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Auction Update Review

The Hum in the Far Off Hills

 

For the week ending Saturday September 6th 11 auctions were archived to the AED, 1 in Australian dollars, 3 in euros, and 7 in US dollars.  Turnover was a slim $1,163,517 as 3,568 lots were offered and 2,826 sold for a 79% success rate.  Auction houses in the books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera categories have seen their last days off until the end of the year.

 

< A first edition of perhaps the most important scientific book ever published, Newton's Principia, will be sold at Koller's on September 20 (image is a link).


No auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars this week.

 

< The only known extant poster from the Beatles' only Australian tour will be sold at Alexander Historical Auctions September  9 (image is a link).


2 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on September 1st: 156.12%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on September 2nd: 106.12%


5 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Heritage Auctions. Comics -Internet bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on September 1st: 100.00%
Cowans Auctions. American History - Online bidstart 8/21 on September 2nd: 97.22%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 96.19%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on September 2nd: 89.56%


A total of 11 sales reported this week: 

Cowans Auctions. American History - Online bidstart 8/21 on September 2nd: 97.22%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 8/28 on September 4th: 75.27%
Heritage Auctions. Lomasney Vintage Movie Art Posters Benefiting Lifebeat Monthly Internet Charity - Internet bidstart on September 4th: 62.50%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on September 2nd: 73.68%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on September 2nd: 89.56%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on September 1st: 100.00%
RR Auction. Animation Auction - Online bidstart 8/14 on August 21st: 52.92%
Australian Book Auctions. Spring Book Auction on September 1st: 76.70%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 96.19%
Heritage Auctions. Comics -Internet bidstart 8/24 on August 31st: 100.00%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Antiquarian Books - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 27th: 49.12%


For the week ahead 27 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Sep. 8th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Antiques. 13 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Online only sale - Ephemera - Online bidstart: now. 64 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 5 lots

Tue. Sep. 9th
Paige Auction. Portland. Vintage Advertising. 59 lots
Alexander Historical Auctions. Chesapeake City. Summer 2014 Auction. 1565 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . MIlitary, Technology and Space Exploration. 49 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 46 lots

Wed. Sep. 10th
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. Prints. 19 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph - bidstart 8/22. 1019 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Prints. 37 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 515 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Transport - Ephemera. 23 lots

Thu. Sep. 11th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature with the Michael Montfort Collection of Charles Bukowski. 374 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 9/4. 344 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile. 402 lots
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Rare Books. 531 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Lomasney Vintage Movie Art Posters Benefiting Lifebeat Monthly Internet Charity - Internet bidstart. 86 lots

Fri. Sep. 12th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Rare and Used Books. 439 lots
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Books and Prints. 1250 lots

Sat. Sep. 13th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Books, Prints.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Art and Antiques - Prints, Day 1. 172 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. End of Summer Sale - Collections. 649 lots
Bonhams. London. Goodwill Revival - Automobilia. 19 lots

Sun. Sep. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 9/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 9/7.
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Important Autumn Antique Auction - Books and Prints. 21 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books, etc..
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Art and Antiques - Prints, Day 2.

The story of the auctions this fall will be one of diversity and complexity, the story of the week the renewed pace of auctions of what has already been a history making year.

 

Bruce McKinney

AE

  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.