Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction Oct 31, 2023

Kedem, Oct 31, 2023. 83 lots, estimates 1500 - 80000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (83)

Lot 94: Five Books of the Torah and Haftarot, — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 95: Bible, Amsterdam, 1666-1667 – Edition Used by the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch – Fine Original Binding — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 96: Siddur Nehora HaShalem – Vilna and Horodna, 1827 – Corrections to the Prayer Texts and Blessings by the Gaon of Vilna — $6,000 - $12,000
Lot 97: Neviim Rishonim with Commentary of the Radak – Soncino, 1485 – Incunable – First Edition of Radak's Commentary — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 98: Book of Mishlei with the Commentary of Immanuel of Rome – Naples, — $25,000 - $30,000
Lot 99: Sefer Agur – Naples, 1490 – Incunable – First Edition — $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 100: Shaarei Teshuvah, by Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerondi – First Edition – Fano, — $80,000 - $100,000
Lot 101: Sefer HaKuzari – First Edition of the Fundamental Work on Jewish Faith – Fano, 1506 – Gershom Soncino Press — $80,000 - $100,000
Lot 102: Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam – First Edition – Constantinople, Ca. 1510-1525 — $80,000 - $100,000
Lot 103: Yalkut Shimoni – Neviim and Ketuvim – First Edition – Salonika, 1521 — $20,000 - $25,000
Lot 104: Sermons of Rabbi Yehoshua ibn Shuaib on the Torah – First Edition – Constantinople, — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 105: Or Amim by Rabbi Ovadia Sforno – First Edition – Bologna, 1537 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 106: Five Books of the Torah and Five Megillot – With the Commentary of Rabbi Yitzchak Aboab – Venice, 1548 — $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 107: Commentary on Tractate Avot – Lechem Yehuda – Sabbioneta, 1554 – Second Edition, — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 108: Torah Commentary by the Abarbanel – First Edition – Venice, 1579 — $2,500 - $3,500
Lot 109: Zemirot Shabbat by the Maharshal, with His Commentary – Lublin, — $30,000 - $40,000
Lot 110: Passover Haggadah – With Many Decorations and Illustrations – Venice, 1604 – Only Known Complete Copy — $25,000 - $30,000
Lot 111: Devek Tov, Supercommentary to Rashi's Torah Commentary – Kraków, — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 112: Otiyot D'Rabbi Akiva – Kraków, Ca. 1630 – Complete Copy, Rare Edition — $7,000 - $12,000
Lot 113: Raziel HaMalach – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1701 – Segulah Book – Early Parchment Binding — $12,000 - $18,000
Lot 114: Mesilat Yesharim – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1740 – Signatures — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 115: Rishon LeTzion – By the Or HaChaim HaKadosh – First Edition – Constantinople, 1750 — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 116: Books of Shemot and Vayikra with the Or HaChaim Commentary – Slavita, — $4,000 - $5,000
Lot 117: "Seder Avodah UMoreh Derech" Siddur – Sefard Rite – Slavita, 1823 – Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira — $4,000 - $5,000
Lot 118: Noam Elimelech – Second, Rare Edition – Shklow, — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 119: Meor Einayim (Chernobyl) – First Edition – Slavita, 1798 – Incomplete Copy — $5,000 - $10,000
Lot 120: Likutei Moharan – Second Edition Printed in the Home of R. Natan of Breslov – Breslov, 1821 — $5,000 - $10,000
Lot 121: Yismach Moshe – First Edition – Lviv, 1848-1861 – Copy Belonging to Rabbi Shmuel Fränkel of Dorog, — $5,000 - $10,000
Lot 122: Davar BeIto – Pressburg, 1841 – Signatures of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Liska and of His Son-in-Law the Tal Chaim, — $5,000 - $7,000
Lot 123: Sefer HaYashar by Rabbenu Tam – Vienna, 1811 – Important Ownership – Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 124: Mishnat Avraham – Zhitomir, 1868 – Copy of the Imrei Yosef, First Rebbe of Spinka, with His Signature — $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 125: Zeh Yenachamenu – Amsterdam, 1712 – Copy of the Shem MiShmuel of Sochatchov – Many Handwritten Glosses — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 126: Tiv Gittin – Lemberg, 1859 – Important Ownership – Rebbe Menashe Eichenstein, Author of Alfei Menashe, — $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 127: Nahar Shalom – Jerusalem, 1867 – Copy of Rebbe Yehudale of Dzikov, With Glosses in His Handwriting — $1,500 - $2,000
Lot 128: Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Laws of Passover – Zhitomir, 1855 – Many Glosses Handwritten by the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch — $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 129: Chabad "Bichel" – Presumably Partly Handwritten by the Tzemach Tzedek – Hitherto Unpublished Chassidic Essays — $40,000 - $60,000
Lot 130: Document Appointing Gabba'im – Signed by Rabbi Akiva Eger – Märkisch Friedland, 1795 — $10,000 - $18,000
Lot 131: Leaf Handwritten by the Chatam Sofer – Torah Novellae – Dresnitz, 1797 — $18,000 - $20,000
Lot 132: Letter from Rabbi Simcha Bunim Güns-Eiger, Av Beit Din of Mattersdorf (Brother of Rabbi Akiva Eiger), — $4,000 - $5,000
Lot 133: Sod Temunat HaOtiyot – Kabbalistic Work Handwritten by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklow, — $20,000 - $35,000
Lot 134: Kabbalistic Works Handwritten by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklow – Beurei HaZohar, — $30,000 - $40,000
Lot 135: Letter from Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklow, Disciple of the Gaon of Vilna – Jerusalem, — $30,000 - $40,000
