Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction May 7, 2025

Kedem, May 7, 2025. 90 lots, estimates 1200 - 150000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (90)

• Lot 129: Printed Aleph-Bet Chart – Pisa, 1799 – Only Extant Copy — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 130: Sefirat HaOmer Synagogue Plaque, Handwritten and Hand-Decorated – Eastern Europe, 19th Century — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 131: Large Papercut – "Menorah" ("Shiviti") Plaque and Amulet for Success and Protection – Morocco or Algeria, 19th Century — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 132: Illustrated Plaque for Rosh Chodesh Adar – Ukraine, — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 133: High-Quality Spicebox Shaped as a Belltower with a Clock – Bohemia or Moravia, 18th Century — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 134: Pair of Finials for Torah Scroll – Augsburg, Germany, 1814 — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 135: Wimpel Adorned with Dozens of Hand-Painted Illustrations – Alsace / France, 1884 – Ulmann Family — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 136: Silver Amulet Case – Italy, 18th Century — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 137: Chumash in Decorated Silver Binding – Amsterdam, Early 18th Century — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 138: Splendid Binding with Ornaments and Buckles for Spanish-Language Siddur, Pentateuch, and Calendar – Amsterdam, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 139: Magnificent Silver Binding – Germany, Ca. 1714 – From the Collection of Baroness Betty Salomon de Rothschild, — $100,000 - $150,000
• Lot 140: Siddur for Women in Elegant Binding with Silver Ornaments – Germany, 18th Century — $2,500 - $4,500
• Lot 141: Siddur for Women with Elegant Silver Binding – Venice, 1749 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 142: Machzor in Elegant Silver Binding with Family Coat of Arms – Rome, 19th Century — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 143: Machzor in Elegant Silver Binding – Probably Germany, 19th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 144: Miniature Torah Scroll – Arizal Script (Chassidic) – Europe, — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 145: Rare, Early Esther Scroll – Decorated with Hand-Painted Engravings – The Netherlands, 17th Century — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 146: Esther Scroll on Parchment – Decorated with Hand-Painted Engravings – Italy, 17th Century — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 147: Esther Scroll Decorated with Engravings – Amsterdam, Early 18th Century – Original Wooden Case — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 148: Esther Scroll with Illustrations after Aryeh Leib ben Daniel of Goraj – Italy, 18th Century — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 149: Large-Size Esther Scroll – Elegant Handle with Silver Crowns and Custom-Made Mantle – Probably Rome, Italy, — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 150: Decorated Esther Scroll on Parchment, in Elaborate Silver Case – Greece, 19th Century — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 151: Esther Scroll in Elaborate Filigree Silver Case – Greece / Ottoman Empire, 19th-20th Century — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 152: Illuminated and Vocalized Esther Scroll – Written on Both Sides of the Parchment – Ottoman Empire, Early 20th Century — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 153: Esther Scroll in Small Format, with Symbols of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 154: Hand-Decorated Miniature Esther Scroll – Housed in Elegantly Fashioned Silver Case – Israel — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 155: Miniature Esther Scroll in Silver Case and Colorful Enamel — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 156: The Kennicott Bible – Elaborate Facsimile — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 157: The Rothschild Miscellany – Elaborate Facsimile of a 15th Century Manuscript — $3,000 - $3,500
• Lot 158: Due to the historical value of the item, — $150,000 - $200,000
• Lot 159: Parchment Manuscript Gathering of Roman-Rite Siddur – Italy, 15th Century — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 160: Illustrated Manuscript – Sefer Evronot – Germany, 1615-1617 — $6,000 - $12,000
• Lot 161: Manuscript, Anthology of Commentaries on the Zohar – Italy, 17th/18th Century — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 162: Tikkunei Shabbat – Illuminated Manuscript on Parchment, — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 163: Passover Haggadah – Illustrated Manuscript on Parchment, by the Scribe Meir Kornik – Amsterdam, 1792 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 164: Manuscript, Neviim and Ketuvim in Neo-Aramaic Translation – Kurdistan, 1922-1924 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 165: Mishnah – Sabbioneta-Mantua, 1559-1563 – Three-Volume Set — $10,000 - $12,000
• Lot 166: Mishneh Torah by the Rambam – Complete Set – Venice, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 167: Responsa Chacham Tzvi – First Edition – Amsterdam, 1712 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 168: Shaarei Dura / Amudei Shlomo (Maharshal) – Basel, 1599-1600 – Distinguished Copies, — $4,000 - $10,000
• Lot 169: Responsa Ne'eman Shmuel – Thessaloniki, 1723 – Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, — $3,000 - $6,000
• Lot 170: Tikunei HaZohar – Slavita, 1826 – Printed by Rabbi Moshe Shapira — $6,000 - $10,000
• Lot 171: Tanya – Brooklyn, 1978 – With Signature of the Lubavitcher Rebbe — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 172: Unknown Childhood Photograph of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Yekaterinoslav, 1911/1912 – Two Copies — $40,000 - $80,000
• Lot 173: Collection of Rare Video Clips – The Rebbe Rayatz in the United States, — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 174: Collection of Photocopied Letters Sent by Rebbetzin Sheina Horenstein to Her Father the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch — $4,000 - $8,000
