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Auction Name
Important Judaica
Auction Date
12/17/2025 - 12/17/2025
Sale Number
#N11907
Total Lots
45
Sold Lots
34.0
Lots Sold
75.56%
Unsold Lots
11
Total Sales (USD)
3,038,380.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
2,366,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
3,888,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,617,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
4,308,500.00
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
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
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
60

Two Leaves from a Samaritan Pentateuch

 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 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
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    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
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    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
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  • <b><center>Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Balthus, Emily Brontë. <i>Wuthering Heights,</i> New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Charles Dickens. <i>Complete Works,</i> Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Winston Churchill. First edition of <i>War Speeches,</i> Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. <i>Holy Cats</i> First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.