• 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€
  • 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
  • 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
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Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Rare and Important Items

Auction Reports

Auction Name Rare and Important Items Total Sales (USD) 666,750.00
Auction Date November 05, 2024 - November 05, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 440,800.00
Sale Number #99b High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 651,800.00
Total Lots 95
Sold Lots 88 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 854,800.00
% of Lots Sold 92.63% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,275,800.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 52.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
236 Theodor Herzl

"Altneuland" -- First Edition, 1902 - Inscribed and Signed by Theodor Herzl to Prince Friedrich Wrede of Austria

1902 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 45,000.00
190

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

1798 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,500.00
177

Ben HaMelech VehaNazir -- Constantinople, 1518 -- First Edition

1518 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,500.00
247

Heinrich Heine -- Signed Letter Concerning Jews and Judaism -- Written Shortly Before his Passing, Paris, 1854 -- "This Grand Civilization of the Heart Was Preserved Thanks to an Unbroken Two-Thousand-Year-Old Tradition..."

1854 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 27,500.00
175

Mikraot Gedolot -- Venice, 1546-1548 -- Printed by Daniel Bomberg -- Fine Two-Volume Set

1546-1548 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 25,000.00
163

Shaar HaShamayim Siddur -- Siddur of the Shlah -- First Edition -- Amsterdam, 1717 -- Segulah Book -- Tehillim Volume Belonging to Rabbi Shmuel Salant

1717 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 22,500.00
222 the Chakal Yitzchak of Spinka

Seven Letters from the Chakal Yitzchak of Spinka -- Selish, 1936-1938

1936-1938 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 21,250.00
178 Rabbi Yehoshua ibn Shuaib

Sermons of Rabbi Yehoshua ibn Shuaib on the Torah -- First Edition -- Constantinople, 1523

1523 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,000.00
209 Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik

Letter of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav -- Krynica, Elul 1938 -- On Attaining an Etrog from Eretz Israel in the Shemitah Year, and Shanah Tovah Blessings

1938 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,000.00
229

Anti-Jewish Polemic -- Cologne, 1490-1500 -- Rare Book (Incunable) dating from the Earliest Years of the Printing Press

1490-1500 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 20,000.00
232

"Juden Raus!" (Jews Out!) -- Antisemitic Board Game, Nazi Germany, 1938 -- Small-Scale Version with Advertising Leaflet, Distributed to Toy Stores

1938 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 18,750.00
161

Roman-Rite Machzor -- Special Copy Printed on Blue Paper, Unique Exemplar -- Mantua, 1556-1560

1556-1560 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,250.00
208 Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik

Torah Letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav -- Brisk, 1933

1933 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,000.00
210 Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik

Letter of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav -- Jerusalem, Tevet 1947 -- Regarding the Statute for Jerusalem -- Protecting Orthodox Jewry in Eretz Israel in the Wake of United Nations Trusteeship Council Resolutions to Internationalize Jer

1947 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,000.00
156

Passover Haggadah and Seder Sefirat HaOmer -- Miniature Illuminated Manuscript on Parchment, 20th Century / Magnificent Silver Binding with the Fiorentini Family Crest -- Rome, 19th Century

19th Century USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,750.00
174

Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim -- Venice, 1544-1545 -- Especially Rare Edition

1544-1545 USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,500.00
198 the Chafetz Chaim

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

1932 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
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

1849 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,625.00
157

Parchment Manuscript -- Tikun Lailah -- Bedtime Reading of Shema and Other Prayers -- Frankfurt, Ca. First Half of 19th Century

Ca. First Half of 19th Century USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,000.00
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
193

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

1833 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,375.00
180 Rabbi Avraham Klausner

Sefer HaMinhagim of Rabbi Avraham Klausner -- Riva di Trento, 1558 -- First Edition of an Early Ashkenazic Book of Customs

1558 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,750.00
227

Early Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Mantua, 1668 -- Cases and Rimini Families -- Signature of R. Gur Aryeh HaLevi Finzi

1668 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,750.00
244

The Six-Day War -- Large Collection of IDF Publications -- June 1967

1967 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,750.00
  • 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
  • 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