Auction Reports

Kedem Auctions Ltd.

Auction Info

Auction Name
Rare and Important Items
Auction Date
05/07/2025 - 05/07/2025
Sale Number
#102b
Total Lots
85
Sold Lots
71
Lots Sold
83.53%
Unsold Lots
14
Total Sales (USD)
714,125.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
638,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
957,500.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
927,200.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,374,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
51.94%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
139

Magnificent Silver Binding -- Germany, Ca. 1714 -- From the Collection of Baroness Betty Salomon de Rothschild, with the Rothschild Family Coat of Arms and Her Initials

Ca. 1714 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 93,750.00
162

Tikkunei Shabbat -- Illuminated Manuscript on Parchment, by Scribe-Artist Jacob ben Judah Leib Shamas of Berlin -- Hamburg, 1723

1723 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 55,000.00
133

High-Quality Spicebox Shaped as a Belltower with a Clock -- Bohemia or Moravia, 18th Century

18th Century USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 40,000.00
144

Miniature Torah Scroll -- Arizal Script (Chassidic) -- Europe, 19th Century -- One of the Smallest Torah Scrolls in the World

19th Century USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 37,500.00
148

Esther Scroll with Illustrations after Aryeh Leib ben Daniel of Goraj -- Italy, 18th Century

18th Century USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 35,000.00
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

Tevet 1948 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 32,500.00
145

Rare, Early Esther Scroll -- Decorated with Hand-Painted Engravings -- The Netherlands, 17th Century

17th Century USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,000.00
161

Manuscript, Anthology of Commentaries on the Zohar -- Italy, 17th/18th Century

17th/18th Century USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,250.00
163

Passover Haggadah -- Illustrated Manuscript on Parchment, by the Scribe Meir Kornik -- Amsterdam, 1792

1792 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,750.00
166

Mishneh Torah by the Rambam -- Complete Set -- Venice, 1574-1575 -- First Edition of Kesef Mishneh by Rabbi Yosef Karo -- Signatures and Glosses

1574-1575 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,250.00
191

Illuminated Parchment Ketubah -- Rome, 1780

1780 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 15,000.00
147

Esther Scroll Decorated with Engravings -- Amsterdam, Early 18th Century -- Original Wooden Case

Early 18th Century USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
149

Large-Size Esther Scroll -- Elegant Handle with Silver Crowns and Custom-Made Mantle -- Probably Rome, Italy, 18th Century

18th Century USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 13,750.00
171

Tanya -- Brooklyn, 1978 -- With Signature of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

1978 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,500.00
146

Esther Scroll on Parchment -- Decorated with Hand-Painted Engravings -- Italy, 17th Century

17th Century USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 12,500.00
160

Illustrated Manuscript -- Sefer Evronot -- Germany, 1615-1617

1615-1617 USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,250.00
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

1815; 1862 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,250.00
142

Machzor in Elegant Silver Binding with Family Coat of Arms -- Rome, 19th Century

19th Century USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,000.00
141

Siddur for Women with Elegant Silver Binding -- Venice, 1749

1749 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,000.00
198

Decorated Parchment Ketubah -- Senigallia, 1842

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

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