Sothebys: Important Judaica, N11543, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 18, 2024 - December 18, 2024

Page Size: 121 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Mishneh Torah, Introduction and Sefer ha-Madda (Book of Knowledge), Rabbi Moses Maimonides, [Yemen, 14th century]	Yemen	14th century	USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	USD 80,400.00
2	Mishneh Torah, Sefer Zemannim (Laws of Festivals), Rabbi Moses Maimonides, [Yemen, 14th century]	Yemen	14th century	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
3	Mishneh Torah, Sefer Nashim (Family Law) and Sefer Kedushah (Book of Sanctity), Rabbi Moses Maimonides, [Yemen, 14th-15th century]	Yemen	14th-15th century	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	Not Sold
4	Mishneh Torah, Sefer Shofetim (Judicial Law), Rabbi Moses Maimonides, [Yemen, 15th-16th century]	Yemen	15th-16th century	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 10,200.00
5	Moreh ha-Nevukhim (The Guide for the Perplexed) in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew Translation, Rabbis Moses Maimonides and Samuel Ibn Tibbon, [Middle East, 15th-16th century]	Middle East	15th-16th century	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 50,400.00
6	Al-Murshid al-Kafi (Hebrew-Arabic Lexicon of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah), Rabbi Tanhum ben Joseph ha-Yerushalmi, [Middle East, late 13th-early 14th century]	Middle East	late 13th-early 14th century	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 31,200.00
7	Sefer he-Arukh (Talmudic Dictionary), Rabbi Nathan ben Jehiel of Rome, [Middle East, 14th century]	Middle East	14th century	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 20,400.00
8	Sefer ha-Halakhot (Legal Code) on Berakhot, Seder Mo'ed, and Halakhot Ketannot, Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi, Scribe: Amram ben Saadiah Ibn Abud, [Middle East or North Africa], 1510	Middle East or North Africa	1510	USD 25,000.00 - 40,000.00	USD 28,800.00
9	Taj (Yemenite Pentateuch) with Mahberet ha-Tijan (Grammatical Treatise), [Yemen, 15th century]	Yemen	15th century	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 31,200.00
10	Midrash ha-Hefets (Aggadic Compilation on the Pentateuch), Rabbi Zechariah ben Solomon ha-Rofe, [Yemen, 15th-16th century]	Yemen	15th-16th century	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
11	Commentary on the Pentateuch, Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (Rashi), [Yemen, 15th-17th century]	Yemen	15th-17th century	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	Not Sold
12	Pentateuch with the Commentary of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher, Scribe: Moses ben Saadiah ben Judah ben David al-Qati'i, Madhab (Yemen), 1679			USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 36,000.00
13	Midrash Hemdat Yamim on Genesis and Exodus, Autograph of Rabbi Shalem ben Joseph Shabazi, [Yemen, ca. 1650]	Yemen	ca. 1650	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 31,200.00
14	Sefer ha-Kaneh, Attributed to Rabbi Nehunya ben ha-Kaneh, [Ottoman Empire, ca. 1600]	Ottoman Empire	ca. 1600	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
15	Sefer Ets Hayyim, Rabbi Hayyim Vital, [18th century]	18th century		USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 10,200.00
16	Seder ha-Ashmorot (Penitential Prayers) According to the Rite of Avignon, Scribe: Immanuel bar Gad de Milhaud, [Provence], 1690	Provence	1690	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 10,200.00
17	Massekhet Shikkorim ve-Sefer Havakbuk ha-Navi u-Massekhet Purim (Purim Parodies), Scribe: Eliezer Hayyim bar Mordechai Mella of Reggio, [Italy], 1715	Italy	1715	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
18	Providencia de Dios con Ysrael (God's Providence toward Israel), Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira, [Amsterdam, 18th century]	Amsterdam	18th century	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
19	Personal Letters and Documents of Communal Interest, Rabbi Noah Haltrecht of Lissa, Scribe: Benjamin Hayyim, [Poland, 19th century]	Poland	19th century	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 6,000.00
20	A Decorated Song of Songs with Aramaic and Arabic Translations, Scribe: Mordechai ben Baruch ben David ben Moses ben Benjamin, [Baghdad], 1835	Baghdad	1835	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
21	A Charmingly Decorated Book of Psalms, Baghdad, 1882			USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 12,000.00
22	Scroll Read at the Grave of the Prophet Ezekiel, [Baghdad, ca. 1869]	Baghdad	ca. 1869	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
23	The Story of Hannah and the Seven Children in Judeo-Arabic, Scribe: Menasseh ben Jacob ben Elijah Sofer, [Baghdad, 19th century]	Baghdad	19th century	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 10,800.00
24	Two Judeo-Arabic Tales, Scribe: Hannah Sassoon, Bombay, 1857			USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 7,200.00
25	Pizmonim (Liturgical Songs), Scribe: Flora Sassoon, Bombay, 1875			USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,600.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

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Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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