Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26th

Ketterer, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000

Ketterer, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000

Ketterer, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26th

Ketterer, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000

Ketterer, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000

Ketterer, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26th

Ketterer, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000

Ketterer, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000

Ketterer, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. First edition in first issue jacket. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 26th

Ketterer, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000

Ketterer, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000

Ketterer, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.

Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.

Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.

Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.

Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.

Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.

Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.

Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.

Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.

Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.

Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.

Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.
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
Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025

Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€

Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€

Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025

Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €

Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€

Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€

Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025

Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€

Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€

Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€

Gonnelli
Auction 59
Antique prints, paintings and maps
May 20th 2025

Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€

Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€

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Moreshet Auctions: Kodesh Auction – Chassidut, Gra, Kabbalah, Letters, Polemic, Judaica and more

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Kodesh Auction – Chassidut, Gra, Kabbalah, Letters, Polemic, Judaica and more	Total Sales (USD)	30,131.25
Auction Date	March 09, 2025 - March 09, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#82	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	193
Sold Lots	123	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	63.73%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	70	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
147	The Last Rav of Frankfurt am Main - Letter with Chidushei Torah - Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kirschbaum Av Beit Din of Frankfurt - Frankfurt am Main, 1931	1931	Not Available	USD 1,125.00
11	Rare! With an Approbation by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev: Eitan HaEzrachi with Shut on the Cossack Riots of 1648 - First Edition Ostrohe, 1796	1796	Not Available	USD 1,062.50
48	Signatures, Completions and Notations by Rabbi Shmuel Heller on the First Book by Rabbeinu the Chida: Sha'ar Yosef - First Edition Livorno 1756	1756	Not Available	USD 875.00
59	Discovery Handwritten by Rabbi Amram Yishai Segal Bilitzer: Notation of an Amulet for Good Health and Kavanot Haktoret for Stopping a Plague on Sefer Mishnat Chassidim - Lemberg, 1858	1858	Not Available	USD 875.00
73	A Treasure! Lengthy and Sharp Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Menachem Mendel Krengel - against Sefer Tikkun Eiruvin by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Leibush Horowitz Author of Shut Chayei Aryeh - Krakow, 1892	1892	Not Available	USD 875.00
53	Leaf Handwritten by the Reish Galuta of Bavel, the Ben Ish Chai. Segulah Leaf		Not Available	USD 750.00
137	Signature of Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Assad the Son of the Mahari Assad: Sefer Korban Asham - Single Edition Sulzbach, 1777	1777	Not Available	USD 750.00
184	Interesting Letter Signed by the Admor the Knesset Mordechai of Sadigura - Addressed to Rabbi Meir Berlin (Bar Ilan) - Tel Aviv, 1940	1940	Not Available	USD 687.50
195	Priceless! Early Letter with Sacred Guidance Handwritten and Signed by the Admor of Toldot Aharon Shlita		Not Available	USD 625.00
92	Sharp Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Yosef David Soloveitchik the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva University - Boston 1963	1963	Not Available	USD 593.75
96	Letter handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yisrael Brody, the Chief Rabbi of Britain -- addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Hillel Medallia Av Beit Din of Antwerp -- London, 1939	1939	Not Available	USD 593.75
46	Lengthy Dedication Handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia of Tiberius: Derech Chaim (Prayers) - Livorno, 1801	1801	Not Available	USD 500.00
174	Kuntres Mora Mikdash - with the Signature and Glosses of the Admor the Pnei Menachem of Ger		Not Available	USD 500.00
192	Fascinating and Mysterious Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Admor of Alexander Shlita - Addressed to Rabbi Tzaddok Zecharya - Bnei Brak, 1971	1971	Not Available	USD 437.50
25	Rare Chassidic Siddur! Seder Tefillah, Sephard Custom with Tikkunei Shabbat - Chernovich, 1851	1851	Not Available	USD 406.25
33	Copy of Rabbi Zeev Wolf Tenenbaum Author of Rechovot Hanahar Father of the Rabbis of the Tenenbaum Family: Ketzot Hachoshen Section I with an Approbation by Rabbi Moshe of Zvhil - Russia-Poland, ca. 1830	ca.	Not Available	USD 406.25
106	Treasure for Those Studying the Jewish Comunity of Brazil - Lengthy List of 172 Names of Brazillian Jews after the Holocaust - with Notations Handwritten by Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Levin		Not Available	USD 406.25
32	Sefer Takanot Beit Netzach Yisrael - Jerusalem, 1889	1889	Not Available	USD 375.00
51	Complete Set in Original Bindings of Sefer Petach haOhel by Rabbi David Abuhatzeira Published by His Brother the Baba Sali - First Edition Jerusalem 1923 Dedications	1923	Not Available	USD 375.00
180	Letter from the Admor Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vishay, Av 1931	1931	Not Available	USD 375.00
14	Sefer Yesod: First Edition of Shut HaBach - Frankfurt am Main, 1697. Ancient Signatures and Glosses	1697	Not Available	USD 350.00
50	Chida First Edition: Ahavat David and Shiyurei Beracha Yoreh Deah - First Editions in the Author's Lifetime Livorno, 1792-1799 Ownership Signatures	1792-1799	Not Available	USD 350.00
100	Lengthy Letter with Chidushei Torah - Handwritten and Signed by the Famed Gaon Rabbi Zeidel Semiatitzki the Rosh Yeshiva of Torat Emet - London, 1953	1953	Not Available	USD 350.00
43	Pedigreed Copy with Significant Glosses: Bnei Chayei on Arba'ah Turim - First Edition Orthakeivi near Kushta, 1712	1712	Not Available	USD 325.00
112	Fascinating and Touching Letter - Signed by Maran the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook- Addressed to the Activist Reb Shmuel Landau - Jerusalem, 1928	1928	Not Available	USD 325.00

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500

Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
May 14
Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration

Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.

Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.

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