Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction Oct 13

Kedem, Oct 13. 127 lots, estimates 1500 - 300000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (127)

Lot 1: Elaborate Torah Case with Pair of Finials and Torah Scroll – Baghdad, 19th Century — $30,000 - $50,000
Lot 2: Large Torah Shield Stylized as Ark – Poland, Late 18th Century — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 3: Torah Shield – Franz Anton Gutwein – Augsburg, 1804 – Dedication of Ullman Family — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 4: Torah Crown with Filigree Decorations and Colored Glass Stones – Poland, — $80,000 - $120,000
Lot 5: High-Quality Filigree Spicebox Stylized as Tall Tower – Eastern Europe (Galicia), Late 18th or Early 19th Century — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 6: Silver Hanukkah Lamp with Peacock Decoration – Vienna, Late 19th or Early 20th Century — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 7: Silver Amulet, Sheet of Fabric and Embroidered Shoes – Trieste, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 8: Ilya Schor (1904-1961) – Gold, Silver and Diamond Brooch – New York, Ca. Mid-20th Century — $15,000 - $25,000
Lot 9: Machzor in Elaborate Silver Binding – Italy, Mid-18th Century – Family Coats of Arms — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 10: Machzor in Decorated Silver Binding – Italy, 19th Century – Rietti Family Coat of Arms — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 11: Esther Scroll in Gilt Filigree Silver Case Decorated with Pearls and Corals, — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 12: Esther Scroll in Elaborate Silver Case with Original Outer Case – Sephardic Community in Vienna, Late 19th Century — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 13: Gilt Silver Megillah Case Produced by Bezalel – Jerusalem, — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 14: Miniature Illustrated Esther Scroll – Italy, 18th Century — $30,000 - $40,000
Lot 15: Josephus – Augsburg, — $80,000 - $120,000
Lot 16: Rokeach – Fano, 1505 – First Hebrew Book Printed with a Title Page — $20,000 - $25,000
Lot 17: Nachalat Avot by Rabbi Yitzchak Abarbanel – Commentary on Pirkei Avot – Constantinople, 1505 – First Edition, — $25,000 - $30,000
Lot 18: Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam – First Edition – Constantinople, Ca. 1510-1525 – Schocken Copy — $80,000 - $100,000
Lot 19: Talmud Bavli, Tractate Eruvin – Pesaro, Ca. — $30,000 - $40,000
Lot 20: Aldus Manutius – Institutionum Grammaticarum – Venice, 1514 – Rare Edition Printed by Author, — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 21: Rabbeinu Bachya on the Torah – Pesaro, — $15,000 - $25,000
Lot 22: History of the Hebrews, by Marcantonio Sabellico – Basel, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 23: Hilchot Terefot by Rabbi David ibn Yachya – Constantinople, Ca. 1515-1518 – First Edition — $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 24: Tehillim – Basel, — $5,000 - $7,000
Lot 25: Five Hebrew Works, with Latin Translation by Sebastian Münster – Basel, — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 26: Makrei Dardekei, Dictionarium Hebraicum – Hebrew-Latin Dictionary – Basel, 1525 – Fine Copy, — $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 27: Chochmat HaMazalot – Basel, 1527 – First Edition – Illustrations — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 28: Johannes Oecolampadius – Two Latin Works on the Bible – Basel, 1527-1530 – Early Parchment Binding — $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 29: Four Works on Hebrew Grammar and Biblical Commentary – Basel and Wittenberg, — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 30: On the Shem HaMeforash – Anti-Semitic Work by Martin Luther – Wittenberg, 1543 – German — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 31: Tzurat HaAretz and Kitzur Melechet HaMispar – Basel, — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 32: Five Books of the Torah, with Targum and Five Megillot – Venice, 1546 – Original Elaborate Leather Binding – Rare — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 33: Roman-Rite Machzor, Part II – Printed on Parchment – Mantua, 1559 – Schocken Copy — $30,000 - $40,000
