Antiquities
The Shem Tov Bible, Soria (Castile), 1312. (Photo by Ardon Bar-Hama/Sotheby's via JNS)
September 15, 2024, 9:49 am
14th-century Hebrew Bible sells for $6.7m at auction
“A tour de force of biblical and kabbalistic scholarship and a precious witness to the medieval tradition of Sephardic book art.”
By JNS
Mar-a-Lago (Photo by Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
July 21, 2023, 1:11 pm
Trump to return ancient oil lamps to Israel
The announcement came after a revelation this week in Haaretz that the Israel Antiquities Authority had been asking for the return of the lamps for months, to no avail.
By Ron Kampeas
The Codex Sassoon, estimated to be about 1,000 years old, is going to auction at Sotheby's. (Courtesy of Sotheby's)
February 16, 2023, 4:01 pm
The oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible is headed to auction this spring
The Codex Sassoon is estimated to fetch $30 million to $50 million when it is sold by Sotheby’s.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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