Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Rare and Important Items, 102b, Jerusalem

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 07, 2025 - May 07, 2025
Page Size: 85 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
179

Five Letters of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- Vilna, 1937 -- Includes Halachic Discussion of Reliability of Agent of Divorce -- Copies of Responsa of Rabbi Simchah Zelig, Head of Brisk Beit Din

Vilna 1937 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,250.00
180

Letter of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski -- On the Brisker Rav and the Yeshivas Exiled to Vilna at the Beginning of the Holocaust -- Vilna, Shevat 1940 -- "A Group was Founded of Dear Youths Attending Daily Lectures by our Friend Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Solovei

Vilna Shevat 1940 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,000.00
181

Historical Letter of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, The Brisker Rav, Opposing Establishment of the State of Israel by Warfare -- Jerusalem, Tevet 1948 -- "...The Fate of the Lives of Each and Every Individual Depends on the Success of the War. Has Suc

Jerusalem Tevet 1948 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 32,500.00
182

Lengthy Letter of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, and Booklet of Notes on Chazon Yechezkel -- Jerusalem, Sivan 1926

Jerusalem Sivan 1926 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
183

Two Letters of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein -- On Establishing High Schools with Secular Studies by Zev Wolfson in Eretz Israel --

1964 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,500.00
184

Letter of the Steipler Gaon -- Preparations for Wedding of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and Torah Thoughts -- Bnei Brak, Sivan 1951 -- "...They Are Leasing the House to Us for Love of Torah, May G-d Reward Them in This World and the Next"

Bnei Brak Sivan 1951 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,250.00
185

Large Collection of Letters from R. Chaim Kanievsky -- 1973-1978

1973-1978 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,500.00
186

Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Santa Lucia, 1725 -- Only Documented Ketubah from Santa Lucia

Santa Lucia 1725 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,000.00
187

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Urbino, 1732

Urbino 1732 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,000.00
188

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Bayonne, France, 1733

Bayonne, France 1733 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,250.00
189

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Mantua, 1742 -- Illustrations of Twelve Zodiacs and Temple Vessels -- Signatures of Rabbis of Mantua

Mantua 1742 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Not Sold
190

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Spanish-Portuguese Community in Hamburg, 1756

Spanish-Portuguese Community in Hamburg 1756 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,250.00
191

Illuminated Parchment Ketubah -- Rome, 1780

Rome 1780 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 15,000.00
192

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Rome, 1812 -- Bondi and Modigliani Family Coats of Arms

Rome 1812 USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
193

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Bordeaux, 1815

Bordeaux 1815 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,125.00
194

Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Ancona, 1816

Ancona 1816 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,250.00
195

Illuminated Parchment Ketubah -- Ancona, 1827

Ancona 1827 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,750.00
196

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Gibraltar, 1826 -- Rite of the Spanish Exiles

Gibraltar 1826 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
197

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Genoa, 1828

Genoa 1828 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
198

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Senigallia, 1842

Senigallia 1842 USD 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 10,000.00
199

Large Decorated Ketubah -- Karaite Community of Gozleve (Yevpatoria), Crimea, 1847

Crimea 1847 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,875.00
200

Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Izmir, 1815, with Tosefet Ketubah, Jerusalem, 1862 -- One of the Earliest Documented Ketubot from Izmir -- Signatures of Rabbis, Including Rabbi David Amado, Author of Tehillah LeDavid, and Signatures of Jerusalem Rabb

Izmir; Jerusalem 1815; 1862 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,250.00
201

Decorated Ketubah -- Damascus, 1896

Damascus 1896 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,500.00
202

Large Micrographic Print -- Levi van Gelder, New York, 1865 -- Dozens of Hand-Colored Miniature Illustrations of Biblical Scenes

New York 1865 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
208

Hand-Illustrated Children's Book -- Jewish-German Artist Philipp Erlanger -- Germany, 1922 -- Personal Gift to the Artist's Niece on the Occasion of Her Parents' Silver Anniversary

Germany 1922 USD 7,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,500.00
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