTorah - Bereishith. |
Berditchev | 1913 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 52 | CHEZEKIAH BEN MANOACH. | Chizkuni [commentary to the Chumash]. |
Cremona | 1559 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 53 | D'ILLESCOS, YA'AKOV. | Imrei Noam [Kabbalistic and grammatical super-commentary to Rashi and ibn Ezra on the Chumash]. |
Cremona | 1566 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 54 | DE ROSSI, AZARIAH. | Me'or Einayim [philosophy of history]. |
Mantua | 1574 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 55 | DE VIDAS, ELIYAHU. | Reishith Chochmah HaKatzar [Kabbalah]. Abridged by Yoseph Poieto. |
Venice | 1600 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 56 | DURAN, SHLOMO BEN TZEMACH. | Cheshek Shlomo [commentary to the Book of Mishlei - Proverbs.] |
Venice | 1623 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 212.50 |
| 57 | ELAZAR BEN YEHUDAH OF WORMS. | Sepher HaRoke'ach [ethics, rabbinic law and custom]. |
Fano | 1505 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 275.00 |
| 58 | EMDEN, YA'AKOV. | Lechem Shamayim [commentary to the Mishnah]. |
Wandsbeck | 1720 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | EMDEN, YA'AKOV. | Tzitzim U'Perachim [dictionary of the Kabbalah]. |
Altona | 1768 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 60 | EPHRAIM (SHLOMO) OF LUNTSCHYTZ. | Amudei Sheish [homilies and sermons]. |
Prague | 1617-18. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 61 | FALK, YEHOSHUA KATZ. | Beith Yisrael [commentary to R. Ya'akov ben Asher's Tur - Yoreh De'ah]. Subdivided into two commentaries: Derishah and Perishah. |
Lublin | 1635 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 62 | GALANTE, MOSHE. | Korban Chagigah [halachic novellae]. |
Venice | 1704 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 63 | GALLICO, ELISHA. | Biur Sepher Koheleth [commentary to the Book of Koheleth - Ecclesiastes]. |
Venice | 1578 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 64 | GALLICO, ELISHA. | Peirush Megilath Esther [commentary to the Book of Esther]. |
Venice | 1583 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 65 | GERONDI, YONAH | (Rabbeinu Yonah). Sha'arei Teshuvah ["Gates of Repentance."] FIRST EDITION. |
Fano | 1505 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 66 | GERONDI, NISSIM. | (Ra'N). Chidushei Harav Rabbeinu Nissim [index of citations of Maimonides' Code]. |
Riva di Trento | 1559 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 67 | HAKOHEN, DAVID, OF CORFU. | Teshuvoth HaRaDa'CH [responsa]. |
Constantinople | 1537-38. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 68 | HAKOHEN, YOSEPH BEN MORDECHAI GERSHON. | She'erith Yoseph [responsa and Talmud novellae]. |
Cracow | 1590 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 550.00 |
| 69 | HALEVI, SHLOMO BEN YITZCHAK. | (The Elder). Divrei Shlomo [sermons and homilies to the Torah and festivals]. |
Venice | 1596 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 70 | HALEVI, YEHUDAH. | Mi Kamochah. |
Venice | 1586 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 71 | (HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN - The Tosfos Yom-Tov.) | Yoseph ben Yitzchak HaLevi of Lithuania. Givath HaMoreh [critical philosophic commentary to Maimonides' Moreh Nevuchim]. With introduction and commentary by the Tosfos Yom-Tov. |
Prague | 1611 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 72 | HOROWITZ, YESHAYA. | (SheLa'H HaKadosh). Shnei Luchoth HaBerith. Issued with Vavei HaAmudim by Author's son Shabthai Sheftel Horowitz. |
Amsterdam | 1698 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 550.00 |
| 73 | IBN GABIROL, SHLOMO. | Mivchar HaPeninim ["Choice Pearls."] Translated from the Arabic by Yehudah ibn Tibon. |
Soncino | 1484 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 475.00 |
| 74 | IMMANUEL BEN YEKUTHIEL OF BENEVENTO. | Livyath Chen [on grammar and prosody]. |
Mantua | 1557 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 75 | ISAAC NATHAN BEN KALONYMOS. | Meir Nathiv [Biblical concordance]. |
Venice | 1524 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 225.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
