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Auction Name	Important Judaica	Total Sales (USD)	1,223,880.00
Auction Date	December 18, 2024 - December 18, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	1,014,800.00
Sale Number	#N11543	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	1,638,100.00
Total Lots	121
Sold Lots	70	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	2,093,300.00
% of Lots Sold	57.85%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	3,271,100.00
Unsold Lots	51	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	37.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
65	Siddur (Daily Prayer Book) According to the Western Ashkenazic Rite, [Germany, 14th-15th century]	14th-15th century	USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00	USD 132,000.00
30	The Book of Job, Ze'ev Raban and Meir Gur Aryeh, Jerusalem, 1942		USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00	USD 126,000.00
76	Commentary on the Mahzor, [France or Germany, 14th century]	14th century	USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00	USD 84,000.00
1	Mishneh Torah, Introduction and Sefer ha-Madda (Book of Knowledge), Rabbi Moses Maimonides, [Yemen, 14th century]	14th century	USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	USD 80,400.00
61	Thirty Volumes By or Relating to Mordecai Samuel Ghirondi, [19th century]		USD 80,000.00 - 160,000.00	USD 78,000.00
36	Commentary on the Pentateuch, Jacob ben Asher, [France of Germany, 15th century]	15th century	USD 75,000.00 - 125,000.00	USD 72,000.00
5	Moreh ha-Nevukhim (The Guide for the Perplexed) in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew Translation, Rabbis Moses Maimonides and Samuel Ibn Tibbon, [Middle East, 15th-16th century]	15th-16th century	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 50,400.00
38	Commentary on Pentateuch, Levi ben Gerson (Gersonides), [Provence?, 15th century]	15th century	USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00	USD 48,000.00
40	Bible Commentaries and Letters and Sermons, Obadiah Sforno, [Italy, 16th century]	16th century	USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	USD 38,400.00
12	Pentateuch with the Commentary of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher, Scribe: Moses ben Saadiah ben Judah ben David al-Qati'i, Madhab (Yemen), 1679		USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 36,000.00
6	Al-Murshid al-Kafi (Hebrew-Arabic Lexicon of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah), Rabbi Tanhum ben Joseph ha-Yerushalmi, [Middle East, late 13th-early 14th century]	late 13th-early 14th century	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 31,200.00
9	Taj (Yemenite Pentateuch) with Mahberet ha-Tijan (Grammatical Treatise), [Yemen, 15th century]	15th century	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 31,200.00
13	Midrash Hemdat Yamim on Genesis and Exodus, Autograph of Rabbi Shalem ben Joseph Shabazi, [Yemen, ca. 1650]	ca. 1650	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 31,200.00
48	Commentary on the Legends of the Talmud, Solomon ben Abraham Ibn Adret (Rashba), [15th century]		USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 31,200.00
8	Sefer ha-Halakhot (Legal Code) on Berakhot, Seder Mo'ed, and Halakhot Ketannot, Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi, Scribe: Amram ben Saadiah Ibn Abud, [Middle East or North Africa], 1510	1510	USD 25,000.00 - 40,000.00	USD 28,800.00
62	Toledot Gedolei Yisra'el, Mordecai Samuel Ghirondi, Padua, [19th century]		USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 24,000.00
60	Collection of Texts on Customs and Laws, [France or Germany, 15th century]	15th century	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 22,800.00
7	Sefer he-Arukh (Talmudic Dictionary), Rabbi Nathan ben Jehiel of Rome, [Middle East, 14th century]	14th century	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 20,400.00
26	An Illustrated Esther Scroll Belonging to Flora Sassoon		USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 16,800.00
74	Siddur According to the Rite of Corfu with Poems for Weddings, Circumcisions, and Other Occasions, Scribe: Meir ben Isaac Rothenburg, [Corfu], 1706	1706	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 14,400.00
52	Novellae on Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Gittin, Moses ben Nahman (Nahmanides), [Spain, ca. 1475]	ca. 1475	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 13,200.00
21	A Charmingly Decorated Book of Psalms, Baghdad, 1882		USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 12,000.00
100	Neyar ha-Yamim and Other Scientific Works, Solomon Aviad Sar Shalom Basilea, [Italy, ca. 1696]	ca. 1696	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 12,000.00
23	The Story of Hannah and the Seven Children in Judeo-Arabic, Scribe: Menasseh ben Jacob ben Elijah Sofer, [Baghdad, 19th century]	19th century	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 10,800.00
4	Mishneh Torah, Sefer Shofetim (Judicial Law), Rabbi Moses Maimonides, [Yemen, 15th-16th century]	15th-16th century	USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 10,200.00

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Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

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Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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