Kedem Auctions Ltd.: Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art, 108, Jerusalem

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 12, 2026 - May 12, 2026

Page Size: 241 items in 10 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Decorated Shiviti Plaque, With Illustration of Temple Vessels – Italy, Ca. 1800 – The Durante family of Ancona	Italy	c. 1800	Not Available	USD 3,000.00
2	Large-Format Esther Scroll with Attached Sheet of Blessings – Italy, 1731 – Coat-of-Arms of the Perugia Family	Italy	1731	Not Available	USD 2,125.00
3	Decorated Esther Scroll – Italy, 18th Century – Aziz Family	Italy	18th Century	Not Available	USD 2,750.00
4	Large Parchment Esther Scroll – Italy, Early 18th Century	Italy	Early 18th Century	Not Available	USD 937.50
5	Colorfully Decorated Esther Scroll with Attached Sheet of Blessings – Italy, ca. 1800	Italy	c. 1800	Not Available	USD 3,250.00
6	Small-Format Esther Scroll with Attached Sheet of Blessings – Italy, 19th Century	Italy	19th Century	Not Available	USD 812.50
7	Esther Scroll with Attached Sheet of Blessings – Italy, 19th Century	Italy	19th Century	Not Available	USD 2,125.00
8	Small-Format Decorated Esther Scroll – Italy, 19th Century	Italy	19th Century	Not Available	USD 2,125.00
9	Miniature Esther Scroll with Sheet of Blessings and Handle Decorated with Pearls – Italy, Ca. 1900	Italy	c. 1900	Not Available	USD 1,375.00
10	Esther Scroll with Original Handle – Italy, ca. 1900	Italy	c. 1900	Not Available	USD 1,187.50
11	Narrative of Book of Esther, Italian Translation – Paper Scroll with Original Wooden Handle – Italy, 1921	Italy	1921	Not Available	USD 475.00
12	Small-Format Esther Scroll Sewn onto Original Cloth – Probably the Netherlands, 18th/19th Century	Probably the Netherlands	18th/19th Century	Not Available	USD 2,250.00
13	Small Esther Scroll in Filigree Silver Case – Galicia, 19th Century	Galicia	19th Century	Not Available	USD 3,500.00
14	Small Esther Scroll in High-Quality Silver Filigree Case – Europe, Ca. 1900	Europe	c. 1900	Not Available	USD 2,500.00
15	Esther Scroll in Fine Filigree Silver Case – Eastern Europe, 19th Century	Eastern Europe	19th Century	Not Available	USD 4,250.00
16	Decorated Esther Scroll – Europe, 19th/20th Century	Europe	19th/20th Century	Not Available	USD 750.00
17	Esther Scroll in Filigree Silver Case – Europe, Ca. 19th or Early 20th Century	Europe	c. 19th or Early 20th Century	Not Available	USD 3,000.00
18	Esther Scroll Adorned with Colorful Horseshoe Arches – Morocco, Early 19th Century	Morocco	Early 19th Century	Not Available	USD 3,000.00
19	Esther Scroll in Decorated Silver Case – North Africa or Near East	North Africa or Near East	N/A	Not Available	USD 2,500.00
20	Esther Scroll in Filigree Gilt Silver Case, Adorned with a Coral Stone – Ottoman Empire, 19th Century	Ottoman Empire	19th Century	Not Available	USD 3,750.00
21	Esther Scroll in Miniature Silver Case Adorned with Coral – Iraq or the Region, 19th Century	Iraq or the Region	19th Century	Not Available	USD 2,750.00
22	Esther Scroll in Silver Case Adorned with Bird – Iraq or the Region, 19th Century	Iraq or the Region	19th Century	Not Available	USD 3,250.00
24	Esther Scroll in Decorated Case – 20th Century		20th Century	Not Available	USD 1,000.00
25	Miniature Gold and Enamel Case for Esther Scroll – Israel, 20th Century	Israel	20th Century	Not Available	USD 3,000.00
26	Esther Scroll in Silver Filigree Case – Jerusalem	Jerusalem	N/A	Not Available	USD 1,875.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000

Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000

Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000

Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000

Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000