Bidspirit auctions | Kedem Auction Apr 15

Kedem, Apr 15. 106 lots, estimates 1500 - 80000 $.

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Lots in this catalog (106)

• Lot 1: Elaborate Silver Binding with Dedication to Groom – Probably Germany, 1779 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 2: Elaborate Silver Binding – Venice, 18th Century – Levi Family Coat of Arms — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 3: Large Silver Box Stylized as Book – Venice, 18th Century – Jewish Families' Coats of Arms — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 4: Silver Amulet Case – Italy, 18th Century — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 5: Elaborate Gilt Silver Goblet – Augsburg, Ca. 1712-1715 – With Rothschild Family Coat of Arms — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 6: Sabbath Kiddush Cup – Augsburg, 18th Century — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 7: Large Spicebox – Central Europe, 19th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 8: Silver Hanukkah Lamp – Vienna, 1884 – With Music Box Playing "Maoz Tzur" — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 9: Embroidered Seder Towel – Southern Germany or Alsace, 1787 – Rachel Süsskind — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 10: Embroidered Tablecloth for Sabbath and Festivals – Saqqez, Iranian Kurdistan, 19th Century — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 11: Embroidered Torah Mantle – Italy, 1745 – Aziz (Da Zara) Family — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 12: Torah Scroll Case – Egypt, 1921 – Dedication by a Woman in Memory of Her Husband — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 13: Torah Crown – Johann Conrad Weiss – Nuremberg, Ca. — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 14: Torah Crown – Kamenets-Podolsk / Edineț, Moldova, 1872 — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 15: Rare Torah Crown Produced by Bezalel – Jerusalem or Ben Shemen, Ca. 1912 / Dedicated to a Synagogue in Greece — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 16: Pair of Torah Finials – The Netherlands, 18th Century — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 17: Pair of Torah Finials – Breslau, 18th Century — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 18: Pair of Large Gilt Torah Finials – Carl Bitzel – Augsburg, 1803 — $20,000 - $30,000
• Lot 19: Pair of Torah Finials – Turin, Ca. 1815-1824 — $30,000 - $50,000
• Lot 20: Pair of Torah Finials – Henri Chevron – Paris, 1880 / Dedicatory Inscription from Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, 1889 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 21: Torah Shield Decorated with Gemstones – Poland, Ca. 1800 — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 22: Small Torah Shield with Filigree – Poland or Galicia, 19th Century — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 23: Torah Shield – Eastern Europe, 19th Century — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 24: Torah Shield – Johann Jakob Runnecke – Fürth, Ca. 1790 — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 25: Torah Shield – Johann Jakob Runnecke – Fürth, Germany, Late 18th Century / 1803 — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 26: Torah Shield – Glogau Synagogue, Breslau, Early 19th Century – Silversmith Gottfried Wilhelm Hoensch — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 27: Olivewood Torah Shield and Torah Pointer, Made by the Artist Avraham Keller – Jerusalem, ca. 1900 — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 28: Torah Pointer Decorated with Gold and Gemstones – Fabergé Workmaster Henrik Wigström – St. Petersburg, — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 29: Silver Synagogue Alms Box, Piotrków, Poland – Breslau, ca. 1813-1816 — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 30: Unique Dedicatory Plaque Chronicling the History of the Lamps of the Synagogue of Darmstadt, Germany – 1842 — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 31: Silver Synagogue Lamp – Iraq, Early 20th Century — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 32: Large Brass Platter with Damascening – Work of Artist Avraham Muwas, Syria, — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 33: Silver, Gold and Turquoise Bracelet – Ilya Schor – New York, Ca. 1946 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 34: Pair of Torah Finials – Silversmith of the Häberlein Family – Nuremberg, 19th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 35: Seal of the "Chevrah Kadisha" of Bechhofen, Bavaria, ca. 1750 or Earlier — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 36: Pewter Platter with Illustration of a Synagogue – "Mizrach" – Germany, 18th Century — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 37: Engraved Esther Scroll – Amsterdam, 18th Century — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 38: Manuscript, Taj Torah (Bereshit-Shemot) – Written by Family Member of Benaiah HaSofer – Yemen, 15th/16th Century — $10,000 - $13,000
