But the most valuable lot on offer, an Italian prayerbook on vellum from 1469, which was listed at $200,000-$300,000 (£156,000-£234,000), was not bought.
The Valmadonna collection, built up over six decades by Mr Lunzer, who died early last year aged 92, was considered the world’s most significant private Judaica library, comprising 13,000 volumes, including some of the earliest printed Hebrew books.
It had long been Mr Lunzer’s wish that it remain intact and the collection was finally acquired by the National Library of Israel last year for an unspecified sum. Some of the books will go on display when the National Library’s new building opens in two years.
A set of 16th century Talmuds printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice, which had been part of the collection, sold for around £7.5 million in 2015.
