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Winner's Auctions Ltd: Exclusive Sale for Shavuot - Rare Books, Important Rabbinical Letters
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Exclusive Sale for Shavuot - Rare Books, Important Rabbinical Letters | Total Sales (USD) | 325,537.50 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 17, 2026 - May 17, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 214,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #154 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 283,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 84 | ||
| Sold Lots | 62.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 325,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 73.81% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 424,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 22 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 76.72% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Rabbi Yitzchak Aryeh Wormser | Zohar |
1740 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 65,000.00 |
| 85 | Tefillah Le’Ani |
early 20th century | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 | |
| 58 | Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan | Letter from Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan |
1923 | USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 |
| 59 | Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Soloveitchik | Letter from Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik |
1895 | USD 18,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 78 | Yitzchak Aharon | Collection of Expositions on Ethics and Aggadah |
circa 1835 | Not Available | USD 13,750.00 |
| 31 | Shlomo ben Aderet; Yisrael Isserlein | Responsa of the Rashba Attributed to the Ramban; Pesakim u-Ketavim |
1519 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 50 | Rabbi Ovadiah ben Rabbi Abraham HaLevi | Chazon Ovadiah |
1787 | USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 80 | Meir Aryeh ben Eliyahu | Milchemet Gur Aryeh |
19th century | Not Available | USD 9,375.00 |
| 76 | Rabbi Akiva Eiger | Leaf from the Chiddushim Notebook of Rabban Shel Kol Bnei Ha-Golah |
N/A | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 77 | Otzar Leshon HaKodesh HaKatzar |
early 17th century | Not Available | USD 8,125.00 | |
| 40 | Menachem ben Zerach | Sefer Tzedah LaDerech |
1554 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 51 | Rabbi Nissim Shlomo Algazi | Ahavat Olam |
1642 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 81 | Solomon ibn Gabirol | Mivchar HaPeninim |
late 16th century | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 60 | Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik | Letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik |
1930 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 82 | David Zacuto | Order of Women’s Prayers |
circa 1810 | Not Available | USD 5,750.00 |
| 37 | Sefer Issur VeHeter |
1555 | USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 | |
| 10 | $100 Bill Received from the Holy Hands of the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Construction of a Mikveh |
1985 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 | |
| 83 | Order of Prayers and Psalms for the Chatzot Fellowship |
1745 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,000.00 | |
| 33 | Prayer Book |
1726 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,750.00 | |
| 65 | Rabbi Jacob Ettlinger | Beit Din deed |
1864 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 36 | Set of the "Angel" Shulchan Aruch |
1698 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 28 | Yedidiah Shlomo Norzi | Minchat Shai |
1742-1744 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 45 | Rabbi Yosef ben Shem Tov | Kevod Elohim |
1555 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 72 | Rabbi Jacob Joseph Charif | Letter of the Leaders of “Supporters of the Poor of the Land of Israel” in New York to the Rabbi of Jerusalem, the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Salant |
1896 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 39 | Krovetz |
1670 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, 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]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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 -
