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Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul. Part II.

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Auction Name Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul. Part II. Total Sales (USD) 603,968.75
Auction Date September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 441,900.00
Sale Number #113 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 658,400.00
Total Lots 199
Sold Lots 169 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 504,900.00
% of Lots Sold 84.92% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 756,100.00
Unsold Lots 30 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 79.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
147

Machzor LePesach Minhag Aschkenaz [prayer-book for Passover]. Rite according to Aschkenazi custom.

c. 1280. USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 75,000.00
14 AVICENNA.

(Abu Ali al-Hussein ibn Abdallah ibn Sina). HaKanon HaGadol - Canon Medicinae. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Nathan of Cento (HaMe'ati).

1491-92. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 62,500.00
19

(Former Prophets). Nevi'im Rishonim.

1494 USD 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
148

Machzor. According to Italian (Roman) rite. With Selichoth and Piyutim (supplementary penitential prayers and poems) for the Ten Days of Repentance (Asereth Yemei Teshuvah).

c. 1400. USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 37,500.00
105 PERETZ TRABOT / YECHIEL (Attributed to).

Makrei Dardakei ["Primary Teacher."]

1488 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,000.00
125 SHLOMO IBN GABIROL.

Mivchar HaPeninim.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 27,500.00
102 MOSHE OF COUCY.

Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (SeMa'G) ["The Great Book of Commandments": Enumeration of the 613 precepts].

1488 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 25,000.00
100 MOSHE BEN NACHMAN (Ramba'n / Nachmanides).

Dina DeGarmei.

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 23,750.00
130

Masecheth Nazir. With commentaries including Rashi, Tosaphoth and the Ramba'm on the Mishnah.

1522 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 17,500.00
132

Masechta Me'ilah, Kinim, Midoth, Tamid, etc. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth.

1523 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 17,500.00
128

Masechta Moed Katan.

1521 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 16,250.00
129

Masechta Bechoroth. With commentaries including Rashi, Tosaphoth and Rabbeinu Asher (Ro'sh).

1522 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 13,750.00
83

Group of nine prayer-books in Fourteen volumes, all Aschkenazic rite.

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 9,375.00
58 HOROWITZ, YESHAYA. (SheLa'H HaKadosh).

Shnei Luchoth HaBerith. Issued with: Vavei HaAmudim by Author's son Shabthai Sheftel Horowitz.

1698 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,750.00
10 ARAMA, YITZCHAK.

Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical sermons to the Chumash and Five Megilloth].

1522 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 8,125.00
20

Chamisha Chumshei Torah [-end]

1528 & 1533. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,875.00
138

Group of Fourteen volumes.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,000.00
69 KALATZ, YEHUDAH.

(Zeh HaSepher Hamepho'ar...) Sepher HaMussar [ethics].

1536-37. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,250.00
8 ALTSCHULER, NAFTALI HERTZ.

Nevi'im & Kethuvim. Biblical text with commentary Ayalah Sheluchah. Along with Yiddish explanatory text.

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,000.00
18

(Ecclesiastes). Sepher Koheleth.

1487 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,000.00
120 SHLOMO IBN ADRET (RaShB'A).

Chidushei Berachoth [novellae to Talmud Tractate].

1523 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,500.00
197 ROBERTS, DAVID.

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia. After Lithographs by Louis Haghe from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. with historical descriptions by the Reverend George Croly, L.L.D.

1855-56. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,250.00
17 BARUCH BEN YITZCHAK OF WORMS.

Sepher HaTerumah.

1523 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,000.00
21

Magna Biblia Rabbinica. With Targum and the major classical rabbinic commentaries. Prepared by J. Buxtorf, together with Abraham Braunschweig. With a preface by Jacob ben Hayyim ben Isaac and Moses ben Yom-Tov.

1618-1619. USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,000.00
95

* Mishnayoth. Six volumes. Mantua, 1777.

USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 4,000.00
  • <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> NEWTON, ISAAC. <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum.</i> 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BECKMANN, MAX. <i>Apokalypse.</i> Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. <i>Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln.</i> AND: <i>Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln…</i> CHF 30,000 to 50,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten.</i> Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
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    Sotheby's
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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