Tag: Sotheby’s
Alfred Moses: ‘I bought the Sassoon Codex for the Jewish people, not for me’
The Israelites famously declared in the book of Exodus at Mount Sinai, “We will do, and then we will hear.” Rabbinic tradition has taken that to mean that they accepted the Torah sight unseen,...
Tel Aviv ANU–Museum of the Jewish People buys Codex Sassoon for $33.5 million
First, there was the possibility that Renaissance man par excellence Leonardo da Vinci was Jewish. Now, the oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, Codex Sassoon, which dates to around the year 900, beat da Vinci’s Codex Leicester as the...
Oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible to be displayed at Tel Aviv museum
The oldest near-complete edition of the Hebrew Bible, a manuscript from a millennium ago, will be on display on March 23-29 at the ANU—Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, the museum announced...
Ancient Jewish prayer book sells for record-breaking $8.3 million
A medieval Jewish prayer book sold for $8.3 million at the Sotheby’s auction house on Tuesday, fetching the highest price ever paid for a Hebrew manuscript.
Known as the Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor, the rare book is named...
Sotheby’s slaps $258 million price tag on Caesarea mansion
The Sotheby’s international realty website recently listed a property in Caesarea for the staggering price of $258 million.
The “royal-style mansion” includes four bedrooms and five bathrooms and sits on a three-acre lot. It has...
Sotheby’s to Auction 14th Century Magnificent Illuminated Hebrew Bible
Sotheby’s New York will auction on December 20 the earliest known illuminated Hebrew Bible from Spain. Produced in the Kingdom of Castile in the first half of the 14th century, the illuminated manuscript is an exquisite...