Moreshet Auctions: The 20th Chabad Auction for Chodesh HaGeulah - session 1, 88a, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 07, 2025 - December 07, 2025

Page Size: 150 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
126	Couple of Letters from the Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva of Tel Aviv about the Recruitment of Yeshiva Students - 1950		1950	Not Available	Unknown
127	Letter on official stationery, from Shvat 2, 1952, signed by the famed Chassid the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Areyeh Leib Shapira, the Rosh Yeshiva of Torat Emet Haklalit and Rav and Moreh Tzeddek of the Beit Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem, about assisting in co			Not Available	Unknown
128	Letter Handwritten by the First Tamim and the First Mara DeAtra of Kfar Chabad Rabbi Shneur Zalman Gorelik on Kashrut Matters - Tamuz, 1963		1963	Not Available	Unknown
129	Historical Letter Signed by Israeli Chabadic Rabbis about the Struggle Over the Tochelet Settlement - Tamuz, 1966		1966	Not Available	Unknown
130	Letter by the Rebbe the Rayatz Signed by the Secretary Rabbi Yechezkel Feigin - Riga, Kislev 1931	Riga, Kislev	1931	Not Available	Unknown
131	Letter by the Rayatz Signed by the Secretary Rabbi Chaim Liberman - Brooklyn, Elul 1946	Brooklyn, Elul	1946	Not Available	Unknown
132	Letters by the Rebbe the Rayatz to the Torat Emet Haklalit Yeshiva of Jerusalem - Original Lithographs that were Printed in the Rebbe's Lifetime and by His Instrcution			Not Available	Unknown
133	The Rebbe the Rayatz' Blessing for Health and Success - Shvat 1944		1944	Not Available	Unknown
134	Letter by the Rebbe the Rayatz for the Needs of Holocaust Survivors in the DP Camps of Italy and with a Blessing for Passover - New York 1946	New York	1946	Not Available	Unknown
135	Letter by the Rebbe in Yiddish Signed by the Secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel Indicating the Letters were Received and a Response Letter by the Rebbe was Sent - Cheshvan 1964		1964	Not Available	Unknown
136	Letter by the Rebbe Signed by the Secretary Indicating the Pidyon Nefesh for Yom Hahillula was Received and a Promise to Pray by the Tziyun - Shvat 1965		1965	Not Available	Unknown
137	Lteter by the Rebbe Signed by the Secretary Indicating the pIdyon Nefesh was Received and a Promise to Pray by the Tziyun and Blessings for Good Hashpa'ot from Shavu'ot - Divan 1967	Divan	1967	Not Available	Unknown
138	Blessing for a Happy Purim - Letter by the Rebbe Indicating His Concern for All Signed by the Secretary - Adar, 1971			Not Available	Unknown
139	Addiiton of a Word and Corrections Handwritten by the Rebbe on a Copy of a Letter on Educational Matters - Tammuz 1961		1961	Not Available	Unknown
140	Rare! Tzetale - Note from the Rebbe's Table with a "Response" Handwritten by HIm			Not Available	Unknown
141	Rare! Tzetale - Note from the Rebbe's Table with a "Response" Handwritten by HIm			Not Available	Unknown
142	Rare! Tzetale - Note from the Rebbe's Table with a "Response" Handwritten by HIm			Not Available	Unknown
143	Letter by the Rebbe from His First Years of Nessi'ut with Blessings for Passover - Yom Habahir Nissan 11, 1953		1953	Not Available	Unknown
144	Letter by the Rebbe with Educational Content and Reference to the Yom Hahillula of the Rebbe the Rayatz - Shvat 1958		1958	Not Available	Unknown
145	The 200th Anniversary of the Baal Shem Tov's Passing: Letter by the Rebbe with Blessings for the New Year - Days of Selichot, 1959		1959	Not Available	Unknown
146	Rare! Letter in Yiddish by the Rebbe, with Blessings for the New Year - Days of Selichot, 1953		1953	Not Available	Unknown
147	Letter with the Rebbe's Blessing for Hashpa'ot Miracles and Yeshu'ot by Merit of the Chanukah Days with an Addition of "Livsorot Tovot" Handwritten by Him - Chanukah 1966		1966	Not Available	Unknown
148	Letter with the Rebbe's Blessings and Encouragement to an Activist with the Addition of "Histadrut Tovah" Handwritten by the Rebbe - Sivan, 1968		1968	Not Available	Unknown
149	"vlbshvrvt tvbvt" Handwritten by the Rebbe on a Igeret Kodesh in Yiddish with a Blessing for Ktivah and Chatimah Tovah - Elul 1968		1968	Not Available	Unknown
150	Letter by the Rebbe with a Blessing for a Shiduch - Tevet 1975		1975	Not Available	Unknown

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.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Swann
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.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.