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Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Online Auction: Judaica | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects and Photographs
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| Auction Name | Online Auction: Judaica | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects and Photographs | Total Sales (USD) | 58,275.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 23, 2026 - June 23, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 20,470.00 |
| Sale Number | #62a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 143 | ||
| Sold Lots | 122.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 22,610.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 85.31% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 21 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197 | Schneerson Yosef Yitzchak | Letter of Blessings of the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch |
1949 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 170 | Large Collection of Letters of Rabbis and Tzedakah Collectors |
1920s-1940s | USD 400.00 - 0.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 196 | Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak | Letter of the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch |
1948 | USD 600.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 199 | Schneerson Menachem Mendel | Letter of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Who is a Jew Legislation |
1975 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 190 | Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak | Letter |
1944 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 198 | Schneerson Menachem Mendel | Letter of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the Miserable Law of Who is a Jew |
1975 | USD 700.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 201 | Collection of Telegrams |
1933-1944 | USD 200.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 159 | Collection of Letters, Receipts and Documents – Yemenite Community |
1900s-1940s | USD 100.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 188 | 86 Books, including: Collection of Letters of Rabbis and Other Documents |
1890s-1970s | USD 150.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 191 | Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak | Letter |
1946 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 193 | Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak | Letter of the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch |
1947 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 194 | Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak | Letter of the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch |
1947 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 189 | Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak | Letter |
1944 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 192 | Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak | Shanah Tovah Letter |
1946 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 195 | Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak | Shanah Tovah Letter from the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch |
1947 | USD 500.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 17 | Altaras David; Koncili family; Altaras David; Modena Aaron Berachiah; Rokis Emanuel; Cingoli Isaac Joseph | 23 Books, including: Seder Nashim and Tikun HaLimud |
1705; 1706; 1712; 1726; 1728; 1743; 1750; 1760; 1767; 1777; 1790; 1797; 1818; 1828; 1839; 1883 | USD 150.00 - 0.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 40 | Passover Haggadah |
1840 | USD 100.00 - 0.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 213 | Pinkas Beit Knesset |
18th Century | USD 150.00 - 0.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 178 | Hutner Yitzchak | Torah Letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner |
1966 | USD 200.00 - 0.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 12 | Book of Tehillim |
1778 | USD 100.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 38 | Passover Haggadah |
1762 | USD 200.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 185 | Halberstam Shlomo | Letter |
1980 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 186 | Halberstam Shlomo | Letter |
1981 | USD 300.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 211 | Tefillah Nechonah |
1793 | USD 120.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 | |
| 212 | Shir VaShevach Hodaah VeHallel |
1793 | USD 120.00 - 0.00 | USD 687.50 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.