Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Jewish Ceremonial Art and Photographs, 60, Jerusalem

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025
Page Size: 378 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
251

Letter of Rabbi Naftali Ze'ev Leibowitz, Mashgiach of Kamenets Yeshiva -- Adar 1939

Adar 1939 Not Available USD 250.00
252

Two Letters from Deans of Radin Yeshiva, Grandsons of the Chafetz Chaim -- Kislev 1933 / Tevet 1938

Kislev 1933 / Tevet 1938 Not Available USD 275.00
253

Letter Signed by Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- Vilna, 1937 -- Kosher Food for Jews in the Polish Army

Vilna 1937 Not Available USD 812.50
254

Letter of Recommendation from Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer -- Jerusalem, Kislev 1938

Jerusalem Kislev 1938 Not Available USD 525.00
255

Letter from Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis -- Jerusalem, 1952 -- Appeal for Support for Ichud HaYeshivot Organization

Jerusalem 1952 Not Available USD 200.00
256

Historical Letter by Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin -- 1908 -- To Jewish Representative in the Russian Duma Lazar Nisselovich

1908 Not Available USD 112.50
257

Collection of Letters from Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin -- New York, 1956-1963

New York 1956-1963 Not Available USD 300.00
258

Two Letters of Ordination -- Rabbi Eliezer Yehudah Finkel and Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Kamai, Rabbi of Mir -- Mir, 1923 and 1934

Mir 1923 and 1934 Not Available USD 687.50
259

Collection of Printed Items -- Mir Yeshiva in Poland -- 1920s-1930s

1920s-1930s Not Available USD 575.00
260

Collection of Receipts -- Lithuanian Yeshivas -- Fundraisers in the United States

Not Available USD 200.00
261

Collection of Publications -- Slabodka Yeshiva -- Kovno -- 1910s-1930s

Kovno 1910s-1930s Not Available USD 350.00
262

Collection of Receipts -- Lomza Yeshiva -- 1904-1931 -- Stamp and Signature of Rabbi Eliezer Shulevitz, Disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter

1904-1931 Not Available USD 200.00
263

Letter of Rabbi Yechiel Mordechai Gordon -- Petach Tikva, 1954

Petach Tikva 1954 Not Available Not Sold
264

Letter of Rabbi Mordechai Savitsky -- To the Rogatchover Gaon -- Radin Yeshiva, 1930

Radin Yeshiva 1930 Not Available USD 275.00
265

Letters of Rabbi Leib HaTzaddik (Friedman) -- On a Mission of the Chazon Ish -- Tevet 1941 -- Legal Battle Against Usurpation of Novardok Yeshiva in Tel Aviv

Tevet 1941 Not Available Not Sold
266

Draft of a Letter from Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, Dean of Ponevezh Yeshiva, To His Daughter -- Bnei Brak, Ca. 1962

Bnei Brak Ca. 1962 Not Available Not Sold
267

Letter of Rabbi Efraim Borodiansky on the Mamzer Affair -- Tel Aviv, 1972

Tel Aviv 1972 Not Available Not Sold
268

Collection of Letters from Around the World -- To Novardok Yeshiva in Jerusalem -- 1930s-1970s

1930s-1970s Not Available USD 450.00
269

Huge Collection of Letters -- Eretz Israel, England and the United States

Eretz Israel, England and the United States Not Available USD 625.00
270

Invitation of the Baba Chaki to the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yaakov Abuchatzeira -- Ramla, 1961 -- Handwritten Inscriptions

Ramla 1961 Not Available Not Sold
271

Parchment Genealogical Document -- Lineage of Rabbi Avraham Dov Auerbach Rabbi of Chmielnik, Disciple of the Baal Shem Tov

Not Available USD 275.00
272

Letter of Rebbe Naftali Teitelbaum Rabbi of Nyirbator -- Av 1929 -- On the Split of the Shomrei HaChomot Kollel Between Hungary and Czechoslovakia

Av 1929 Not Available USD 750.00
273

Letter of Rabbi Avraham Aharon Teitelbaum of Nagyecsed (Grandson of the Rebbe of Kolbasov) -- On the Harsh Condition of the Nagyecsed Yeshiva Before the Holocaust

Not Available USD 162.50
274

Two Letters from Rebbe Yoel of Satmar -- Written and Signed by Rabbi Yosel Ashkenazi at the Rebbe's Instruction -- Tevet 1963 / Chanukah 1974 -- "To Be Saved from All Troubles and Maladies and Be Blessed with Bountiful Blessing and Success"

Tevet 1963 / Chanukah 1974 Not Available USD 450.00
275

Letter of Rabbi Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa of Sassov (Son-in-Law of Rebbe of Satmar) -- Testimony to Permit a Holocaust Survivor to Remarry -- Jerusalem, 1946

Jerusalem 1946 Not Available Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.