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€

Moreshet Auctions: Chabad auction for Yud Shevat – 75 Years since the passing of the Rebbe the Rayatz and the Rebbe receiving the Nessi’ut, 81, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 25, 2025 - February 25, 2025

Page Size: 64 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
63	Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Famed Mashpi'ah Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Kesselman - Cheshvan, 1967		1967	Not Available	USD 62.50
64	2 Lengthy and Fascinating Letters Laden with Chassidut by the Chassid Rabbi Chaim Aharon Dobroskin - Haifa, 1955	Haifa	1955	Not Available	USD 62.50
65	Letter by Rabbi David Chanzin Encouraging the Distribution of a Letter by the Rebbe - Eve of Sukkot, 1959		1959	Not Available	USD 75.00
66	Lot of Letters by Rabbi Alexander Sender Yudasin - Tel Aviv - 1970s-1980s	Tel Aviv	1970s-1980s	Not Available	Not Sold
67	Rare. Original Lithograph of a General Letter by the Rebbe the Rayatz - Riga, 1928	Riga	1928	Not Available	USD 125.00
68	The Rebbe the Rayatz' Blessing Signed by the Secretary Rabbi Yechezkel Feigin - Riga, Av 1931	Riga	1931	Not Available	USD 125.00
69	Letter by the Rebbe the Rayatz Handwritten and Signed by the Secretary Rabbi Shmuel Zalmanov - Otwock Elul, 1931	Otwock	1931	Not Available	USD 137.50
70	Letter by the Rebbe the Rayatz including the Envelope that was Sent with It, with the Stamp of the Secretary Rabbi Yechezkel Feigin - Riga, Tevet 1032	Riga	1932	Not Available	USD 187.50
71	Letter with Blessings for Parnasah and a Good Shiduch by the Rebbe the Rayatz Signed by the Secretary Rabbi Yechezkel Feigin - Warsaw, Tevet 1934	Warsaw	1934	Not Available	USD 406.25
72	Letter with Many Blessings by the Rebbe the Rayatz Signed by the Secretary Rabbi Chaim Lieberman - Riga, Shvat 1940	Riga	1940	Not Available	USD 531.25
73	Letter with Blessings for a Good Year by the Rebbe the Rayatz Signed by the Secretary Rabbi Chaim Lieberman - Brooklyn MarCheshvan 1943	Brooklyn	1943	Not Available	USD 437.50
74	Blessing of the Rebbe the Rayatz for a Shiduch and Parnasah Beharchavah - Brooklyn, Chanukkah 1941	Brooklyn,	1941	Not Available	USD 2,500.00
75	Blessing by the Rebbe the Rayatz for Good Health and Parnasah Tovah with an Addition of "bgshmyvt vbrvkhnyvt" Handwritten by Him and His Handwritten Signature - Elul 1948		1948	Not Available	USD 1,750.00
76	Original Envelope that was Sent by the Rebbe - 1988		1988	Not Available	USD 62.50
77	General Letter by the Rebbe in Yiddish wiith His Photocopied Signature - Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 1982	Rosh Chodesh	1982	Not Available	Not Sold
78	Letter with Corrections Handwitten by the Rebbe from the First Years of Nessi'ut Confirming the Receipt of the Pidyon Nefesh for the Hillula Day of the Rebbe the Rayatz and a Promise to Mention by the Tziyun Signed by the Secretary - Shvat, 1956		1956	Not Available	USD 531.25
79	Letter by the Rebbe with a Promise to be Mentioned by the Tziyun Signed by the Secretary - Shvat, 1957		1957	Not Available	USD 562.50
80	Addiiton of a Word Handwritten by the Rebbe on a Copy of a Letter on Educational Matters - Iyar 1958		1958	Not Available	USD 250.00
81	Implied Criticism about the Preparations for the Hillula of the Rayatz and a Promise to Mention at the Tziyun Signed by the Secretary and with the Rebbe's Correction - Shvat, 1959		1959	Not Available	USD 375.00
82	Letter by the Rebbe with Encouragement for the Matzah Latalmid Project Signed by the Secretary Rav Chodakov - Adar 2, 1962		1962	Not Available	USD 375.00
83	The Rebbe's Corrections and a Signature on a Letter "on Behalf of the Admor Shlita S.M. Simpson Secretary" - Tamuz 1962		1962	Not Available	USD 375.00
84	Letter by the Rebbe Indicating the Receipt of the Pidyon Nefesh from the Hillula Day of the Rebbe the Rayatz and a Promise to Mention by the Tziyun Signed by the Secretary - Shvat, 1965		1965	Not Available	USD 325.00
85	Letter by the Rebbe about Summer Camps Signed by the Secretary Rabbi Binyamin Kelin - Tamuz, 1976		1976	Not Available	USD 350.00
86	Corrections and Additions Handwritten by the Rebbe on a Letter Signed by the Secretary - Adar 1, 1959		1959	Not Available	USD 625.00
87	Rare! Tzetale - Note from the Rebbe's Table with a "Response" Handwritten by HIm			Not Available	USD 437.50

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500

Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
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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