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Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Objects and Ceremonial Art: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals (Manuscripts, prints)

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Auction Name Objects and Ceremonial Art: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals (Manuscripts, prints) Total Sales (USD) 27,252.00
Auction Date July 16, 2014 - July 16, 2014 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 16,400.00
Sale Number #39 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 27,900.00
Total Lots 53
Sold Lots 25 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 36,700.00
% of Lots Sold 47.17% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 62,700.00
Unsold Lots 28 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 43.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
22

Form of the Tabernacle - Samaritan Tradition

Early 20th century USD 6,600.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,800.00
15

Handwritten Ilan Sephirot

ca. 18th century USD 1,100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,000.00
18

Gedolei Israel - Warsaw, Late 19th Century

late 19th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,320.00
26

Ornamented Ketubah - Georgia, 1891

1891 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,320.00
180

Advertisement for Washing Powder - Franz Kraus

1938 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,320.00
16

Akdamut - Micrographic Writing - Tarnow, 1930s

1930s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
17

Jona's Ship - Printed Micrography - Algeria, 1891

1891 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 900.00
182

Sketch for a JNF Poster - Herzl Forest

1954 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 900.00
183

Two Sketches for a JNF Poster -Jerusalem Forest

1950s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 660.00
194 Meir Gur-Aryeh

Meir Gur-Aryeh - Sketches for Stencil Printings

USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 660.00
35

Mizrah - Zuckerman Press - Jerusalem, 19th Century

second half of 19th century. USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 600.00
23

Isidor Kaufmann- Rabbis and Student, Etching

1853-1921).30X31cm. Signed in the plate. Very good condition. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 528.00
30

Synagogue Wall Calendar - Georgia

1948 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 480.00
191 Ze'ev Raban

Ze'ev Raban -Original Sketch - "BaYom HaHu Yitka"

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
3

Esther Scroll, 19th Century

19th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
6

Esther Scroll - Georgia

late 19th or early 20th century. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
8

Large Esther Scroll - Decorations

First half of 20th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
4

Esther Scroll - Russia-Poland

late 19th or early 20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
7

Large Esther Scroll

First half of 20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
9

Esther Scroll + Leaf with Megillah Verses and Blessings

ca. mid-20th century USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
12

Three Miniature Printed Torah Scrolls

1930s-40s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
188

Certificate - "Sefer HaYeled" - JNF - Joseph Budko

ca.1930s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
190 Ze'ev Raban

Ze'ev Raban - Original Double-Sided Sketch

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
177

Bible in an Ornamented Silver Binding - Israel

ca. 1950 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 264.00
11

Esther Scroll, Hebrew and English - Printed on Paper

1930s USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Part IX
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
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    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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