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Auction Info

Auction Name
Catalog of the Giants
Auction Date
09/07/2025 - 09/07/2025
Sale Number
#625
Total Lots
76
Sold Lots
75
Lots Sold
98.68%
Unsold Lots
1
Total Sales (USD)
3,796,120.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
2,391,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
3,488,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
2,421,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
3,538,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
107.30%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
35

The Bas Ayin's Holy Handwritten Signature

USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 325,000.00
16

Rare and Exceptional

1505 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 231,250.00
24

"Success in all matters and never lacking parnasah" Segulos and Remedies in the Holy Handwriting of Rabbi Chaim Vital

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 168,750.00
55

Maseches Sanhedrin and Shavuos of Chazon Ish

USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 143,750.00
37

Siddur Kol Yaakov

1804 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 125,000.00
54

Masechtos from Bomberg's Historic Venice Talmud

USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 125,000.00
18

Sefer Yesod on the Principles of the Talmud

1510 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 112,500.00
13

Historical Letter Signed by the Rashash. 1774

1774 USD 80,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 112,500.00
19

Sefer Yesod

1514 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 106,250.00
2

Noda BYehuda and his Beis Din

USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 93,750.00
8

Miraculous Drashah of Chasam Sofer Saving Jews of Pressburg from Yom Kippur Desecration

USD 40,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 93,750.00
1

Pri Megadim Original Signature

USD 70,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 93,750.00
25

Manuscript Owned and signed by the Chida.

late 17th century USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 87,500.00
17

Sefer Yesod

1515 USD 40,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 82,500.00
44

Letter of blessings by Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Twersky of Skver announcing the engagement of his only son. New Square, 1959

1959 USD 40,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 77,500.00
3

Handwritten Haskama by the Chavas Da'as on an Important Manuscript

USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 77,500.00
5

Beis Meir, author's Personal Copy, with Hundreds of Glosses in His Handwriting

USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 72,500.00
41

Founding of a Shul in Nusach Sefard

1925 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 70,000.00
76

Magnificent Painting of Rabbi Yeshayale of Kerestir. 1925

1925 USD 120,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 65,000.00
28

First Chassidic Sefer Printed in Slavita: Rav Yaivy.

1792 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 65,000.00

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