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Auction Name Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika and more Total Sales (USD) 38,874.15
Auction Date October 17, 2021 - October 17, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #48 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 240
Sold Lots 146 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 60.83% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 94 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
71

Besamim Kli, silver covered in gold and enamel. Austria-Hungary. 20th century.

20th century. Not Available USD 1,722.00
143

Letter handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Haim Ozer, Av ...

Not Available USD 1,107.00
144

Postcard handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Shimon Shkop. Horodna 1936

1936 Not Available USD 984.00
180

Rare: Mei HaShiloach (Izbica, chassidut). First edition, Vienna 1860.

1860 Not Available USD 922.50
40

Sefer Otzar Nechmad, chiddushim of the Ramban on Tractate ...

Not Available USD 861.00
149

Kvitl handwritten by the Chazon Ish on a letter handwritten by his nephew Rabbi Chaim Greineman.

Not Available USD 799.50
35

Sefer Yesod: Zayit Ra’anan on the Yalkut Shimoni—first edition ...

Not Available USD 738.00
57

Lot of 3 yads for a Sefer Torah, silver and other metals.

Not Available USD 738.00
133

Postcard written entirely by hand and signed by Rabbi Chaim ...

Not Available USD 738.00
147

Notes handwritten by Rabbi Zundel of Salant on the book “Tiv Gittin” by Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliyot.

Not Available USD 738.00
216

Shemen HaMor, first edition, Warsaw 1871. Copy with notes and stamps of Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin.

Not Available USD 738.00
12

Torat Moshe by Rabbeinu Moshe Alshich. Second edition, Venice 1600. Rare condition.

1600 Not Available USD 676.50
130

Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shmuel David Ungar of Nitra from when he was in Tarnov. 1924

1924 Not Available USD 676.50
101

Letter of chiddushei Torah handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yaakov David Wilovsky, the Ridbaz

Not Available USD 615.00
169

Shiviti on parchment with gilded decoration—antique handwork.

Not Available USD 615.00
219

Shulchan Aruch HaRav—copy owned by Rabbi Yehoshua Brisk of Tisa-Dada, and his son Rabbi David Yaakov. Jozefof 1875.

1875 Not Available USD 615.00
230

Letter signed by Admor Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky of Rachmastrivka. Jerusalem 1932

1932 Not Available USD 615.00
100

Manuscript with instructions for making amulets, segulot, and Jewish astrology, with illustrations. Yemen, 19th century.

19th century. Not Available USD 553.50
66

Vizhnitzer Becher—a handsome kiddush cup according to the minhag of the Admorim of Vizhnitz. Stamped silver.

Not Available USD 492.00
39

First edition of the work “Korban Netanel”—copy given personally by the author (Rabbeinu Netanel Weil). Karlsruhe 1755.

1755 Not Available USD 461.25
38

Panim Me’irot, Shut and Chiddushim on Gittin. First edition ...

Not Available USD 430.50
42

Sefer Leshem Shebo v’Achlama Kabbalah—Jerusalem 1935

1935 Not Available USD 430.50
154

Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Dov Beer Soloveitchik of Spring Valley. 1957.

1957 Not Available USD 430.50
77

Pretty manuscript with halachot of shechita, in Hebrew and Marathi.

Not Available USD 418.20
41

Kabbalah—Torat Chacham by Rabbi Chaim di la Rosa—first edition, Salonika 1848.

1848 Not Available USD 399.75
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
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