Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Shmuel son of Elazar. [Germany], Nisan 5489 [1729].
Multic](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/60_1.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Colorful Embroidery – Germany, 1729")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Shmuel son of Elazar. [Germany], Nisan 5489 [1729].
Multic](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/60_2.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Colorful Embroidery – Germany, 1729")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Shmuel son of Elazar. [Germany], Nisan 5489 [1729].
Multic](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/60_3.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Colorful Embroidery – Germany, 1729")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Shmuel son of Elazar. [Germany], Nisan 5489 [1729].
Multic](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/60_4.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Colorful Embroidery – Germany, 1729")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Shmuel son of Elazar. [Germany], Nisan 5489 [1729].
Multic](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/60_5.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Colorful Embroidery – Germany, 1729")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Shmuel son of Elazar. [Germany], Nisan 5489 [1729].
Multic](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/60_6.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Colorful Embroidery – Germany, 1729")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Shmuel son of Elazar. [Germany], Nisan 5489 [1729].
Multic](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/60_7.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Colorful Embroidery – Germany, 1729")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Shmuel son of Elazar. [Germany], Nisan 5489 [1729].
Multic](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/60_8.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Colorful Embroidery – Germany, 1729")
Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Shmuel son of Elazar. [Germany], Nisan 5489 [1729].
Multicolored silk and cotton thread embroidery on linen.
Composed of four equal-sized linen sheets sewn one to the other. At center appears the embroidered inscription: “Shmuel son of Elazar, of blessed memory, was born… on Thursday, 8 Nisan 5489, May G-d raise him to [a life of] Torah, marriage, and good deeds. Amen, Selah.”
The inscription is worked in hollow letters outlined in colorful silk threads, surrounded by embroidered decorations of animals, plants and flowers, a double-headed eagle, a Torah-scroll motif, and a couple standing under a wedding canopy.
Height: 23 cm. Length: 274 cm. Fair-good condition. Minor tears to beginning of first sheet. Stains, some dark, primarily to first sheet. Backed with a later linen sheet for support.
Category
Wimpels (Torah Binders)
Catalogue Value
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/61_1.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Illustrations Inspired by Pirkei Avot – Germany,")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/61_10.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Illustrations Inspired by Pirkei Avot – Germany,")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/61_2.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Illustrations Inspired by Pirkei Avot – Germany,")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/61_3.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Illustrations Inspired by Pirkei Avot – Germany,")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/61_5.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Illustrations Inspired by Pirkei Avot – Germany,")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/61_6.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Illustrations Inspired by Pirkei Avot – Germany,")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/61_7.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Illustrations Inspired by Pirkei Avot – Germany,")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/61_8.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Illustrations Inspired by Pirkei Avot – Germany,")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/61_9.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Illustrations Inspired by Pirkei Avot – Germany,")
Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $8,125
Including buyer's premium
Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Meir son of Mordechai Gumpel. [Germany], Tammuz 1782.
Ink and paint on linen.
Composed of four linen sheets, nearly identical in size, sewn one to the other. At center appears the inscription: “Meir, son of… R. Mordechai Gumpel, was born… on Thursday, 15 Tammuz, may G-d… grant that he be raised to [a life of] Torah, marriage, and good deeds. Amen, Selah.”
Decorated throughout with a border composed of a recurring motif of intertwining branches, and featuring various illustrations, among them: an angel with the inscription “for He will command His angels on your behalf to guard you in all your ways”; a crab inside an ornate cartouche (Cancer zodiac sign); a double-headed eagle with the verse “Be light as an eagle” and the inscription “Keter Malchut”; a man lifting a Torah scroll with the inscription “it is a tree of life for those who grasp it”; a triple-arched canopy; and a lion accompanied by the inscriptions “be mighty as a lion” and “a lion has roared; who will not fear".
Height: 18.5 cm. Length: 346 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and creases. Backed with a later linen support panel.
