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Auction Update Review

The Sun Also Rises

For the week ended Saturday January 24th 12 auctions were archived to the AED; 3 in euros and 9 in US dollars.  Turnover was $2,388,148 as 3,925 lots were offered and 3,127 lots sold for an 80% success rate.  With fewer sales posted those that were seemed to attract more attention.  Eighty percent is very good.

1 auction saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:

Binoche et Giquello. Napoleonic Collection of the Prince's Palace in Monaco - Prints and Manuscripts on January 18th: 711.34%

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

Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 1/11 on January 18th: 98.92%
Binoche et Giquello. Napoleonic Collection of the Prince's Palace in Monaco - Prints and Manuscripts on January 18th: 98.04%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/11 on January 18th: 95.46%
Cowans Auctions. Prints on January 16th: 88.89%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/15 on January 22nd: 86.36%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 20th: 85.94%
Swann Galleries. Illustration Art on January 22nd: 81.42%

12 sales in total were reported this week:

Swann Galleries. Illustration Art on January 22nd: 81.42%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/15 on January 22nd: 86.36%
RR Auction. Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph - bidstart 12/19 on January 14th: 69.32%
Binoche et Giquello. Napoleonic Collection of the Prince's Palace in Monaco - Prints and Manuscripts on January 18th: 98.04%
Cowans Auctions. American History on January 19th: 77.49%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 20th: 85.94%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Books, Maps on January 18th: 71.43%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints and Photographs on January 17th: 78.21%
Cowans Auctions. Prints on January 16th: 88.89%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Books on January 17th: 50.45%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/11 on January 18th: 95.46%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 1/11 on January 18th: 98.92%

For the week ahead 24 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 26th
Artcurial. Paris. Hotel de Paris - Books and Prints, Day 2. 12 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 10 lots

Tue. Jan. 27th
Rossini. Paris. Prints. 95 lots
Bonhams. London. The Gentleman's Library Sale - Books and Prints. 49 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Hotel de Paris - Books and Prints, Day 23. 21 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 55 lots

Wed. Jan. 28th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Travel; Polar Exploration. 596 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Modern Prints. 86 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs. 448 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints. 50 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Hotel de Paris - Books and Prints, Day 4. 22 lots

Thu. Jan. 29th
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/22. 513 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/22. 429 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books and Ephemera. 758 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - African American History. 422 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. History of Opera & Music, Part Two; Henry Irving & Ellen Terry: Letters, Photographs & Memorabilia. 165 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Hotel de Paris - Books and Prints, Day 5. 12 lots
Morton Casa de Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Antiques - prints, maps. 18 lots

Fri. Jan. 30th
Artcurial. Paris. Hotel de Paris - Books and Prints, Day 6. 35 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Ephemera. 318 lots

Sat. Jan. 31st
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Important Winter Estates Auction - Day 1. 181 lots

Sun. Feb. 1st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 1/25.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 1/25.
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Winter Estate Sale - Day 2. 41 lots

The Winter Antiques Show at the Armory is come and gone. The business is beginning to pick up.  On the west coast the ABAA and ILAB sponsored book fair, at Oakland, the first week of February is fast approaching.  The first drumbeats for the April book fairs in New York are distant but perceptible.  We are living in a continuim and if you are a collector it is a nice development.

 

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
  • 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.