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
153	Rare Covert Leaf of a Talmud Bavli Printed by the Shapiro Press in Zhytomyr, 1860	Zhytomyr,	1860	Not Available	Not Sold
154	Tractates Bechorot Arachin and More and Hilchot Bechorot and Chalah Printed by the Shapira Brothers - Zhytomyr, 1860	Zhytomyr,	1860	Not Available	USD 275.00
155	Masechet Shabbat - The Press of the Shapira Brothers Zhytomyr, 1862	Zhytomyr,	1862	Not Available	USD 300.00
156	Volume with 3 Chassidic Books with Chidushim on the Shas and Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah - 1881-1886		1881-1886	Not Available	Not Sold
157	Tiferet Hachanochi Elucidation on the Zohar by Rabbi Gershon Henich of Radzin - First Edition Warsaw, 1900	Warsaw,	1900	Not Available	USD 150.00
158	Beit Yaakov on Sefer Shemot by the Admor Rabbi Yaakov of Izhbittza - First Edition Lublin, 1903	Lublin,	1903	Not Available	Not Sold
159	Rare! Chassidut: Sefer Shomer Mitzvah by Rabbi Yisrael Isaacson, a student of the Rahak of Shtefanesht. Lviv 1904.	Lviv	1904	Not Available	USD 125.00
160	Rare Spinka Books: Pe'er Yosef / Brachot VeHoda'ot with Seder Hakafot, the Imrei Yosef's Custom - First edition, Maramarossziget / Satmar, 1935	Maramarossziget / Satmar,	1935	Not Available	Not Sold
161	Imrot Tehorot with an Approbation by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev - Mahlov, 1810	Mahlov,	1810	Not Available	USD 187.50
162	Fine Copy on Bluish Paper: Mishnayot Seder Moed with Chidushim by the Rav of Berditchev from the Edition of Beur HaGra - Horodna Vilna, 1818	Horodna Vilna,	1818	Not Available	USD 125.00
163	Sefer Or HaChaim with Ma'ayan Ganim by the Author of the Bnei Yissachar - Chassidut Second Edition Zholkva, 1850	Zholkva,	1850	Not Available	Not Sold
164	Volume with Several Chassidic Books including the First Edition of the Book Mefgillat Setarim by the Author of the Arvei Nachal - Lemberg, 1862-1864	Lemberg,	1862-1864	Not Available	Not Sold
165	"I have Heard from My Teacher" Books by Rabbeinu the Toldot Yaakov Yosef: Tzofnat Pane'ach - Second Edition and Ben Porat Yosef - Third Edition - Lemberg, 1866	Lemberg,	1866	Not Available	Not Sold
166	Set of Chamisha Chumshei Torah with Ma'or Vashemesh and a Chassidic Siddur Sephard Version - Lemberg, 1878 Part of it Bibliographically Not Listed	Lemberg,	1878	Not Available	Not Sold
167	Siddur Tefilla Yeshara, Berdichev, with important approbations. Williamsburg 1960.	Williamsburg	1960	Not Available	Not Sold
168	Copy of a Disciple of the Rav the Author of the Ahavat Shalom of Kosov: Zohar Chadash on the Torah, Megillot, Tikkunim, and Midrash HaNe'elam - Zholkva 1804.	Zholkva	1804	Not Available	Not Sold
169	Sacred Copy with the Handwritten Signature of a Disciple of the Divrei Chaim, Rabbi Noteleh Oshpitziner and His Sons - Rabbeinu Bachya Bereshit - Lemberg 1864	Lemberg	1864	Not Available	Not Sold
170	Siddur with Tehillim of the Chssid Gaon Rabbi Avraham Leib Zilberman the Rav of Safed			Not Available	Not Sold
171	"Tried and Tested Incantation against the Evil Eye" Handwritten by the Rav that Merited Seeing Eliyahu Rabbi Eliyahu Leibush Kahana Av Beit Din of Apahida: Rav Alfas Partial Set - Warsaw, 1880 and Onward	Warsaw,	1880 and Onward	Not Available	USD 187.50
172	Copy of the Admor of Kherson Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Rabinovich: Toldot Yaakov Yosef - Warsaw, 1881	Warsaw,	1881	Not Available	Not Sold
173	Copy of the Admor of Radzin Rabbi Avraham Yissachar Englard when he was Living in Sosnovich: Sefer Oniyah Belev Yam on 13 Midot and 13 Ikarim - Single Edition Furth, 1766	Furth,	1766	Not Available	USD 125.00
174	Kuntres Mora Mikdash - with the Signature and Glosses of the Admor the Pnei Menachem of Ger			Not Available	USD 500.00
175	Tehillim Tefillah LeMoshe by the Yismach Moshe			Not Available	USD 125.00
176	Handwritten Siagnture of Rabbi Shmuel Heller, a Disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin - on a Psak Beit Din about a Neighborly Dispute - Safed, 1879	Safed,	1879	Not Available	USD 275.00
177	Recommendation letter dictated by the Admor Rabbi David Moshe of Chortkov, handwritten and signed by the gabbay Rabbi Hirsch Rapaport. Chortkov 1901.	Chortkov	1901	Not Available	USD 225.00

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.

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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.
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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