Lot 136: Handwritten Receipt, Signed by Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow – Jerusalem, Tevet 1838 – Following the Safed Earthquake — $3,000 - $6,000
Lot 137: Letter of Halachic Responsum from Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh HaLevi Horowitz, Author of Machaneh Levi – Frankfurt am Main, 1813 — $4,000 - $5,000
Lot 138: Letter from Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch – Halachic Responsum on the Kashrut of Ducks in the United States – Frankfurt — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 139: Historical Letter from R. — $5,000 - $10,000
Lot 140: Four Letters from Rebbes of the Hassidic Dynasty of Slonim: "Yesod HaAvodah", "Divrei Shmuel", "Beit Avraham", — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 141: Lengthy Letter from Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook – Seven Leaves in His Handwriting and Signature — $1,500 - $2,000
Lot 142: Tur Orach Chaim – Venice, — $20,000 - $40,000
Lot 143: Manuscript, Tiklal Siddur, with Commentaries and Glosses – Yemen, 1654 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 144: MS Sassoon 979 – Letters on Immigration to Eretz Israel of Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar, Author of Or HaChaim – Italy, — $30,000 - $50,000
Lot 145: Manuscript, Siddur Kavanot HaRashash – 19th Century – Glosses – Copy of the Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Salem — $3,000 - $6,000
Lot 146: Long Manuscript Parchment Scroll – Ilan Sefirot – North Africa, 18th Century — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 147: Small Torah Scroll – First Half of the 19th Century — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 148: Minuscule Torah Scroll – One of the Smallest Torah Scrolls in the World – Germany, 19th Century — $80,000 - $120,000
Lot 149: Esther Scroll in Decorated Silver Case – Vienna, Late 19th Century — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 150: "HaMelech" Esther Scroll in High-Quality Gilt Silver Case – Vienna, 19th Century — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 151: Mahzor with Silver-Ornamented Binding – Wedding Gift – Venice, 1772 – Usiglio and Levi Families of Modena — $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 152: Large, Ornate Torah Scroll Case, with Matching Pair of Torah Finials – India-China, — $25,000 - $35,000
Lot 153: Matching Pair of Torah Scroll Cases – Dedicatory Inscription for Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Dweck HaKohen and his Wife, — $20,000 - $25,000
Lot 154: Hanging Shabbat Lamp made of Pewter – The Netherlands, 18th Century — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 155: Magnificent "Patent of Nobility" Certificate on Parchment, — $15,000 - $25,000
Lot 156: Large Illustrated Engraving – Wedding Poem for the Levi-Polacco and Sullam Families – Verona, 17th Century — $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 157: Rare Collection of Poems and Riddles for Weddings and Special Occasions – Italy, — $20,000 - $25,000
Lot 158: Collection of Letters in Judeo-Portuguese – Portuguese-Jewish Exiles in Thessaloniki, 16th Century – Hebrew Script — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 159: Collection of Booklets by Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, "the Portuguese Dreyfus" – Porto, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 160: Decorated Ketubah on Parchment – Marriage of a Couple from Two Well-Known Portuguese-Jewish Families – The Hague, 1808 — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 161: Decorated Chinese Ketubah – Shanghai, 1947 – Marriage of Jewish Refugees from Vienna and Berlin — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 162: Sheet Music Notebook – Main Synagogue of Harbin, China – Melodies for the Sabbath Prayer Service — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 163: Yiddish Handbook for Mothers and Expectant Mothers – London, 1907 – Published for Jewish Refugees from Eastern Europe, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 164: Viktor Frankl – "Man's Search for Meaning" – First Edition, Vienna, 1946 – Rare — $5,000 - $7,000
Lot 165: Sigmund Freud – Hand-Signed Autograph Letter, Vienna, 1930 – His Childhood Home, Judaism, — $25,000 - $40,000
Lot 166: Sigmund Freud – Hand Signed Autograph Letter, London, 1938 – Hebrew Translation of his Books, — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 167: Avshalom Feinberg – Love Letter to Rivka Aaronsohn, — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 168: Exceptionally Large Collection – Publications of the Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi, — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 169: Israel’s War of Independence – Large Collection of Ephemera, 1947-1949 – Military Orders and Notices, — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 170: Collection of News Media Photographs from Israel’s War of Independence, 1947-1949 – Ephraim (Ephron) Ilani, — $5,000 - $7,000
Lot 171: Five 500-Mil Banknotes Issued by the Anglo-Palestine Bank, 1948 – Consecutive Numbers — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 172: "Description de l'Égypte" – Comprehensive Account of the Napoleonic Survey Mission to Egypt – Paris, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 173: Carl Werner (1808-1894) – Preparatory Sketch for Painting of Western Wall — $20,000 - $25,000
Lot 174: Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874-1925) – "The Western Wall" – Hand-Signed Etching — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 175: Archive of Bezalel Student Pinchas Mikhael Lachowitzky – Jerusalem, Early 20th Century — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 176: Yosef Zvi Geiger – Papercut for the Holiday of Sukkot – "Be Mighty as a Leopard" – Safed, 1910 — $4,000 - $6,000