• Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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Moreshet Auctions: Fall Auction

Auction Reports

Auction Name Fall Auction Total Sales (USD) 73,250.00
Auction Date October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #87 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 296
Sold Lots 190 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 64.19% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 106 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
3

The Treasures of Venice - Encient Masechet Tmurah - Printed by Daniel Bomberg - Venice, 1528 - Second Edition

1528 Not Available USD 6,875.00
202 Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky

Touching Letter pertaining to Saving Lives by the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky - to His Friend the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna the Rosh Yeshiva of Hebron - London, 1946

1946 Not Available USD 3,250.00
173 Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach and Rabbi Shimon Zvi Horowitz -

Lengthy Letter Hand-Signed by the Famed Mekubalim, Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach and Rabbi Shimon Zvi Horowitz - Jerusalem, 1922

1922 Not Available USD 2,375.00
87

A Day of Celebration for Iyun Students - Exciting Discovery of a Huge Work on the Tractates of Bava Kama and Bava Metzi'a - not Published!

Not Available USD 2,125.00
285

Torat Eretz Yisrae of Harav Hakadosh of Ribnitz: Set of Arba'a Turim - Chatam Sofer Institute Jerusalem, 1965

1965 Not Available USD 2,000.00
238 Rabbeinu Nosson of Breslov

First Edition of Likutei Halachot Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat - by Rabbeinu Nosson of Breslov - Lemberg, 1861

1861 Not Available USD 1,750.00
83

Discovery! Manuscript that was not Published - Chidushim on the Rambam Hilchot Zer'aim - Oriental Script the 18th Century

18th Century Not Available USD 1,500.00
172 Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook

Rare letter of Blessings by Maran Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook - with the Signature of His Daughter the Rebbetzin Batya Kook (Ra'anan) - Jerusalem, 1920

1920 Not Available USD 1,250.00
176 Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog

Recommendation for the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Zvi Kushelevsky Shlita Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog the Chief Rabbi of Israel - Jerusalem, 1958

1958 Not Available USD 1,250.00
212 the Goren Dabid and His Sons and Rabbi Meir Lehman and More

Signatures and Glosses by the Goren Dabid and His Sons and by Rabbi Meir Lehman and More: Shut HaRashba - Vienna 1812.

1812 Not Available USD 1,125.00
21 Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida -

Yesod - Chida - Sefer Vaad Lachachamim and Tov Ayin - by Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida - Livorno, 1796 - First Edition in the Author's Lifetime!

1796 Not Available USD 1,062.50
88

Historical, Most Important Item for the Pedigree of the Residents of Jerusalem! Handwritten Pinkas of Tax Payers to the Ottoman Army - Jerusalem, Early 20th Century

Early 20th Century Not Available USD 937.50
195 Rabbi Moshe Feinstein

Dedication by Maran the Posek Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Handwritten and Signed by Him on His Book Igrot Moshe Section I - First Edition New York, 1959

1959 Not Available USD 937.50
226 HaRav HaKadosh of Berditchev and Baal HaTanya

Of the Ediiton that was Approbated by HaRav HaKadosh of Berditchev and Baal HaTanya: Masechet Nidah and Mishnayot Taharot - Press of the Beralech Slavita, 1812

1812 Not Available USD 937.50
2

Yesod! Rav Alfas on the Tractates of Yevamot and Ketubot - First Edition of the Tosefta and Second Edition of the Rif Bomberg Press Venice, 1522 - Incomplete Copy with Handwritten Glosses

1522 Not Available USD 875.00
169 Rabbi Yaakov David Wilovsky

Dedication Handwritten and Signed by Rabbeinu the Author Rabbi Yaakov David Wilovsky on His Book Shut Beit Ridbaz - First Edition Jerusalem, 1908

1908 Not Available USD 812.50
204 Rabbi david Povarsky

Letter with Many Superlative Describing the Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Ades - Signed by His Rav of of the Ponevezh Yeshiva the Gaon Rabbi david Povarsky - Bnei Berak, 1961

1961 Not Available USD 812.50
205 Rabbi Nachum Partzovitz

Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Nachum Partzovitz the Rosh Yeshiva of Mir

Not Available USD 812.50
294

"What Can I Say about the Agudah" Polemic Letter against Agudas Yisroel - by the Admor the Author of the Tiferet Shmuel of Alexander -1924

1924 Not Available USD 812.50
120 Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles

Kuntres Ahavat David - the Sabbatean Polemic - by the Gaon Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles Av Beit Din of Prague - Prague, 1800

1800 Not Available USD 687.50
269 Rabbi Aharon of Karlin -

Uncommon - Rare Edition of the Book Beit Aharon by Rabbi Aharon of Karlin - Published by His Grandson the Yanuka of Karlin

Not Available USD 687.50
12 Rabbi Avraham Azulai.

Kabbalistic Sefer Yesod: Chessed LeAvraham by Rabbi Avraham Azulai - First Edition. Amsterdam, 1685 Ancient Signatures

1685 Not Available USD 625.00
132

First Time Auctioned - Mechiyat Amalek Veshutafav - Rare Polemic Booklet against the Kol Mevaser Weekly - Sighet, 1901

1901 Not Available USD 625.00
4

Sefer Yesod: Rare Post-Incunabula Book: First Edition of the Commentary of Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi [the Re'em] on Rashi on the Torah - Venice, 1527

1527 Not Available USD 593.75
61

Many and Important Handwritten Glosses: First Edition of Sefer Halichot Eli - Izmir, 1668

1668 Not Available USD 593.75
  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
    Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
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