Moreshet Auctions: Kodesh Auction – Chassidut, Gra, Kabbalah, Letters, Polemic, Judaica and more, 82, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 09, 2025 - March 09, 2025

Page Size: 193 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
127	Sefer Damesek Eliezer on HaGra's Elucidation by Rabbi Eliezer Landay the Two Sections - Gra First Edition Vilna, 1868	Vilna,	1868	Not Available	Not Sold
128	Copy of the Natziv and His Son: Midrash Aggadat Bereshit Warsaw, 1876	Warsaw,	1876	Not Available	Not Sold
129	Volume with 4 Rare Books: an Issue of Or Hamussar / Tzava'at Moshe of the Chatam Sofer / Darka shel Torah / Ma'asseh Rav - Piotrkow, Jerusalem, Vilna 1896-1902	Piotrkow, Jerusalem, Vilna	1896-1902	Not Available	USD 125.00
130	The Zohar of the Rosh Yeshiva of Hebron Rabbi Aharon Cohen and the Kabbalist Rabbi Shorov Author of Ot Rama: Sefer hazohar Section III - Vilna, 1894	Vilna,	1894	Not Available	Not Sold
131	Sefer Pirchei Aharon with a Dedication by the Author Rabbi Aharon Hacohen the Son-in-Law of Rabbeinu the Chafetz Chaim - First Edition Tel Aviv, 1900	Tel Aviv,	1900	Not Available	Not Sold
132	Letter signed by Rabbi Eliyahu Bloch of Telz. 1949.		1949	Not Available	Not Sold
133	Letter signed by the Gaon Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, head of the Vaad Yeshivot, about the exclusivity of the Slonim yeshiva. Tishrei 1958.		1958	Not Available	Not Sold
134	Glosses handwritten by the Steipler with his opinion on the use of electricity on shabbat			Not Available	USD 187.50
135	Lengthy Halachic Responsum - Handwritten and Signed by the Famed Mekubal the Gaon Rabbi Serayah Davlitzki - Four Large Pages Handwritten by Him!!!			Not Available	USD 125.00
136	Letter on a Complex Halachic Subject - Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yissachar Meir - Addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg Author of Seridei Esh			Not Available	USD 125.00
137	Signature of Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Assad the Son of the Mahari Assad: Sefer Korban Asham - Single Edition Sulzbach, 1777	Sulzbach,	1777	Not Available	USD 750.00
138	Sefer Lekitat Yosef---Rabbi Josfa Hirschfeld. Vienna 1826. Chiddushei torah, notes, and signatures of ownership.	Vienna	1826. Chiddushei torah, notes, and signatures of ownership.	Not Available	Not Sold
140	Yesod! Chatam Sofer First Edition - Signatures, Glosses and a Dedication: Chatam Sofer on Masechet Ketubot - Satmar / Piotrkow, 1903-1908	Satmar / Piotrkow,	1903-1908	Not Available	Not Sold
141	Pedigreed Copy: Mishnat Rabbi Natan by Rabbi Natan Adler - First Edition Frankfurt 1862	Frankfurt	1862	Not Available	Not Sold
142	Rare! First Time Auctioned! With a Lengthy Dedication by the Author: Kikarot shel Baal Habayit - Single Edition Mishkoltz, 1935	Mishkoltz,	1935	Not Available	Not Sold
143	Extemely Rare. First Time Auctioned! Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Messing Av Beit Din of Gustin - Addressed to the Wonder-Worker Rabbi Eliyahu Greiditz - 1870		1870	Not Available	USD 300.00
144	Chidushei Torah Handwritten and Signed by the Polish Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Zugelwax Author of Yemin Shmuel on the Shas - Lublin, 1904	Lublin,	1904	Not Available	USD 125.00
145	"lkhd t kl hrbnym dmdynt 'stryyk" Historical Letter by the Gaon Rabbi Meir Zvi Jung Av Beit Din of London - Brod, 1909		1909	Not Available	USD 125.00
146	Exciting: Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Nachum Yehuda Leib Weingott, written to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld. Warsaw 1930.	Warsaw	1930	Not Available	Not Sold
147	The Last Rav of Frankfurt am Main - Letter with Chidushei Torah - Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kirschbaum Av Beit Din of Frankfurt - Frankfurt am Main, 1931	Frankfurt am Main,	1931	Not Available	USD 1,125.00
148	Touching Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Lipa Kleppisch the Son-in-Law of the Admor of Lubeshov - Brisk, 1935	Brisk,	1935	Not Available	USD 250.00
149	Father of Agunot - Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo David Kahane Rosh Av Beit Din of Warsaw - Approbation for Sefer Dinei Isha Agunah - Jerusalem, 1946	Jerusalem,	1946	Not Available	USD 125.00
150	Touching Letter Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Zeev Halevi Pollack Av Beit Din of GRooswardein - Oradea, 1952 the Last Days of the Jewish Community of Romania	Oradea,	1952	Not Available	Not Sold
151	Letter from Rabbi Dr. Natan Birnbaum to Rabbi Yitzhak Yerucham Diskin. Zurich 1919.	Zurich	1919	Not Available	USD 187.50
152	Leaves from the Second Section of Tikkunei Shabbat - The Press of the Shapiro Brothers Zhytomyr, 1858	Zhytomyr,	1858	Not Available	USD 125.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
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Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

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Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000