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Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Special Chabad Auction on the Occasion of "Yom HaBahir", Yud (the 10th of) Shevat – Day of Passing of the Rebbe Rayatz, and Day of the Ascendancy to Leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

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Auction Name Special Chabad Auction on the Occasion of "Yom HaBahir", Yud (the 10th of) Shevat – Day of Passing of the Rebbe Rayatz, and Day of the Ascendancy to Leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Total Sales (USD) 54,737.50
Auction Date January 24, 2023 - January 24, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #44 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 88
Sold Lots 74 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 84.09% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 14 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
21 Baal HaTanya

Torah Or, by the Baal HaTanya – Kopust, 1836 – First Edition – Handwritten Signatures by R. Shaul Ginzburg of Kopust-Mir, Chassid of the Baal HaTanya and Great-Grandfather of Israel's 3rd President, Zalman Shazar

1836 Not Available USD 2,500.00
76

"Kuntres Maamarim 5682", With Two One-Dollar Bills Received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Yud Shevat 1992

1992 Not Available USD 1,625.00
105 Rebbe Rayatz

Letter from Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch – Brooklyn, Rosh Chodesh Adar 1945 – Blessings for Good Health and Plentiful Livelihood – With a Blessing for Passover

1945 Not Available USD 1,625.00
24

Imrei Binah – Kopust, 1821 – First Edition, Printed in the Lifetime of the Author, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch

1821 Not Available USD 1,500.00
77

"Maamar Baruch She'asa Nissim", With Two One-Dollar Bills Received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Yud Shevat 1991

1991 Not Available USD 1,500.00
33

Shulchan Aruch HaRav – Part II – First Edition – Kopust, 1814

1814 Not Available USD 1,375.00
55

"Siddur Im Dach" – Two Parts – Königsberg, 1852 - Printed in Prussia, for Russian Jewry

1852 Not Available USD 1,375.00
22

Biurei HaZohar – Kopust, 1816 – First Edition, Printed in the Lifetime of the Author, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch

1816 Not Available USD 1,250.00
75

Tanya – Large Format Edition Received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Yud Shevat, 1990 – "40 Years of the Rebbe's Leadership"

1990 Not Available USD 1,250.00
79 Lubavitcher Rebbe

"Public-Private Letter" from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Rosh Chodesh Shevat 1970 – Close to the Yahrzeit of the Rayatz – With Words in the Rebbe's Handwriting

1970 Not Available USD 1,250.00
80 Lubavitcher Rebbe

"Public-Private Letter" from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Shevat 1976 – Close to the Yahrzeit of the Rayatz – With Birthday Wishes

1976 Not Available USD 1,250.00
101 Rebbe Rayatz

Long Letter from Rebbe Rayatz (Two Leaves) – Perchtoldsdorf, Shevat 1938 – Confidential Letter, Regarding Appointments in Kollel Chabad

1938 Not Available USD 1,250.00
103 Rebbe Rayatz

Letter from Rebbe Rayatz (Unpublished) – Otwosk, Sivan 1939 – Support for the Daughters of the Recently Deceased Mashpia R. Alter Simchovitch

1939 Not Available USD 1,250.00
90 Lubavitcher Rebbe

"Public-Private Letter" from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Shevat 1976 – Close to the Yahrzeit of the Rayatz – "We Must All Contemplate How… He Dedicated His Life to the Strengthening and Dissemination of Torah and Judaism, Without Compromises, and With True Se

1976 Not Available USD 1,125.00
97 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Good Year Wishes from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Elul 1960 – 200th Anniversary of the Passing of the Baal Shem Tov

1960 Not Available USD 1,125.00
104 Rebbe Rayatz

Letter of Good Year Wishes from Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch – Elul 1944

1944 Not Available USD 1,125.00
81 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Blessing and Guidance from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 1972

1972 Not Available USD 1,062.50
83 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Blessing and Guidance from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Adar I 1954 – Addressed to R. Moshe Aryeh Leib Shapiro, Dean of the Torat Emet Yeshiva – "Success in Your Holy Work, in Firm Health"

1954 Not Available USD 1,062.50
84 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Blessing from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Shevat 1980 – Close to Rosh HaShanah L'Ilanot – "Congratulations on the Birth of the Granddaughters"

Not Available USD 1,062.50
85 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Blessing from the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Unpublished) – Tevet 1955 – "May Hashem Give You Success in Announcing the Fixing of Your Daughter's Wedding Date Shortly"

1955 Not Available USD 1,062.50
88 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Blessing from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Adar I 1965 – Blessings upon Marriage - "May you build a Jewish home, an eternal structure, on the foundations of the Torah and its mitzvos as they are illuminated by 'the light of Torah, ' namely, the teach

1965 Not Available USD 1,062.50
89 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Blessing from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 1965 – With Shavuot Wishes, "To Receive the Torah with Joy and Inwardness"

1965 Not Available USD 1,062.50
95 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Good Year Wishes from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Elul 1958 – To the Students of Chadrei Torah Or in Ein Kerem – "A Year of Success in the Diligent Study of Our Holy Torah and Observance of Its Mitzvot in Good Health, With Blessings for Torah Study

1958 Not Available USD 1,062.50
93 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Good Year Wishes from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Elul 1967

1967 Not Available USD 1,000.00
94 Lubavitcher Rebbe

Letter of Good Year Wishes from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Elul 1967

1967 Not Available USD 1,000.00
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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: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
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    April 18, 2024
    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.
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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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    28th March 2024
    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.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    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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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
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