Category
Wimpels (Torah Binders)
Catalogue Value
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Avraham Ze’ev son of Yosef Aryeh Leib. [Germany], Tammuz 5545](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/62_1.jpg "Decorated Wimpel – Germany, 1785")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Avraham Ze’ev son of Yosef Aryeh Leib. [Germany], Tammuz 5545](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/62_2.jpg "Decorated Wimpel – Germany, 1785")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Avraham Ze’ev son of Yosef Aryeh Leib. [Germany], Tammuz 5545](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/62_3.jpg "Decorated Wimpel – Germany, 1785")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Avraham Ze’ev son of Yosef Aryeh Leib. [Germany], Tammuz 5545](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/62_4.jpg "Decorated Wimpel – Germany, 1785")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Avraham Ze’ev son of Yosef Aryeh Leib. [Germany], Tammuz 5545](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/62_5.jpg "Decorated Wimpel – Germany, 1785")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Avraham Ze’ev son of Yosef Aryeh Leib. [Germany], Tammuz 5545](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/62_6.jpg "Decorated Wimpel – Germany, 1785")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Avraham Ze’ev son of Yosef Aryeh Leib. [Germany], Tammuz 5545](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/62_7.jpg "Decorated Wimpel – Germany, 1785")
Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $800
Sold for: $3,500
Including buyer's premium
Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Avraham Ze’ev son of Yosef Aryeh Leib. [Germany], Tammuz 5545 [1785].
Ink and paint on linen.
Composed of four nearly identical linen sheets sewn one to the other. At center appears the inscription: “Avraham Ze’ev son of... R. Yosef Aryeh… born on Wednesday, the second day of Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5545, may G-d raise him to [a life of] Torah, marriage, and good deeds. Amen Selah".
Decorated with illustrations of animals, plants and flowers, a Torah scroll, and a couple with a rabbi beneath a wedding canopy. At the beginning appears a gate-like illustration, with an additional inscription: “This is the gift of the child Avraham Ze’ev son of… R. Yosef Aryeh Leib… born on Wednesday, the second day of Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 5545”.
Height: 21 cm. Length: 333.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Minor tears. Piece missing at edge of fourth sheet, restored with a later fabric patch.
Category
Wimpels (Torah Binders)
Catalogue Value
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Moshe son of Shimon Neustädtel. [Germany], Nisan [5566] 1](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/63_1.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Large Folk Art Illustrations – Germany, 1806")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Moshe son of Shimon Neustädtel. [Germany], Nisan [5566] 1](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/63_2.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Large Folk Art Illustrations – Germany, 1806")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Moshe son of Shimon Neustädtel. [Germany], Nisan [5566] 1](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/63_3.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Large Folk Art Illustrations – Germany, 1806")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Moshe son of Shimon Neustädtel. [Germany], Nisan [5566] 1](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/63_4.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Large Folk Art Illustrations – Germany, 1806")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Moshe son of Shimon Neustädtel. [Germany], Nisan [5566] 1](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/63_5.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Large Folk Art Illustrations – Germany, 1806")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Moshe son of Shimon Neustädtel. [Germany], Nisan [5566] 1](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/63_6.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Large Folk Art Illustrations – Germany, 1806")
![Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Moshe son of Shimon Neustädtel. [Germany], Nisan [5566] 1](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale103/63_7.jpg "Wimpel Decorated with Large Folk Art Illustrations – Germany, 1806")
Auction 103 Part 1 Jewish Ceremonial Art | Illustrated Scrolls and Manuscripts | Engravings and Graphic Art | Ketubot | Hebraica
Sep 1, 2025
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $4,250
Including buyer's premium
Wimpel (Torah binder), commemorating the birth of the child Moshe son of Shimon Neustädtel. [Germany], Nisan [5566] 1806.
Ink and paint on linen.
Composed of three linen sheets nearly equal in size, sewn one to the other. At center appears the inscription: “The child Moshe son of Shimon Neustädtel was born… on Shabbat, 3 Nisan 5566. May G-d raise him to [a life of] Torah, marriage, and good deeds, Amen Selah”. The child’s name also appears in small letters within an illustration resembling a Torah Ark at the beginning of the first sheet.
Decorated with various illustrations of animals, plants and flowers, along with scenes relating to Biblical Moses (in reference to the child’s name), and a large depiction of a wedding canopy with a wedding scene and a trumpet-blowing figure.
Height: 22.5 cm. Length: 266 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and minor tears, some affecting illustrations and text. Backed with a later linen sheet for support.
Category
Wimpels (Torah Binders)
Catalogue Value