Lot 34: Mishnah – Sabbioneta-Mantua, 1559-1563 – Complete Six-Volume Set — $18,000 - $25,000
Lot 35: Complete Set of All Four Parts of Shulchan Aruch – Rare First Edition of All Parts – Venice, — $300,000 - $500,000
Lot 36: Talmud Bavli – Basel, 1578-1581 – Incomplete Set in Twenty-Five Volumes — $15,000 - $25,000
Lot 37: Chiddushei Halachot by Maharsha, Part I – Lublin, 1611 – First Edition, — $50,000 - $70,000
Lot 38: Sefer Eilim and Maayan Ganim – Amsterdam, — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 39: Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Printed by Menasseh Ben Israel – Amsterdam, 1631-1635 – Fine Copy — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 40: Chumash and Haftarot in Spanish – Menasseh Ben Israel – Amsterdam, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 41: Tikun Keriah Lechol Lailah VeYom – Amsterdam, — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 42: Miniature Siddur – Sephardic Rite – Amsterdam, 1708 – Original Elaborate Leather Binding — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 43: Passover Haggadah – Printed on Parchment – Wilhermsdorf, 1715 – Parchment Copy — $25,000 - $35,000
Lot 44: Miniature Siddur – Amsterdam, 1739 – Fine Copy in Original Leather Binding – Variant — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 45: Tikun Sofrim – Five Books of the Torah – Amsterdam, 1751 – Fine Set with Original Decorated Leather Bindings — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 46: Tikun Sofrim HaYesharim – Five Books of the Torah – Amsterdam, — $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 47: Wall Calendar for Year 5328 – Constantinople, 1567 — $5,000 - $7,000
Lot 48: Maaseh Hashem – Venice, 1618 – Printed Leaf, — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 49: Poem Printed on Silk Sheet – By Rabbi Yitzchak Lampronti – For Dedication of Ark in Ferrara – Venice, 1710 — $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 50: Shemirah for a Child, for Good Luck – Zhitomir – Shapira Press, 1855 – Bibliographically Unknown — $30,000 - $50,000
Lot 51: HaMekach VehaMimkar – Vienna, 1800 – Copy of Rebbe Mordechai David Unger, First Rebbe of Dombrov, Teacher, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 52: Tractate Shabbat – Vilna, — $3,000 - $6,000
Lot 53: Knesset HaGedolah – Fürth, 1692 – Copy of the Baal HaTanya, Gifted to His Nephew, — $80,000 - $120,000
Lot 54: Chabad Manuscript ("Buch 7") – Responsa Tzemach Tzedek with Many Leaves and Glosses in the Author's Handwriting – — $80,000 - $120,000
Lot 55: Toldot HaChassidut – Tel Aviv, 1930-1931 – Copy Used by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, with His Handwritten Inscriptions — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 56: Lechatchilah Ariber Coin Received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Lag BaOmer 1991 — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 57: Twenty-Dollar Bill Received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Elul 1991 — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 58: Parchment Manuscript – Paneach Raza on the Torah, with Selections on the Bible – Ashkenaz, 1356 – Sassoon Ms. 1066 — $200,000 - $300,000
Lot 59: Manuscript – Milchamot Hashem (Teshuvot LaKofrim) by Rabbi Yaakov son of Reuven – Provence, 1423 — $20,000 - $35,000
Lot 60: Parchment Manuscript – "Sassoon Pentateuch" – Italy, 15th Century – Tikun for Sofer – Sassoon Ms. 958 — $150,000 - $200,000
Lot 61: Manuscript – Commentary of Rabbi Yitzchak Monteson of Sicily to Bechinat Olam – Reggio di Calabria, — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 62: Autograph Manuscript – Musar Haskel – Unpublished Work, Handwritten by Author, — $30,000 - $50,000
Lot 63: Manuscript Volume, Ancona Jewish Community Pinkas – 1692-1750 – Tens of Leaves Handwritten by Rabbi Shimshon Morpurgo, — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 64: Talmud Yerushalmi, Berachot, Zeraim, Shekalim with Commentary of Rabbi Eliyahu Fulda – Amsterdam, — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 65: Magen David (by the Radvaz) – Amsterdam, 1713 – Dozens of Kabbalistic Glosses by an Unknown Kabbalist, Ca. 18th Century — $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 66: Manuscript, Daat David (Sinzheim) – Yoreh Deah Part I – Rediscovered Lost Manuscript – Autograph of Author, — $20,000 - $25,000
