Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Auction 101 session 2, 101b, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 18, 2025 - February 18, 2025
Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
287

Rosh David (Chida) -- Mantua, 1776 -- Copy Given by Author to Emissary Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Refael Segre -- First Edition

Mantua 1776 Not Available Not Sold
288

Beit David

Not Available Not Sold
289

Responsa Chikrei Lev -- First Seven Parts -- Thessaloniki-Livorno, 1787-1832 -- One Volume Belonging to Rebbe Levi Yitzchak Manson

Thessaloniki-Livorno 1787-1832 Not Available Not Sold
290

Maarchei Lev (by Rabbi Refael Chazan, Author of Chikrei Lev) -- Thessaloniki, 1821-1822 -- First Edition

Thessaloniki 1821-1822 Not Available Not Sold
291

Collection of Books by Rabbi Chaim Palachi -- 1846-1883

1846-1883 Not Available Not Sold
292

Kochav MiYaakov -- Thessaloniki, 1915 -- Only Copy of an Edition Destroyed in Fire

Thessaloniki 1915 Not Available Not Sold
293

Levush -- Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah -- Venice, 1620 -- Copy of Rabbi Moshe Galante, Rabbi of Damascus, Author of Berach Moshe -- His Handwritten Inscriptions, With Blessings: "May God Open for Him Gates of Light, Blessing and Lengthy Days"

Venice 1620 Not Available Not Sold
294

Responsa Maharitatz -- Venice, 1694 -- Signatures of Rabbi Refael Yeshayah Azulai (Son of the Chida) and Others

Venice 1694 Not Available Not Sold
295

Tzror HaChaim -- Against the Reform Movement -- Amsterdam, 1820 -- Copy of the Baruch Taam, Rabbi Baruch Frankel-Teomim, Rabbi of Leipnik

Amsterdam 1820 Not Available Not Sold
296

Responsa Zichron Yosef (Steinhardt) -- Furth, 1773 -- Polemic Against Chassidut -- Copy of the Rabbi of Wurzburg, With His Glosses

Furth 1773 Not Available Not Sold
297

Pachad Yitzchak (Lampronti) -- First Edition -- Venice and Livorno, 1750-1839 -- Distinguished Copy -- Copy of Rabbi Elyakim Getzel Margaliot of Brody, Brother of Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margaliot, And His Grandson Rabbi Menachem Manish Mordechai Teomim, Son-

Venice and Livorno 1750-1839 Not Available Not Sold
298

Zechor LeAvraham (Alkalai) -- First Edition -- Thessaloniki, 1798 -- Signature and Glosses of Rabbi Avraham son of Rabbi Yitzchak

Thessaloniki 1798 Not Available Not Sold
299

Sefer HaTakanot -- Jerusalem, 1883 -- Dozens of Glosses by Rabbi Chaim Sethon, Rabbi of Safed, Author of Eretz Chaim

Jerusalem 1883 Not Available Not Sold
300

Seder Eliyahu Rabba and Zuta (Alfandari) -- Constantinople, 1719 -- Signature of Rabbi Wolf HaLevi Boskowitz, Author of Seder Mishnah

Constantinople 1719 Not Available Not Sold
301

Seder Mishnah -- Prague, 1820 -- Copy of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Heller, Rabbi of Obuda -- Handwritten Glosses

Prague 1820 Not Available Not Sold
302

Collection of Books -- Printed in the Early 1700s -- Distinguished Copies with Signatures and Glosses

Printed in the Early 1700s Not Available Not Sold
303

Responsa Perach Shoshan -- Constantinople, 1732 -- Copy of Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Low, Rabbi of Vrbove, Author of Shaarei Torah

Constantinople 1732 Not Available Not Sold
304

Simchat Yehudah

Not Available Not Sold
305

Book of Vayikra with Or HaChaim -- Brody, 1873 -- Tens of Glosses on Masorah and Comments

Brody 1873 Not Available Not Sold
306

Geon Yaakov -- Lviv, 1863 -- Copy of Rabbi Moshe Grunwald, Rabbi of Khust, Author of Arugat HaBosem and His Father Rabbi Amram Grunwald

Lviv 1863 Not Available Not Sold
307

Responsa Maharit -- Lviv, 1861 -- Copy of the Keren LeDavid, Rabbi Eliezer David Grunwald, and Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein, Disciple of the Chatam Sofer

Lviv 1861 Not Available Not Sold
308

Maasai LeMelech -- Vac, 1913

Vac 1913 Not Available Not Sold
309

Livyat Chen and Or Yekarot -- Venice, 1742 -- Handwritten Glosses of Rabbi Yerucham Fishel Perla

Venice 1742 Not Available Not Sold
310

Collection of Books From the Library of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer

Not Available Not Sold
311

Collection of Books by the Panim Meirot -- Copies of Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer, Rabbi of Rechovot, With Family Tree Tracing Lineage of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer to the Panim Meirot

Not Available Not Sold
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 26th
    Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    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
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    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
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli
    Auction 59
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 20th 2025
    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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