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Sothebys: Important Judaica

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Auction Name Important Judaica Total Sales (USD) 3,038,381.00
Auction Date December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,366,500.00
Sale Number #N11907 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,888,500.00
Total Lots 45
Sold Lots 34.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,617,500.00
% of Lots Sold 75.56% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,308,500.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 70.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
63

A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah, Spain c. 1300

 c. 1300 USD 1,500,000.00 - 2,500,000.00 USD 1,514,000.00
64

Complete Cycle of Haftarot (Prophetic Readings), [Spain, 14th century]

 14th century] USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 241,300.00
73

AN IMPORTANT ESTHER SCROLL, WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ARYEH LEIB BEN DANIEL OF GORAY, ITALY, CIRCA 1740

 CIRCA 1740 USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 215,900.00
92

A Rare Monumental Ashkenazic Torah Scroll, [Northern Italy, ca. 1400]

 ca. 1400] USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 215,900.00
66

Hebrew Bible printed on parchment, Naples, 1492

 1492 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 190,500.00
84

Autograph Manuscript of Theodor Herzl's "The Family Affliction"

 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 95,250.00
93

A Historic Yemenite Torah Scroll

 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 69,850.00
68

MINHAGIM, SIMEON HA-LEVI GUNZBURG, AMSTERDAM: ELIJAH ABOAB [AND MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL], 1645

 1645 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 60,960.00
65

Pentateuch (Humash), with Targum Onkelos and Rashi's Commentary, Printed on Parchment

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 44,450.00
91

Fourteenth-Century Scroll of Esther (Megillat Esther) on Carved Wooden Roller

 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 38,100.00
85

Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State), Theodor Herzl

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 35,560.00
60

Two Leaves from a Samaritan Pentateuch

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 31,750.00
62

Hebrew Biblical Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Autograph of the Last Maimonidean Nagid, David II ben Joshua Maimonides

 USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 31,750.00
67

Latter Prophets (Nevi'im Aharonim), with the Commentary of Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437--1508)

 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 31,750.00
89

An Illustrated Traveler's Prayer and Bedtime Shema (Tefilat ha-Derekh and Kriyat Shema 'al ha Mitah) [Germany,] 1757

 1757 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,400.00
75

An Illustrated Shehitah Kabbalah (license to perform ritual slaughter) granted to Daniel ben Moses David Terni

 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,320.00
72

Medical Diploma for Rabbi-Physician Leon Cantarini (Yehudah ha-Kohen Katz), Granted by the University of Padua, Padua, October 1623.

 October 1623. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 19,050.00
94

MINIATURE TORAH SCROLL, [EASTERN EUROPE: LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURIES]

 LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURIES] USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 17,780.00
61

Siddur (Prayerbook), [Persia, 13th century]

 13th century] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 16,510.00
6

An Italian Silver Book Binding, Gaspare Vanneschi, Rome, Circa 1760-70

 Circa 1760-70 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,240.00
77

First edition of the correspondence between George Washington and the American Jewish communities, 1796

 1796 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,065.00
71

Seder Tefilot, Zolkiew, 1761, Bound in a Contemporary Silver Binding

 1761, USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,430.00
90

Central European Regulations on the Taxation of Jews and Kosher Food, Composite Register of Printed and Manuscript Instructions for Tax Collectors

 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,430.00
88

A Rare Mizrah Papercut, Circa 1900

 Circa 1900 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,525.00
69

Passover Haggadah According to the Ashkenazic and Sephardic Rites, with the Rare Map of the Holy Land.

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,890.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
  • <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000. <b><center>Case Antiques<br>2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques<br>January 31 and February 1, 2026</center><b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1:</b> Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques
    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.