Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Auction 101 session 1, 101a, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 17, 2025 - February 17, 2025
Page Size: 35 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Large Print -- Hand-Colored Woodcut Depicting the Holy Sites and Gravesites of Tzaddikim in Eretz Israel -- Italy, 17th Century -- Undocumented

Italy 17th Century USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 50,000.00
2

Decorated Parchment Certificate -- Papal Privilege to Members of the Ambron Family -- Rome, 1756

Rome 1756 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,500.00
3

Large Micrographic Parchment Amulet -- Northern Italy, 18th Century

Northern Italy 18th Century USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,750.00
4

Shiviti Plaque, Decorated with Micrography of Tehillim Chapters -- Central Europe, 19th Century

Central Europe 19th Century USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,250.00
6

Papercut for the Sukkah -- Decorated with Deer, Lions and Storks -- Germany, 1777 -- Dedication to Anschel Wertheimer

Germany 1777 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 15,000.00
7

Important Parchment Esther Scroll, Handwritten and Illustrated -- Earliest Work of Scribe-Artist Aryeh Leib ben Daniel of Goraj -- Godziszow, Poland, 1732

Godziszow, Poland 1732 USD 120,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 112,500.00
8

Handwritten and Illustrated Esther Scroll -- Attributed to Scribe-Artist Aryeh Leib ben Daniel of Goraj -- Italy, 18th Century

Italy 18th Century USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 62,500.00
9

Large Hand-Decorated Esther Scroll -- Italy, 18th Century -- With Matching Blessings Leaf

Italy 18th Century USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 23,750.00
10

Passover Haggadah -- Illuminated Parchment Manuscript, Attributed to Scribe-Artist Jakob son of Michael May Segal of Innsbruck -- Germany, Perhaps Frankfurt, 1729

Germany, Perhaps Frankfurt 1729 USD 200,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 250,000.00
11

Passover Haggadah with Maariv for Passover, with Judeo-Arabic Translation -- Illuminated Manuscript -- Baghdad, 1884

Baghdad 1884 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,000.00
12

Sefirat HaOmer -- Miniature Manuscript Scroll with Color Illustrations -- Central or Northern Europe, 18th Century

Central or Northern Europe 18th Century USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 27,500.00
13

Sefirat HaOmer -- Large Parchment Plaque Embellished with Micrography, with Blessings for Festivals and Protective Amulets -- Amsterdam, Early 19th Century

Amsterdam, Early 19th Century USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,000.00
14

Ketubah for Shavuot -- Decorated Parchment Marriage Contract Between the Jewish People and the Torah -- Tangiers, Morocco, Second Half of 19th Century -- Two Versions, For Both Days of Shavuot

Tangiers, Morocco, Second Half of 19th Century -- Two Versions, For Both Days of Shavuot USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,250.00
15

Important Early Parchment Ketubah, Large and Decorated -- Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Croatia, 1663 -- Earliest Documented Ketubah from Ragusa

Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Croatia 1663 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 27,500.00
16

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Senigallia -- 18th-Century Illustrated Frame with 1843 Ketubah -- Illustrations of Jerusalem and Emblems of the Twelve Tribes

1843 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 43,750.00
17

Parchment Ketubah, Decorated with Micrography -- Modena, 1749 -- Norzi and Levi Families -- Signatures of Rabbis of Modena

Modena 1749 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,000.00
18

Large, Elegant Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Genoa, Italy, 1751 -- From the David Solomon Sassoon Collection -- Foa and Noveira Families

Genoa, Italy 1751 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 32,500.00
19

Large, Elaborate Parchment Ketubah -- Livorno, 1755 -- Bride and Groom of the Sonsin Family

Livorno 1755 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 50,000.00
20

Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Mantua, 1755 -- Coats of Arms of Canton and Sullam Families

Mantua 1755 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 31,250.00
21

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Chieri, 1760 -- One of the Only Recorded Ketubot from Chieri

Chieri 1760 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,750.00
22

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- With Illustrations of Jerusalem and Signs of the Zodiac -- Santa Fiora, Italy, 1777 -- Paggi and Sorano Families

Santa Fiora, Italy 1777 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
23

Magnificent Italian Decorated Parchment Cut Ketubah -- Lugo, 1784

Lugo 1784 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 40,000.00
24

Elaborate Parchment Ketubah -- Rome, 1791 -- Decorated with Micrography of the Book of Esther and the Castelnuovo and Baraffael Family Coats of Arms

Rome 1791 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 25,000.00
25

Large, Elegant and Rare Ketubah -- Colorful Parchment Cut Depicting the Binding of Isaac and the Zodiac Signs -- Venice, 1800 -- Fonseca and Ashkenazi Families

Venice 1800 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 45,000.00
26

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Vercelli, 1800 -- Leblin and Treves Families -- Signatures of Rabbis of Vercelli

Vercelli 1800 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 20,000.00
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Bonhams, Apr. 8: First report outside of the colonies of the American Revolution, from American accounts. Printed broadsheet, The London Evening-Post, May 30, 1775. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi, 1713. "... first significant book on probability theory." $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Aristotle's Politica. Oeconomica. 1469. The first printed work on political economy. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: John Graunt's Natural and political observations...., 1662. The first printed work of epidemiology and demographics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Charles Schulz original 8-panel Peanuts Sunday comic strip, 1992, pen and ink over pencil, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy as a psychiatrist. $20,000 - $30,000
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    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
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    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
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    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
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    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
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    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
  • Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000. Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
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