Moreshet Auctions: Prestigious Winter Auction, 89, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 08, 2026 - February 08, 2026
Page Size: 146 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26

Letter of Protest to the Jewish Agency - Signed by Maran Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer and Additional Rabbis -

Jerusalem 1930 Not Available USD 375.00
27

We were Shocked to Hear about the Chilul Shabbat in the Country Letters about the Affair of Chilul Shabbat during the Citrus Harvest Signed by the Chief Rabbis of Eretz Yisrael and Tel Aviv -

Jerusalem 1938 Not Available USD 375.00
28

Fascinating Letter of Protest from the Early Days of the State about the Secularization of Child Survivors of the Holocaust -

Jerusalem 1947 Not Available USD 500.00
29

Rare and Early Broadside Depicting the Great Famine in Jerusalem in the Late 19th Century -

Jerusalem 1879 Not Available USD 437.50
30

Rare Original Broadside against HaEidah HaChareidit Issued by the Party of Rav Kook -

Jerusalem 1921 Not Available USD 350.00
31

Extremely Rare Broadside! Emet MeEretz Titzmach - by the Gabaim of Kolel Munkatch Implying Embezzlement! -

Jerusalem 1923 Not Available USD 375.00
32

Polemic! Kol Kore Betzeddek - Broadside Issued by the Vaad Haklali Ashkenazim and Prushim and Rabbi Shmuel Salant Echoing the Struggles of the Kolels -

Jerusalem 1891 Not Available Not Sold
33

Hekdesh Document - Psak Din pertaining to an Estate Signed by the Sephardic and Ashkenazic Rabbis of Jerusalem -

Jerusalem 1921 Not Available USD 375.00
34

Interesting! The Last Will of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Gurion woth Confirmation and Handwritten Siagnure of Maran Rav Kook from the Tiem He Was Rav of Jaffa and the Settlements -

Jaffa 1911 Not Available Not Sold
35

Maran Rav Kook's Struggle for the Sanctity of the Shabbat in Kfar Yechezkel! Historical Kana'ut Letter Signed by Maran Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook -

Jerusalem 1930 Not Available USD 687.50
36

Interesting Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer -

Jerusalem 1942 Not Available USD 350.00
37

The Or Same'ach of Maran the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz with His Handwritten Signature and Glosses! Or Same'ach Two Sections - First Edition -

Riga-Warsaw 1910-1926 Not Available USD 500.00
38

The Rav the Author was Wrong about This...!!! Sharp Gloss Handwritten by Maran the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz on the Book by Maran the Rosh Yeshiva Shlita

Not Available Not Sold
39

Treasure: Dozens of Glosses on the Yerushalmi Handwritten by Maran the Rosh Yeshiva the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky - Not Published!

Not Available USD 1,875.00
40

Letter Handwritten and Signed by Maran the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin to the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Zvi Halevi Av Beit Din of Jaffa -

Jerusalem 1912 Not Available USD 750.00
41

Since He is a Great and Important Man Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Author of the Devar Avraham of Kovno about the Gaon Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Steinman -

1925 Not Available USD 562.50
42

Unique Letter by Maran the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky and His Wife!!! Addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Botchko and His Wife -

1932 Not Available USD 2,125.00
43

Rare! Letter of Request for Accepting a Bachur into the Yeshiva - Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Guttman Mashgi'ach of the Ohel Torah Yeshiva of Baranovich -

1932 Not Available USD 500.00
44

To Be One of the Gedolei Torah Rare Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Nachum Baruch Ginzburg the Mekor Baruch -

Janowa 1937 Not Available USD 687.50
45

Fine Letter by the Students of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva of Montreux with the Signature of Maran the Gaon Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman -

Montreux 1937 Not Available USD 1,250.00
46

Touching Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Naftali Wasserman the Son of Maran the Kovetz Shi'urim to Maran the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky -

Baranovich 1938 Not Available USD 687.50
47

Telz and Its Sages: Letter of Recommendation Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch the Rosh Yeshiva of Telz -

1940 Not Available USD 1,062.50
48

For Two Hundred Years there has not been such an Iluy Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Pogremansky - Extremely Rare!

Not Available USD 2,750.00
49

Historical! Letter with a Cry for Help from the Detention Camp of Atlit - Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky -

Atlit 1941 Not Available USD 250.00
50

France is a Reckless Nation Fascinating Letter Handwritten by Maran the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky - Addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Botchko -

Bern (Switzerland) 1947 Not Available USD 1,062.50
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000