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Moreshet Auctions: The 20th Chabad Auction for Chodesh HaGeulah - session 1

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Auction Name The 20th Chabad Auction for Chodesh HaGeulah - session 1 Total Sales (USD) 168,268.75
Auction Date December 07, 2025 - December 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 83,300.00
Sale Number #88a High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 156,800.00
Total Lots 150
Sold Lots 131.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 83,300.00
% of Lots Sold 87.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 156,800.00
Unsold Lots 19 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 107.31%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
82

Extremely Rare! Cashier's Check with the Rebbe's Handwritten Signature! Given as a Wedding Gift - Brooklyn New York, 1960s

1960s USD 25,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,000.00
67

Rare and Special! "When You Study This Tanya, All Blessings shall be Fulfilled" Tanya with the Handwritten Signature of the Rebbe of Lubavitch - Tishrei 1978

1978 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 22,500.00
32

Discovery! The ONly One in the World! Siddur HaAri, Bibliographically Unknown! Seder Tefillah Mikol Hashanah - Supervised by Rabbi Chanina Lipa Shapiro - Josefow, 1843 Partial Copy

1843 Not Available USD 11,875.00
86

$100 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe for Purchasing a House

USD 3,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,000.00
66

Touching! The Bag of Pidyon Nefesh Leaves, which was Carried by the Rebbe to the Ohel of the Rebbe the Rayatz - Tamuz, 1991

1991 USD 3,500.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,500.00
79

Kuntres Drushei Chatunah - 17th of Kislev 1991 with $1 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe

1991 USD 2,500.00 - 3,800.00 USD 3,500.00
65

"shr sgvlh yhy' lkl myly dmytb mnpsh v'd bshr" The Original Gift that was Given to the Guests by the Rebbe Rayatz during the Wedding of the Rebbe and the Rebbetizn

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,750.00
77

Kuntres Maamar Baruch She'Assa Nissim 1904 and 2 Dollars, Given Directly by the Rebbe - Shevat 1991

1991 USD 1,500.00 - 2,800.00 USD 2,750.00
70

Sefer HaTanya with a $1 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe on the 19th of Kislev, 1990 for the 40th anniversary of His Admorut

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,500.00
122

A Startling Historical Discovery! Document Indicating the Rebbe Received a Visa to the Holy Land before His Marriage!!! Tevet 1926 - an Unknown Historical Chapter in the Rebbe's History

1926 Not Available USD 2,500.00
147

Letter with the Rebbe's Blessing for Hashpa'ot Miracles and Yeshu'ot by Merit of the Chanukah Days with an Addition of "Livsorot Tovot" Handwritten by Him - Chanukah 1966

1966 Not Available USD 2,500.00
88

$10 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe - Kislev 1966

1966 USD 1,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD 2,375.00
133

The Rebbe the Rayatz' Blessing for Health and Success - Shvat 1944

1944 Not Available USD 2,375.00
134

Letter by the Rebbe the Rayatz for the Needs of Holocaust Survivors in the DP Camps of Italy and with a Blessing for Passover - New York 1946

1946 Not Available USD 2,375.00
150

Letter by the Rebbe with a Blessing for a Shiduch - Tevet 1975

1975 Not Available USD 2,375.00
90

Two $1 Bills with Sequential Numbering Given Direcly by the Rebbe - Kislev, 1989

1989 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,250.00
148

Letter with the Rebbe's Blessings and Encouragement to an Activist with the Addition of "Histadrut Tovah" Handwritten by the Rebbe - Sivan, 1968

1968 Not Available USD 2,250.00
69

Sefer HaTanya Given Directly by the Rebbe. 10th Shvat 1990. 40 years of his Admorut

USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,125.00
89

$5 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe - Tevet 1978

1978 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,125.00
143

Letter by the Rebbe from His First Years of Nessi'ut with Blessings for Passover - Yom Habahir Nissan 11, 1953

1953 Not Available USD 2,125.00
149

"vlbshvrvt tvbvt" Handwritten by the Rebbe on a Igeret Kodesh in Yiddish with a Blessing for Ktivah and Chatimah Tovah - Elul 1968

1968 Not Available USD 2,125.00
68

Tanya Given Directly by the Rebbe on His 80th Birthday - the 11th of Nissan 1982

1982 USD 1,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD 2,000.00
78

Kovetz 28th of Sivan Yovel Shanim, Sivan 1991 - with a Dollar Given Directly by the Rebbe in the Original Plastic Case!

1991 USD 1,800.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,000.00
87

$20 Bill Given Directly by the Rebbe for Pubishing Books

USD 1,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD 2,000.00
33

Extremely Rare! The First Edition of Siddur Torah Or "Prototype Edition" of Siddur Chabad 2 Sections - Vilna, 1886

1886 Not Available USD 1,625.00
  • 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
  • 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.