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
301

Collection of Invitations -- Circumcision, Pidyon HaBen and Bar Mitzvah -- Ca. 1890s-1950s

Ca. 1890s-1950s Not Available USD 425.00
302

Wedding Invitation of Rabbi Leib Mintzberg -- Jerusalem, Kislev 1962

Jerusalem Kislev 1962 Not Available Not Sold
303

Halachic Document of Property Ownership -- Jerusalem, 1864-1872 -- For Rabbi Shneur Zalman Schneerson (Author of Nimukei Shazbani) and Partners -- Signed by Sephardi and Ashkenazi Rabbis of Jerusalem

Jerusalem 1864-1872 Not Available USD 325.00
304

Copy of Ban Issued by Rishon LeTzion Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi -- Jerusalem, Ca. 1860s

Jerusalem Ca. 1860s Not Available USD 137.50
305

Letter Handwritten and Signed by Emissary Rabbi David Netanel Rofe of Tiberias -- Algeria, Ca. 1872

Algeria Ca. 1872 Not Available USD 150.00
306

Ir Chadashah -- Purchasing a City in the Upper Galilee -- Safed, 1879

Safed 1879 Not Available USD 187.50
307

Collection of Letters -- Rabbi Tzvi Perlman, Author of Yalkut Avanim -- Mezeritch and Jerusalem, 1879-1881

Mezeritch and Jerusalem 1879-1881 Not Available USD 525.00
308

Rashei Am Kodesh -- Sephardic-Ashkenazic Charity Distribution Controversy -- Jerusalem, 1857

Jerusalem 1857 Not Available USD 125.00
309

Printed Bill of Debt -- Printed by Bak -- Jerusalem, Ca. 1860s

Jerusalem Ca. 1860s Not Available USD 125.00
310

Receipt for the Shaarei Chesed Gemach -- Jerusalem, Tishrei 1875-1879 -- Signatures

Jerusalem Tishrei 1875-1879 Not Available USD 375.00
311

Mishkenei Elyon BeMishkenot Yisrael -- Jerusalem, 1877 -- Certificate of Participation in Building of Beit Midrash in the Mishkenot Yisrael Neighborhood -- Bibliographically Unknown

Jerusalem 1877 Not Available USD 250.00
312

Tzaakah HaNaarah BeIr HaKodesh -- Jerusalem, 1875 -- Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger Controversy

Jerusalem 1875 Not Available USD 187.50
313

Printed Letter of Appeal -- Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger -- Jerusalem, 1887 -- Bibliographically Unknown

Jerusalem 1887 Not Available USD 125.00
314

Tochachat Megulah -- Jerusalem, 1887 -- Polemical Poster on the Beating and Arrest of a Disciple of the Maharil Diskin Who Promulgated Ban Against Secular Schools

Jerusalem 1887 Not Available USD 450.00
315

Lo Et Lachashot -- Jerusalem, 1889 -- Shemitah Controversy in Ekron -- Letter of Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Yaffe of Yehud

Jerusalem 1889 Not Available USD 250.00
316

Two Posters for the Minsk Kollel -- Jerusalem, 1884-1889

Jerusalem 1884-1889 Not Available USD 187.50
317

VeZot Asu ViChyu -- Poster for the Diskin Orphanage -- Jerusalem, Ca. 1889 -- Bibliographically Unknown

Jerusalem Ca. 1889 Not Available USD 475.00
318

Mikra Kodesh -- Letter of Rabbis of Jerusalem for Passover Charity -- Tevet, 1890

Tevet 1890 Not Available USD 187.50
319

Maaneh Al HaSearah -- Corfu Etrog Controversy -- Jerusalem, 1891

Jerusalem 1891 Not Available USD 75.00
320

Sefer HaShutafut BeChevrat Shomrei Mitzvah -- Jerusalem, 1893

Jerusalem 1893 Not Available USD 275.00
321

Two Letters by Rabbi Ben Zion Schles -- Jerusalem, 1895 -- On the Opinion of Maharil Diskin Regarding Eretz Israel Etrogim and Various Polemics in Jerusalem

Jerusalem 1895 Not Available USD 625.00
322

Kol Omer Kera -- Poster on the America Kollel Controversy -- Jerusalem, After 1896 -- Bibliographically Unknown

Jerusalem After 1896 Not Available USD 125.00
323

Birkat HaChamah and Blessings for Passover -- Jerusalem, 1897

Jerusalem 1897 Not Available USD 125.00
324

Et Levakesh -- Announcement of Search for the Ten Lost Tribes -- Jerusalem 1899

Jerusalem 1899 Not Available USD 300.00
325

Large Decorated Certificate -- Safed, 1920 -- Characteristic Style of Yosef Tzvi Geiger -- Blessing for Bar Mitzvah of Rabbi Yosef Konvitz (Son-in-Law of the Ridvaz)

Safed 1920 Not Available USD 450.00
  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.