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Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Jewish Ceremonial Art / Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts / Engravins and Graphic Art / Ketubot / Hebraica, Part 1

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Auction Name Jewish Ceremonial Art / Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts / Engravins and Graphic Art / Ketubot / Hebraica, Part 1 Total Sales (USD) 268,562.50
Auction Date September 01, 2025 - September 01, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #103a High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 102
Sold Lots 99 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 97.06% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
203

Illuminated "Mizrach" Plaque -- Southern Germany, 18th Century

18th Century Not Available USD 16,250.00
175

Sefer HaZahav of the Lodz Gemach -- 1927-1934 -- Illustrated Manuscript, With Colorful Decorations and Portraits of Society Leaders -- Memorial Pages for the 1929 Massacres in Eretz Israel -- Memorial Page for Early Victims of Nazis -- Eulogies for Lord B

1927-1934 Not Available USD 13,750.00
139

Small-Format Torah Scroll -- Arizal (Chassidic) Script -- Poland, 19th Century

19th Century Not Available USD 9,375.00
184

Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Venice, 1759 -- Curiel and Nuveira Families

1759 Not Available USD 8,125.00
176

Book of Laws of Achva Association -- Carved Olive Wood Binding, With Symbols of Secret Society -- Jerusalem, 1894

1894 Not Available USD 7,500.00
140

Small-Format Torah Scroll -- Poland, 19th Century

19th Century Not Available USD 6,875.00
132

Siddur for Women with Decorated Silver Binding -- Probably Germany, 19th Century

19th Century Not Available USD 6,250.00
190

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Padua, 1850 -- Trieste Family Coat of Arms and Allegorical Illustrations

1850 Not Available USD 5,500.00
218

Passover Haggadah -- Amsterdam, 1695 -- First Haggadah with Copper Engravings and Map of Eretz Israel -- Variant Title Page

1695 Not Available USD 5,250.00
135

Machzor in Fine Silver Binding -- Modena, 19th Century

19th Century Not Available USD 4,500.00
217

Maaseh Toviah -- Venice, 1707 -- Portrait of Author Rabbi Toviah the Physician and Many Illustrations -- First Edition -- Fine Copy in Original Leather Binding

1707 Not Available USD 4,500.00
185

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Venice, 1786

1786 Not Available USD 4,375.00
134

Elegant Silver-Bound Machzor -- Turin, Early 19th Century

Early 19th Century Not Available USD 4,000.00
141

Sephardic Torah Scroll -- Israel, 20th Century

20th Century Not Available USD 4,000.00
189

Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Senigallia, 1841 -- Couple from Rome at the Senigallia Fair

1841 Not Available USD 4,000.00
204

Three Parchment Shiviti Plaques -- Italy, 18th/19th Centuries

18th/19th Centuries Not Available USD 4,000.00
149

Esther Scroll in a Large, High-Quality Silver Filigree Case, Set with Gemstones -- Poland, 19th Century

19th Century Not Available USD 3,750.00
209

Elaborate Handwritten and Illuminated Certificate of Appreciation -- To the President of the Jewish Community of Arad, Transylvania, 1897

1897 Not Available USD 3,750.00
124

High Holiday Siddur in Elaborate Silver Binding -- Nuremberg, Ca. 1726 -- Silversmith Johann Conrad Weiss

Ca. 1726 Not Available USD 3,500.00
147

Large-Format Esther Scroll Sewn to Satin Backing, with Separate Sheet of Blessings -- Holland, 19th Century

19th Century Not Available USD 3,500.00
151

Esther Scroll in Ornate Silver Case -- Austro-Hungary, Late 19th Century

Late 19th Century Not Available USD 3,500.00
154

Hand-Decorated Miniature Esther Scroll in Silver Case -- Poland or Russia

20th century Not Available USD 3,500.00
155

Hand-Decorated Miniature Esther Scroll in Silver Case -- Iraq or Vicinity

19th century Not Available USD 3,500.00
163

Illustrated Esther Scroll in Decorated Filigree Silver Case -- Israel, Ca. 1950s

Ca. 1950s Not Available USD 3,500.00
198

Large Decorated Ketubah -- Sanandaj, Iranian Kurdistan, 1938

1938 Not Available USD 3,500.00
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