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Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection

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Auction Name Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection Total Sales (USD) 3,457,625.00
Auction Date January 21, 2025 - January 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,838,200.00
Sale Number #100 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,844,700.00
Total Lots 197
Sold Lots 197 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,838,200.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,844,700.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 121.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
20

Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar, the Or HaChaim -- Inside a Large Volume with Hundreds of Autographs and Signatures of His Contemporary Moroccan Rabbis -- Including Many Autographs of Rabbi Yaakov Abensour, Rabbi Yehudah ibn Attar,

USD 500,000.00 - 800,000.00 USD 875,000.00
37

Illustrated Mansuscript, Pri Etz Chaim -- Brody, 1743 -- Copy of Kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Gershon of Kitov, Brother-in-Law of the Baal Shem Tov

1743 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 187,500.00
58

Letter of Ordination by Rabbi Yehonatan Eibeshitz -- Metz, 1745 / Unpublished Manuscript Work, Pundak DeAvraham by His Disciple, Rabbi Avraham Avrel Worms of Metz (Father of the Meorei Or) -- Metz, 1781

1745 / 1781 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 112,500.00
42

Zohar Chadash -- Venice, 1658 -- Never-Published Autograph Glosses by Rabbi Moshe Zacuto -- Copy of the Chida, with His Handwritten Signature

1658 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 100,000.00
55

Letter of Blessings from the Divrei Chaim of Sanz -- Sanz, 1872 -- "May They Succeed in All Their Pursuits... May No One Disturb Them, and May They Dwell Securely Without Fear"

1872 USD 60,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 93,750.00
72

Five Books of the Torah, With Megilot and Haftarot, In Yiddish Translation -- Konstanz, 1544 -- Especially Rare First Edition of the Torah in Yiddish Translation -- Complete Copy in Elaborate Early Leather Binding

1544 USD 25,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 93,750.00
5

Seder Tikunei Shabbat by the Arizal -- Illuminated Parchment Manuscript -- By the Scribe and Illustrator Meshulam Simmel of Polna -- Vienna, 1714

1714 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 87,500.00
59

Signed Letter and Halachic Responsum by the Noda BiYehudah -- Prague, 1767 / Manuscript Booklets by Querent R. Peretz Frankel, Rabbi of Goding, with Drafts of His Letters to the Noda BiYehudah and R. Gershon Politz, Rabbi of Nikolsburg

1767 / USD 60,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 87,500.00
181

Shlah Siddur Shaar HaShamayim -- Amsterdam, 1717 -- First Edition -- Complete Copy of All Parts -- Segulah Book

1717 USD 40,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 87,500.00
36

Manuscript, Sefer HaKavanot -- Venice, 1656 -- Copy of Kabbalist Rabbi Natan Nata Hannover, With His Signature and Many Handwritten Glosses -- Manuscript from the Library of the Imrei Emet of Ger

1656 USD 20,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 81,250.00
7

Passover Haggadah -- Parchment Manuscript, Illuminated in Color by the Scribe Abraham of Ihringen -- Breisach am Rhein, Near Alsace, 1740

1740 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 75,000.00
8

Passover Haggadah -- Parchment Manuscript with Unique Illuminations -- Niedernai (Niederehnheim), Alsace, 1759

1759 USD 80,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 68,750.00
10

Parchment Manuscript, Ashkenazic-Rite Siddur -- 14th/15th Century

14th/15th Century USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 52,500.00
44

Zohar -- Cremona, 1559-1560 -- First Edition Printed Simultaneously with Mantua Edition -- Rare "Large Zohar" Edition, Many Copies Destroyed in Cremona Book Burning -- Standard Edition in Germany and Poland

1559-1560 USD 15,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 52,500.00
11

Manuscript -- Moshav Zekenim -- Tosafists' Commentary on the Torah -- Crotone (Italy), 1473 -- Ms. Sassoon 409

1473 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 50,000.00
12

Manuscript, Sefer HaPeliah -- Tripoli, Lebanon, 1497

1497 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 47,500.00
57

Autograph Manuscript -- Amarot Tehorot, Handwritten by Author, Rabbi Shmuel Garmison -- Unpublished Work -- Jerusalem, 17th Century

17th Century USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 45,000.00
53

Manuscript, Beit Chochmah on Shir HaShirim -- Handwritten by Author Rabbi Yeshayah Yaakov HaLevi of Alesk, Disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and Member of the Kloiz in Brody

USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 37,500.00
54

Manuscript by Rabbi Yehudah Leib of Linitz, Editor of Teshuot Chen and Shivchei HaBesht -- Sayings of the Baal Shem Tov and His Disciples -- Including Original Letter of Approbation Handwritten and Signed by Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky of Hornostaipil, Wi

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 37,500.00
22

Volume of Handwritten Works and Halachic Rulings -- Dozens of Autographs and Signatures by Leading Rabbis of Fez and Meknes -- Rabbi Yaakov Abensour (Yaavetz), Rabbi Yehudah ibn Attar, Rabbis of the Berdugo and Toledano Families

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 30,000.00
71

Tehillim -- Leipzig, 1533 -- First Hebrew Book Printed in Leipzig

1533 USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 30,000.00
41

Or Ne'erav / Commentary on Yom Kippur Temple Service / Tomer Devorah -- First Editions of Books of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero -- Venice, 1587-1589 -- Glosses of Rabbi Yaakov Abensour, the Yaavetz -- Gloss of Rabbi Aharon Siboni

1587-1589 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 27,500.00
16

Manuscript, Midrash HaGadol Devarim -- Yemen, 1473 -- Scribed by Rabbi David son of Rabbi Benaiah, Renowned Scribe of Sanaa

1473 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 25,000.00
25

Two Manuscripts from Morocco -- Hundreds of Autographs and Signatures of Leading Moroccan Rabbis

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 25,000.00
24

Volume of Halachic Rulings, Responsa and Novellae -- Autographs and Signatures of Moroccan Rabbis -- 1770-1820

1770-1820 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 23,750.00