• Lot 175: Letter of Kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo Elyashov, the Leshem – Šiauliai, — $6,000 - $9,000
• Lot 176: Lengthy Letter from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz – Nisan, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 177: Letter of Rabbi Shimon Shkop, Dean of Grodno Yeshiva – Cheshvan, 1935 — $1,500 - $3,000
• Lot 178: Three Letters from Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski – Vilna, Kislev 1933 — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 179: Five Letters of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski – Vilna, — $6,000 - $9,000
• Lot 180: Letter of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski – On the Brisker Rav and the Yeshivas Exiled to Vilna at the Beginning of the — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 181: Historical Letter of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, The Brisker Rav, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 182: Lengthy Letter of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, and Booklet of Notes on Chazon Yechezkel – Jerusalem, Sivan 1926 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 183: Two Letters of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein – On Establishing High Schools with Secular Studies by Zev Wolfson in Eretz — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 184: Letter of the Steipler Gaon – Preparations for Wedding of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and Torah Thoughts – Bnei Brak, — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 185: Large Collection of Letters from R. Chaim Kanievsky – 1973-1978 — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 186: Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Santa Lucia, 1725 – Only Documented Ketubah from Santa Lucia — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 187: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Urbino, 1732 — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 188: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Bayonne, France, 1733 — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 189: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Mantua, — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 190: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Spanish-Portuguese Community in Hamburg, 1756 — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 191: Illuminated Parchment Ketubah – Rome, 1780 — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 192: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Rome, 1812 – Bondì and Modigliani Family Coats of Arms — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 193: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Bordeaux, 1815 — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 194: Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Ancona, 1816 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 195: Illuminated Parchment Ketubah – Ancona, 1827 — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 196: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Gibraltar, 1826 – Rite of the Spanish Exiles — $5,000 - $6,000
• Lot 197: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Genoa, 1828 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 198: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Senigallia, 1842 — $18,000 - $20,000
• Lot 199: Large Decorated Ketubah – Karaite Community of Gözleve (Yevpatoria), Crimea, 1847 — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 200: Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Izmir, 1815, with Tosefet Ketubah, Jerusalem, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 201: Decorated Ketubah – Damascus, 1896 — $1,500 - $2,500
• Lot 202: Large Micrographic Print – Levi van Gelder, New York, — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 203: Isidor Kaufmann (1853-1921) – Oil on Canvas – Portrait of a Young Girl — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 204: Isidor Kaufmann (1853-1921) – Oil on Panel – A Jewish Bride — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 205: Isidor Kaufmann (1853-1921) – Miniature Oil Painting – Portrait of a Jewish Man — $25,000 - $35,000
• Lot 206: Ludwig Blum (1891-1974) – Oil on Canvas – Jewish Soldier at David's Tomb on Mount Zion, During the War of Independence — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 207: Nachum Gutman (1898-1980) – Watercolor on Paper – Synagogue in Tiberias — $7,000 - $9,000
• Lot 208: Hand-Illustrated Children's Book – Jewish-German Artist Philipp Erlanger – Germany, — $7,000 - $12,000
• Lot 209: "Yingl Tsingl Khvat" – El Lissitzky – Warsaw 1922 – Second Edition (Large Format) — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 210: Degenerate Art – Exhibition Poster, Germany 1936 – Parody of El Lissitzky’s “Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge" — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 211: "Professor Mamlock" – Movie Poster Designed by Jewish Artist Hugo Gellert – USA, — $4,000 - $7,000
• Lot 212: "Remember the Altalena" – Illustrated Poster, 1948 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 213: Poster Designed by Otto Arpke – Advertisement for HAPAG’s Mediterranean Routes – 1930s — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 214: Admission Ticket – Alfred Dreyfus' Degradation Ceremony – January 5, 1895 — $6,000 - $10,000
• Lot 215: Altneuland – First Edition, Leipzig, 1902 – Fine Copy in Original Binding — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 216: A Public Warning – By Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook – Poster Forbidding Ascent to the Temple Mount – Jerusalem, — $1,200 - $1,800
• Lot 217: Albert Einstein – Hand-Signed Cheque, 1950 – Gift of the Reverend Dr. Cornelius Greenway, — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 218: Photograph of Hannah Szenes in Kibbutz Sdot Yam, with a Brief Letter to her Brother on Verso – December 1941 — $12,000 - $18,000