• Lot 39: Manuscript, Taj Torah (Bamidbar-Devarim) – Written by Family Member of Benaiah HaSofer – Yemen, 15th/16th Century — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 40: Parchment Megillat Yechezkel – Prayers Recited at the Gravesite of the Prophet Yechezkel – Iraq, Ca. 19th Century — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 41: Decorated Manuscript – Pocket Siddur – Shabbat and Festival Prayers – Baghdad, 20th Century — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 42: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Verona, 1712 – Basevi and Caravaglio Families – Signatures of Rabbis of Verona, R. — $20,000 - $25,000
• Lot 43: Large Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Livorno, — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 44: Ketubah Decorated with Colorful Parchment Cut – Senigallia, 1777 — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 45: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Corfu, Greece, 1804 — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 46: Decorated Parchment Ketubah – Malta, 1807 – Only Known Ketubah from Malta — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 47: Large Decorated Paper Ketubah – Karaite Community of Chufut-Kale – Crimea, Ukraine, 1826 — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 48: Decorated Paper Ketubah – Ruse (Rustchuk), Bulgaria, 1848 — $6,000 - $8,000
• Lot 49: Decorated Paper Ketubah – Herat, Afghanistan, 1890 — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 50: Ketubah for the Wedding of the Daughter of Menachem Ussishkin and the Son of Max Bodenheimer – Illustrated by Shmuel — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 51: Year-Round Roman-Rite Siddur – Printed on Parchment – Bologna, 1537 — $60,000 - $70,000
• Lot 52: Shlah Siddur Shaar HaShamayim – Amsterdam, 1717 – First Edition – Complete Copy of All Parts – Segulah Book — $70,000 - $90,000
• Lot 53: Sephardic-Rite Siddur – Printed on Parchment – Amsterdam, 1760 – Pocket Edition — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 54: Passover Haggadah – Prague, 1526 – Many Fine Woodcut Illustrations – First Printed Illustrated Haggadah, — $80,000 - $120,000
• Lot 55: Passover Haggadah – Mantua, — $80,000 - $120,000
• Lot 56: The Szyk Haggadah – Illustrated Parchment Haggadah by Arthur Szyk – London, 1940 — $12,000 - $18,000
• Lot 57: Sefer HaIkarim. by Rabbi Yosef Albo – Incunabulum – Soncino, 1485 — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 58: Kuzari – Fano, 1506 – Printed by Gershom Soncino – First Edition of Fundamental Work on Jewish Faith – Schocken Copy — $70,000 - $90,000
• Lot 59: Torat Kohanim – Sifra – Constantinople, 1510 – First Edition – Printing of Book Not Completed – Especially Rare — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 60: Commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Yaakov Baal HaTurim – Constantinople, 1514 – First Edition – Schocken Copy — $30,000 - $40,000
• Lot 61: Tanya Rabati – Mantua, 1514 – First Edition – With Rare Table of Contents — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 62: Sefer HaIkarim, by Rabbi Yosef Albo – Salonika, 1520 – Especially Rare — $10,000 - $15,000
• Lot 63: Akedat Yitzchak by Rabbi Yitzchak Arama – Salonika, 1522 – First Edition – Elegant Full Set — $40,000 - $60,000
• Lot 64: Thirteen Principles of Faith, History of the Second Commonwealth and the Ten Exiles of Israel – Worms, — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 65: Psalterium Sextuplex – Tehillim with Five Translations – Lyon, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 66: Sefer HaMusar (Rabbi Yehudah Khalatz) – Constantinople, 1537 – First Edition – Printed by Eliezer Soncino — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 67: Itinerary of Rabbi Binyamin of Tudela – Constantinople, 1543 – First Edition – Highly Important Jewish Travelogue — $60,000 - $80,000
• Lot 68: Sefer HaMinhagim of Rabbi Avraham Klausner – Riva di Trento, — $12,000 - $15,000
• Lot 69: Five Books of the Torah – Hanau, 1611-1614 – Accurate Edition, Printed from Chumash Personally Emended by the Shlah, — $30,000 - $35,000
• Lot 70: Asirei HaTikvah, By Joseph Penso de la Vega – Amsterdam, 1673 – Early Hebrew Play — $2,000 - $2,500
