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Auction Info

Auction Name
Auction of Hebraica & Judaica Rare Printed Books and Manuscripts Including the Eretz Israel / Holy Land Collection of the late Dr. Gershon Hait.
Auction Date
11/18/2025 - 11/18/2025
Sale Number
#114
Total Lots
371
Sold Lots
220.0
Lots Sold
59.30%
Unsold Lots
151
Total Sales (USD)
257,350.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
195,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
298,950.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
375,040.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
570,110.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
45.14%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
193

Siddur [prayers for throughout the year]. Minhag Aschkenaz.

1746 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,000.00
110 KALONYMOS BEN KALONYMOS OF ARLES

(Maestro Calo). Even Bochan [ethics]. Edited by Yom Tov Tzarfathi ben Peretz.

1489 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 16,250.00
287 HENRY M. BRACKENRIDGE, J. W. D. WORTHINGTON; & JOHN S. TYSON.

Speeches on the Jew Bill in the House of Delegates in Maryland.

1829 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 10,625.00
33 (CEREMONIES).

Minhagim. Prepared by Shimon HaLevi Gunzburg.

1589 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
121

Seder Tikun Shovavim [Tikunim for Shobavi"m Ta"t].

1740 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 7,500.00
172

Masecheth Nazir.

1522 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,875.00
216

The Jewish Manual; Or, Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette. Edited by a Lady.

1846 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,875.00
300 NOAH, MORDECAI M.

Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews.

1845 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,625.00
239 Clement VIII.

Clement VIII. Papal Bull: Cum Hebraeorum Malitia [against the 'impious writings and books of the Hebrews.']

1593 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,500.00
196 (WOMEN).

Sha'arei Rachamim -- Techinah Prayers.

1749 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,000.00
47 EGOZI, MENACHEM.

Gal shel Egozim [commentary to Bereishith].

(c.1593-95). USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,750.00
14 (AZULAI, CHAIM YOSEPH DAVID). (The Chid'a).

Eliyahu ibn Chaim of Constantinople (RANa"CH). Teshuvoth Shailoth [responsa].

c. 1610. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
270 MONIS, JUDAH.

Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet. Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue. Being an Essay to Bring the Hebrew Grammar into English to Facilitate the Instruction of All Those who are Desirous of Acquiring a Clear Idea of this Primitive Tongue by their Own Studies...Published

 1735 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,750.00
69 HESS, SIMCHA BEN YEHOSHUA.

("The Magid of Zalozitch.") Ahavath Zion [travelogue of the Holy Land].

1790). USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,500.00
62 EMDEN, YA'AKOV.

Lechem Shamayim [commentary to the Mishnah and to the Rambam's Hilchoth Beth HaBechirah].

1768 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,500.00
10 ARAMA, YITZCHAK.

Yad Avshalom [commentary to the Book of Proverbs - Mishlei, with text].

c. 1565). USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
219 SCHUDT, JOHANN JAKOB.

Judischer Merkwurdigkeiten ["Jewish Curiosities."]

1714-18. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,125.00
150 NAJARA, MOSHE.

Lekach Tov.

1575 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,000.00
63 EMDEN, YA'AKOV.

Derush Tephilath Yesharim.

1775 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,750.00
376

Seder HaTephiloth [prayers for the entire year]. Translation into Judeo-German.

1705 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,750.00
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