Lot 67: Manuscript – Talmudic Novellae – By Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld in His Youth in Hungarian Yeshivas – 1860s-1870s — $15,000 - $20,000
Lot 68: Manuscript, Lev HaYirah – Joint Work of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and His Chavruta Rabbi Berel Weintraub — $2,500 - $5,000
Lot 69: Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Ben Ish Chai – Baghdad, 1903 – "I Bless You with Life and Peace, — $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 70: Letter of Rabbi Shlomo Elyashov, the Leshem – Šiauliai, — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 71: Letter of Blessings from the Chafetz Chaim – Radin, Av 1924 — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 72: Three Letters of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski – Saving the Old Vilna Cemetery – Sivan-Tamuz 1935 — $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 73: Four Letters of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski – Opposing the Booklet LeDaat HaKahal Proposing Annulment of Marriages – — $4,000 - $5,000
Lot 74: Six Letters of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski – On Civil Marriage and Other Topics – Vilna, 1936-1937 — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 75: Torah Letter of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav – Jerusalem, 1947 — $10,000 - $18,000
Lot 76: Torah Letter of Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel Weiss of Nagysimonyi — $4,000 - $5,000
Lot 77: Handwritten Dedication of Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman – On His Kovetz Hearot – Piotrków, 1932 – First Edition — $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 78: Joint Siyum in Memory of the Chazon Ish – Bnei Brak, — $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 79: Catalogo dos Libros – Catalogue of Books Printed by Menasseh Ben Israel – Original Edition – Amsterdam, — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 80: Gazzetta D'Amsterdam – First-Ever Jewish Newspaper – Amsterdam, March 1673 – Rare Italian Edition — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 81: Handwritten Document – Missionizing to the Jews – South Holland, 1677 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 82: Spanish Manuscript – The Providence of God with Israel, by R. Shaul Mortera – Amsterdam, 1678 — $5,000 - $7,000
Lot 83: Manuscript, Sermon in Honor of King William III of England – Amsterdam, — $6,000 - $10,000
Lot 84: Manuscript, Dutch Siddur – Dutch Spanish-Portuguese Rite – Late 17th or Early 18th Century – Original Leather Binding — $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 85: Manuscript, Polemical Work Defending Judaism by Yitzchak Orobio de Castro – Amsterdam, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 86: Three Notarial Documents – Lopes Suasso Jewish Noble Family – The Hague and Amsterdam, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 87: Manuscript, — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 88: Volume of Printed Yiddish Statutes of Ashkenazic Community in Amsterdam – 1736-1773 – Elaborate Leather Binding, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 89: Manuscript, Arithmetic and Business Calculations – Amsterdam, — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 90: Manuscript Volume, Ledger of Banker David Teixeira d'Andrade – The Hague, — $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 91: Volume of Documents – Copyings of Documents Relating to Property of Jacob Lopes de Liz – The Hague, Ca. — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 92: Manuscript – Olam Chadash – Satirical Critique of Secularization – Amsterdam, — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 93: Miniature Parchment Manuscript (4 cm) – Sefirat HaOmer – The Netherlands, 1793 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 94: Manuscript – Tashlich – Europe, 1806 – Illustrated Title Page — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 95: Decorated Parchment Manuscript – Order of Circumcision with Mohel Ledger – Amsterdam, 1828 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 96: Decorated Hand-Painted Parchment Ketubah – Amsterdam, 1714 – Signatures of Rabbi Shlomo