Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Rare and Important Items - part 1, 104a, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 21, 2025 - October 21, 2025
Page Size: 105 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Omer and Mizrach Plaque Decorated with Micrography, Produced by Yosef Eibeshitz, Great-Grandson of Rabbi Yehonatan Eibeshitz -- Germany, Ca. 1850 -- With Prayer for Welfare of Government

Germany, Ca. 1850 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
2

Lengthy Manuscript Parchment Scroll -- Ilan Sefirot -- North Africa, 18th/19th Century

North Africa 18th/19th Century USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,750.00
3

Miniature Torah Scroll -- Poland, Early 19th Century -- Silver Rollers

Poland, Early 19th Century USD 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,000.00
4

Miniature Torah Scroll -- Poland, 19th Century

Poland 19th Century USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
5

This item was withdrawn from the auction and was purchased by the Israel Museum with the assistance of Kedem Auction House.

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
6

Large Esther Scroll with Illustrated Family Coat of Arms -- Rome, 17th Century

Rome 17th Century USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 3,750.00
7

Illustrated Esther Scroll on Parchment -- Germany, Early 18th Century

Germany, Early 18th Century USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 30,000.00
8

Engraved Esther Scroll from the Netherlands -- Written by a Woman in Heidelberg, Germany, 1757

written Heidelberg, Germany [Printed in the Netherlands, probably Amsterdam]; 1757 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 21,250.00
9

Esther Scroll in Fine Filigree Silver Case -- Eastern Europe, 19th Century

Eastern Europe Silver Case USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
10

Esther Scroll in Large Filigree Silver Case, set with Coral Bead -- Ottoman Empire, 19th Century

Ottoman Empire Silver Case USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,250.00
11

Decorated Esther Scroll in Silver Case -- Probably Greece, 19th Century

Probably Greece Silver Case USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,000.00
12

Esther Scroll in Decorated Silver Case -- Greece, 19th Century

Greece Silver Case USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,250.00
13

Esther Scroll in Elaborate Silver Case -- Gift to High Commissioner Herbert Samuel

Silver Case USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,000.00
14

Passover Haggadah -- Decorated Paper Manuscript -- Gift to a Grandson from His Grandmother -- Copenhagen, Denmark, 1842

Copenhagen, Denmark 1842 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,000.00
15

Decorated Parchment Manuscript -- Order of Circumcision and Mohel Ledger -- Hoorn (Netherlands), 1830-1840

Hoorn (Netherlands) 1830-1840 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 12,500.00
16

Early Wimpel, Embroidered and Decorated -- Germany, 1649

Germany 1649 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,500.00
17

Wimpel Embroidered in Colorful Silk -- Germany, 1714

Germany 1714 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
20

Quality Silver Binding -- Esther Orvieto / Roman Rite Machzor -- Venice, 1626

Venice 1626 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 11,250.00
21

Ornate Silver Binding, 18th Century / Roman Rite Machzor -- Two Parts -- Venice, 1626

Venice 1626 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 12,500.00
45

Portrait of the Chatam Sofer -- Vienna, 1828 -- Printed in the Lifetime of the Chatam Sofer, by His Disciple Rabbi Yissachar Ber Frank

Vienna 1828 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,750.00
46

Portrait of the Baal Shem of Michelstadt -- Rabbi Sekl Loeb Wormser -- Strasbourg, After 1833

Strasbourg, After 1833 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,000.00
47 Hermann Struck

Hermann Struck (1876-1944) -- Portrait of Rabbi Akiva Eiger -- High-Quality Print on Parchment (One of Five Parchment Printings), Signed and Dated

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,000.00
53

Ben Uri Album -- Six Prints by Lazar Berson -- Hand-Colored Copy

London, 1916 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
54

First Maccabi Winter Games in Zakopane -- Illustrated Poster, 1933

Krakow: 1933 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,250.00
55

Minister Sheets -- First Day of Hebrew Post -- First Nine Postage Stamps of the State of Israel

1948 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,500.00
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