• Lot 71: Esh Dat – Rabbi David Nieto – London, — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 72: Tractate Megillah – Slavita, 1822 – Small Format — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 73: Talmud Bavli – Zhitomir, 1858-1864 – Complete Set – Original Leather Bindings — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 74: Manuscript Torah Novellae by the Saba Kadisha, Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari — $5,000 - $10,000
• Lot 75: Four Letters of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski – Assistance for Shemitah Observers in Eretz Israel – Vilna, — $3,000 - $4,500
• Lot 76: Two Letters of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky – Assistance and Rescue for Russian Jews, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 77: Letter from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz – Kamenets, — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 78: Letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav – Jerusalem, — $15,000 - $20,000
• Lot 79: Seven V-Mail Letters (Airgraphs) from Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav – Jerusalem, — $1,500 - $3,000
• Lot 80: Torah Letter from Rabbi Aryeh Levin – To His Future Son-in-Law Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv – Jerusalem, Iyar 1929 — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 81: Large Collection of Letters by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg – 1949-1963 — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 82: Letter from the Steipler Gaon to His Mechutan Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv – Request for Halachic Decision on Questions — $4,000 - $5,000
• Lot 83: Autograph Letter by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – With Letters by His Father Abraham Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Sister — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 84: Fascinating Lengthy Letter Handwritten and Signed by Honoré de Balzac – Ukraine, — $6,000 - $10,000
• Lot 85: Manuscript Royal Decree – Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, 1487 – Revocation of the Privileges of Jews of Spain — $3,000 - $4,000
• Lot 86: Decree Against the Jews – Obligation of Marking Dress – Duchy of Florence, 1567 — $5,000 - $7,000
• Lot 87: Caeca et Obdurata – Papal Bull of Pope Clement VIII – Rome, — $10,000 - $12,000
• Lot 88: Papal Bull of Pope Clement VIII – Rome, 28 February 1593 – Burning of the Talmud and Kabbalistic Literature — $8,000 - $10,000
• Lot 89: The Complete Jewish Faith – Anti-Semitic Work by Apostate Anton Margaritha – Augsburg, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 90: Anton Margaritha – Anti-Jewish Commentary on Yeshayahu – Vienna, 1534 – First Edition — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 91: Jud Süss – Collection of Anti-Semitic Publications – Germany, 1738 – Woodcuts — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 92: Elaborate Parchment Patent of Nobility, Signed by Emperor Franz Joseph I – Vienna, — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 93: Alfred Dreyfus – Five Years of My Life – Paris, — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 94: "Reply to Mr. G. Cavaignac, Minister of War" – Poster of Dreyfus Supporters, — $4,000 - $6,000
• Lot 95: "J'Accuse" – Official Reproduction of L'Aurore Newspaper – First Anniversary of Émile Zola's Death — $3,000 - $5,000
• Lot 96: Theodor Herzl – Der Judenstaat – Vienna-Leipzig, 1896 – First Edition — $5,000 - $8,000
• Lot 97: Theodor Herzl – Medinat HaYehudim – First Hebrew Edition of Der Judenstaat – Decorated Binding — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 98: Theodor Herzl – Altneuland – First Edition – Leipzig, 1902 – Original Illustrated Binding — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 99: Film Archive from Palestine – Suppression of the Arab Revolt, — $15,000 - $25,000
• Lot 100: Handwritten Proclamation – Fawzi al-Qawuqji – Call for Armament of Palestinian Arabs – "Southern Syria", 1936 — $8,000 - $12,000
• Lot 101: Lord Halifax – Three Holocaust-Period Letters – Washington, 1942 – The S.S. Struma Disaster, — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 102: Early Report on the State of Israel – December 1949 – Authored by Chaplain Louis Barish for the United States Army — $2,000 - $3,000
• Lot 103: Hebrew Map of Jerusalem and Palestine – Lithographic Print on Cloth – Łódź, 1882 – Rare and Previously Unrecorded — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 104: David Roberts – "The Holy Land" – First Edition, Hand-Painted, in Large Format – London, 1842 – Volume One: Jerusalem — $12,000 - $20,000
• Lot 105: Else Lasker-Schüler – "Yusuf was Here" – Original Pencil Sketch — $2,000 - $4,000
• Lot 106: First English Kosher Cookbook – By Judith Montefiore – London, — $5,000 - $8,000