Ayllon, — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 97: Decorated and Hand-Painted Parchment Ketubah – Willemstad, Curaçao, West Indies, — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 98: Parchment Ketubah, Illustrated by Artist R. David Elkaim – Safi, Morocco, 1906 – Esbe'ony (Sibony) Family — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 99: Royal Decree Signed by King Ferdinand II of Aragon – Spain, — $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 100: Handwritten Royal Decree – Joanna the Mad and Her Son Charles V – Spain, — $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 101: Pope Pius IV – Three Papal Documents Pertaining to the Jews – Rome, 1560-1565 — $8,000 - $10,000
Lot 102: Royal Decree of Maximilian I Expelling the Jews of Nuremberg (1498) – Vienna, 1573 – First Printing of Original Decree — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 103: Document Signed by Empress Maria Theresa – Vienna, 1764 – Approval of Request of Alexander Lazarus Österreicher — $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 104: Reasons for Naturalizing the Jews – Defense of the Jews by English Philosopher John Toland – London, — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 105: Jewish Communities in the Netherlands – Collection of Letters to the Israelite Central Consistory of France, 1806-1813 — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 106: The Provincial Statutes of Lower-Canada – Emancipation of Jews – Quebec, 1831-1832 – Rare First Edition, — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 107: Collection of Letters from the Safi Affair – Morocco and London, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 108: Doctor of Law Diploma – University of Prague, 1901 – Julius Stark — $1,500 - $2,000
Lot 109: J'Accuse by Émile Zola – Original Letter Published in L'Aurore, 1898 — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 110: Barkai by Naftali Herz Imber – First Printing of Hatikvah – Jerusalem, 1886 — $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 111: S.Y. Agnon – VeHayah HaAkob LeMishor, with Handwritten Dedication by Agnon – Published by Y.H. Brenner – Jaffa, 1912 — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 112: Zelda – Handwritten "Fragments of Childhood Moments" (Unpublished) – With Letter from Zelda to David Shimoni – 1951 — $3,000 - $6,000
Lot 113: Monograph on Architect Eric Mendelsohn – London, 1940 – Mendelsohn's Personal Copy, — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 114: Bezalel Rug – Herzl's Cedar – Jerusalem, Early 20th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 115: Early and Rare JNF Collection Box – "The Date-Palm Box" – 1908 — $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 116: JNF Collection Box for Children – Australia, 1950s — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 117: Fountain Pen Used to Sign Israel's Declaration of Independence – From the Estate of Minister David-Zvi Pinkas — $200,000 - $300,000
Lot 118: Letter Signed by Haj Amin al-Husseini – Jerusalem, 1929 — $6,000 - $10,000
Lot 119: Map of Palestine, Published by the Fatah Movement – Beirut, Ca. 1969-1970 — $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 120: Huge Map of Eretz Israel – Jansson-Hornius Map Based on Adrichem – Amsterdam, — $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 121: David Roberts – "The Holy Land" – Folio Edition – London, 1842-1849 – 124 Lithographs — $7,000 - $10,000
Lot 122: Le Pays d'Israel – C. W. M. van de Velde – Paris, 1857-1858 – Color Lithographs — $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 123: Catherine Rachel Mendes da Costa (1678-1756), London – Miniature Portrait of Her Children – Watercolor on Bone — $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 124: Samuel Hirszenberg (1865-1908) – Jewish Storekeeper at His Shop – Oil on Canvas — $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 125: Joachim Weingart (1895-1942) – Still Life with a Vase of Flowers – Oil on Canvas — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 126: Frank Auerbach (1931-2024) – "Jake", Portrait of the Artist 's Son – Signed Etching — $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 127: In Vald – Illustrations by Yissachar Ber Rybak – Berlin, 1921 — $2,000 - $3,000