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Auction Name Winter Auction Total Sales (USD) 268,687.50
Auction Date January 28, 2025 - January 28, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #80 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 160
Sold Lots 133 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 83.13% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 27 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
111

Rare! Leaf Handwritten by Sar Beit Hazohar Rabbeinu Hakadosh Zvi Hirsch of Ziditchov Authorgraph of His Book Ateret Zvi on the Zohar -

Not Available USD 60,000.00
99

Discovery!!! Extremely Rare! Bibliographically Unknown: Siddur Zhytomyr Seder Tefillor for All Year Round with Teitch - The Press of the Shapiro Brothers

1860 Not Available USD 40,000.00
105

With the Stamp of Cohen Gadol! Copy of Rabbeinu Hakadosh the Tiferet Shlomo of Radonsk and His Son Rabbi Zvi Meir Hacohen: Binyan Olam by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver - First Edition

1851 Not Available USD 9,375.00
154

One of the Only Ones in the World! Lengthy and Fascinating Letter Signed by the Admor Rabbi David of Zlotopoli - with Blessings for Parnasah and Refeence to His Brother-in-Law the Admor of Boyan

1901 Not Available USD 8,750.00
91

Bundle of Manuscripts of Six Lengthy Responses on Matters of the Mikveh by Ashkenazic Sages - One Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Wolf Hamburger Av Beit Din of Furth

Not Available USD 5,000.00
119

Extremely Rare! First Time Auctioned: a Note Handwritten by the Wonder-Worker the Admor Rabbi Shlomke Zvehiler -

Not Available USD 4,750.00
141

Letter of Blessings Handwritten and Signed by Maran the Admor the Author of the Beit Yisrael of Ger -

1962 Not Available USD 4,750.00
53

Numbered Golden Edition: Magnificent Passover Haggadah Designed by Yaakov Agam - 58 Signed Prints

1985 Not Available USD 4,500.00
87

Rare! Posek Hador Rabbi Moshe Feinstein - Especially Lengthy Responsum of Seeven Pages! Handwritten and Signed by Him

1975 Not Available USD 4,500.00
98

Chumash "Or HaHayyim" Vayikra -- printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira Slavita 1832 New luxurious leather binding -

1832 Not Available USD 4,500.00
27

Rare and Special Historical Item! The Original Chumash on which Jews Swore in the Court of Prague with the Handwritten Signature of the Rosh Av Beit Din of Prague the Gaon Rabbi Elazar Fleckles: Chamisha Chumshei Torah -

1804 Not Available USD 4,250.00
33

Discovery! Hundreds of Glosses Referring to Ashkenazic Customs and Additional Fascinating Content: Maginei Eretz (Shulchan Aruch) First Edition of Even HaOzer Fine Copy -

1754 Not Available USD 3,750.00
54

Rare! Handwritten Signatue of the Leading Rabbis of Jerusalem, Rabbi Nachum Szadeker and Rabbi Meir Auerbach Author of the Imrei Binah with Reference to Rabbi Eliyahu of Greiditz -

1862 Not Available USD 3,750.00
112

Important Chassidic Delightful Treasure! Work by the Admor the Author of the Arvei Nachal - the Manuscript from which the Book Kad Hakemach was Printed

Early 1840s Not Available USD 3,750.00
100

Holy of holies: a filament of straw from the bed of the Rebbe Elimelech of Luzhansk -

Not Available USD 3,500.00
83

For Two Hundred Years There has not been such an Iluy Letter Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Pogromansky and with his 3 Signatures (!) - Extremely Rare!

Not Available USD 3,250.00
102

Key of Parnasah - Rare Chassidic Segulah Book! First Time Auctioned: Shemen Hama'or

1871 Not Available USD 3,000.00
116

Rare Historical Letter with the Handwritten Signature of Rabbi Dudel Lelover about the Appointment of Rabbeinu the Avnei Nezer on behalf of the Chassidim in their Dispute with the Prushim of Kollel Ashkenazim -

1901 Not Available USD 3,000.00
71

The Son-in-Law Sar HaTorah to His Father-in-Law Posek Hador: Letter with Divrei Torah by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky to His Father-in-Law the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv -

Not Available USD 2,750.00
109

Torat Eretz Yisrael: Set Mishnayot of Harav Hakadosh of Ribnitz -

1970 Not Available USD 2,750.00
107

Rare Collection including s Notation, Signature, Gloss and Stamps of the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Brisk Av Beit Din of Tashnad and His Father Rabbi Yehoshua Av Beit Din of Dada - 4 Books from Their Library

Not Available USD 2,375.00
104

Extremely Rare Edition! Tikkun Haklali by Rabbeinu Nachman of Breslov - Published by the Chassid Rabbi Yisroel Karduner

1893 Not Available USD 2,250.00
127

Letter with Kvitel Handwritten by the Admor Rabbi Yankeleh Pshevorsker for the Wedding of the Nassi of Oz Vehadar Rabbi Yehoshua Leifer Shlita -

1977 Not Available USD 2,250.00
41

Wonderful museum-worthy item: Large, handsome manuscript for a hazan of a synagogue. -

1839 Not Available USD 2,125.00
70

The Gedolei Torah In-Laws and Regards from the Great Son-in-Law: Letter with Divrei Torah by Maran the Steipler Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky to His In-Law the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv -

1956 Not Available USD 2,000.00
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
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