• 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.
  • 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.

Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection, 102a, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 06, 2025 - May 06, 2025
Page Size: 126 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3

Printed Amulet for Protection of the Mother of a Newborn Girl -- Germany, 18th Century

Sulzbach? Germany ca. 18th century USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,000.00
4

Manuscript, Parchment Gathering of an Ashkenazic Machzor -- 14th Century

Ca. 14th century USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,000.00
5

Parchment Manuscript, Memorbuch -- Austerlitz (Moravia), 17th-19th Centuries -- Rare Texts (Including Early Version of Prayer for Those Who Refrain from Speaking in Synagogue, and More)

17th-19th centuries USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,750.00
6

Manuscript, Piyyut Machzor for Yom Kippur -- Crimea, 14th Century -- Particularly Important Anthology, Including Heretofore Unknown Piyyutim and Piyyutim Known Only from the Cairo Genizah

Crimean Peninsula ca. 14th century USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,750.00
7

Manuscript, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Rite Machzor for Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah -- 16th/17th Century

16th/17th century USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,750.00
8

Manuscript, Avignon Rite Rosh Hashanah Machzor -- 17th Century

Avignon ca. first half of 17th century USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,250.00
9

Manuscript, Carpentras Rite Yom Kippur and Festival Machzor -- Courthezon, Southern France, 1683

Courthezon, Southern France, 1683 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,375.00
10

Manuscript, Apam Rite Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur ---- Italy, 1828

Piedmont, Italy 1828 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,500.00
11

Manuscript, Kitzur Zemirot Yisrael -- Ferrara, 1840 -- Decorated Title Page -- Fine Binding with Metal Decorations

Ferrara, 1840 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,000.00
12

Manuscript, Algerine-Rite High Holiday Machzor -- Nehorai Synagogue Rite -- Algiers, 17th-19th Centuries -- Sassoon Ms. 972

Algiers ca. 17th/18th century and 19th century USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
13

Manuscript, Siddur Gadol with Commentary of Rabbi Yitzchak Wanneh -- Yemen, 1698 -- Written in Ma'bar, Where Author Officiated as Rabbi in Early 17th Century

Ma'bar (South-Central Yemen), 1698 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
14

Manuscript, Midrash Meor HaAfelah -- Illustrated and Decorated -- Yemen, 15th Century

Yemen ca. 15th century USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 13,750.00
15

Manuscript, Midrash HaGadol on Shemot -- Yemen, Ca. 16th Century

Yemen ca. 16th century USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,500.00
16

Manuscript, Machberet HaTijan -- Yemen, 16th Century -- Micrography

Yemen ca. 16th century USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,375.00
17

Manuscript, Tikun Pesach / Keriei Moed -- Yemen, 19th Century

Yemen ca. 19th century USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
18

Manuscript, Lechem Shlomo, by Rabbi Shlomo HaKohen, Early Yemenite Kabbalist -- Yemen, 17th/18th Century

Yemen ca. 17th/18th century USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,500.00
19

Manuscript, Anthology of Practical Kabbalah, Amulets and Segulot -- Spain or North Africa, Ca. 1490

Spain or North Africa ca. 1490 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,750.00
20

Manuscript, Arizal Siddur Chemdat Yisrael by Rabbi Shmuel Vital -- Egypt, Ca. 1720

Egypt ca. 1720 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,000.00
21

Manuscript, Commentary on Tractate Avot Based on the Arizal's Kabbalah -- Egypt, First Half of 18th Century -- Segulot for Plague and More

Egypt ca. 1720s-1730s USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,000.00
22

Manuscript, Works of Early Spanish Kabbalists -- 15th/16th Century

North Africa? ca. 15th/16th century USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,250.00
23

Manuscript, Kabbalistic Works by Rabbi Avraham Abulafia and Various Selections on Kabbalah -- Italy, 16th Century

Italy ca. 16th century USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
24

Manuscript, Shaar HaRazim by Rabbi Todros Abulafia -- Italy, 16th Century

Italy 16th century USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,500.00
25

Manuscript, Otzrot Chaim and Selections on Kabbalah -- Italy, 18th Century -- Ilanot Sefirot and Kabbalistic Diagrams

Italy 18th century USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
26

Manuscript, Shemen Zayit Zach -- Autograph of Rabbi Shlomo Molcho -- Izmir, 1778-1779 -- Several Unpublished Kabbalistic Novellae -- Insights Revealed to the Author in a Dream

Izmir ca. 1778-1779 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,000.00
27

Manuscript, Sefer HaKavanot by the Arizal -- North Africa, 17th/18th Century

North Africa ca. 17th/18th century USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
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    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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    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€
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    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€
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    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€
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    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€
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