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Twenty-Two Auctions Archived, Another 22 Upcoming

For the week ended Saturday 20 February 22 auctions were archived to the RBH database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 6 in euros, 1 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 13 in US dollars.  Turnover was $13,518,786 as 5,104 lots were offered and 3,942 sold for a 77% success rate.

For the week ahead another 22 sales are scheduled.

 

2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Christies. Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs on February 18th: $8,888,940 
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on February 14th: $1,735,873 

3 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Neret Minet and Tessier. Comics on February 13th: 128.73% 
Neret Minet and Tessier. Books on February 9th: 117.59% 
Christies. Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs on February 18th: 110.41% 


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

Alaska Auction. Books, Prints on February 12th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 2/7 on February 14th: 99.87% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 2/7 on February 14th: 99.42% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/11 on February 18th: 98.01% 
Christies. Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs on February 18th: 90.32% 
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Leroy Nieman Prints - Internet bidstart 2/1 on February 15th: 89.80% 
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Winter Auction - Fine Art Prints on February 12th: 87.22% 
Australian Book Auctions. Angling Books: the collection of the late John Cummins on February 15th: 83.46% 


22 total sales reported this week: 

Morton Casa de Subastas. Painting and Graphic Work on February 18th: 69.57% 
Sothebys. Now! - Prints on February 18th: 75.68% 
Bloomsbury Auctions. Books and Works on Paper on February 18th: 75.94% 
Christies. Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs on February 18th: 90.32% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/11 on February 18th: 98.01% 
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Leroy Nieman Prints - Internet bidstart 2/1 on February 15th: 89.80% 
Australian Book Auctions. Angling Books: the collection of the late John Cummins on February 15th: 83.46% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on February 16th: 79.35% 
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Winter Auction - Day 2 on February 14th: 74.67% 
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries. Winter Auction - Day 1 on February 13th: 40.00% 
Alaska Auction. Books, Prints on February 12th: 100.00% 
Michaans Auctions. February Estate Auction on February 13th: 51.52% 
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Winter Auction - Fine Art Prints on February 12th: 87.22% 
Neret Minet and Tessier. Comics on February 13th: 74.52% 
Neret Minet and Tessier. Books on February 9th: 71.29% 
RR Auction. Fine Autographs and Artifacts - bidstart 1/22 on February 10th: 56.50% 
Rossini. Prints on December 2nd: 23.60% 
Rossini. Prints on February 8th: 41.67% 
PBA Galleries. Rare Books & Manuscripts - Sunday at Pasadena on February 14th: 60.44% 
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on February 14th: 72.25% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 2/7 on February 14th: 99.42% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 2/7 on February 14th: 99.87% 

 

The Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Bateaux quittant le port du Havre (navires de la flotte de Napoleon III), 1856-1857 on February 18th Actual price: USD $965,000.
  2. Christies In Memoriam, 1901 on February 18th Actual price: USD $665,000.
  3. Bonhams Dr. Kary Mullis' 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, on February 14th Actual price: USD $665,000.
  4. Christies Migrant Mother, 1936 on February 18th Actual price: USD $389,000.
  5. Christies The Pool - Evening: A Symphony to a Race and to a Soul, 1899 on February 18th Actual price: USD $341,000.
  6. Christies Equivalents [167C], variant of [228C], [152E],[152D], [147C], [145D], [179A], [251B], 1925-30 on February 18th Actual price: USD $269,000.
  7. Christies Georgia O'Keeffe with African Statuary, c. 1919 on February 18th Actual price: USD $269,000.
  8. Christies Shell, 1927 on February 18th Actual price: USD $233,000.
  9. Christies The Brig, 1856 on February 18th Actual price: USD $221,000.
  10. Christies L'Atelier, c. 1927 on February 18th Actual price: USD $197,000.
  11. PBA Galleries Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies on February 14th Actual price: USD $177,500.
  12. Christies Vortograph, 1917 on February 18th Actual price: USD $137,000.
  13. Christies La vague brisée - Cette - Mer Méditerranée, 1857 on February 18th Actual price: USD $137,000.
  14. Christies New York, from the Shelton, 1935 on February 18th Actual price: USD $137,000.
  15. RR Auction Alan Turing Immensely influential British mathematician on February 10th Actual price: USD $136,122.
  16. Christies Dunes, Oceano, 1936 on February 18th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  17. Christies Knees, 1927 on February 18th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  18. Christies (bois) on February 18th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  19. Bonhams Autograph Manuscript in Latin and English, 4 full and 2 partial pp on conjoined leaves, 4to (200 x 155 mm), n.p., c. on February 14th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  20. Christies Mademoiselle Pogany II, 1920 on February 18th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  21. Christies Taos, New Mexico, Ranchos Church #2, 1931 on February 18th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  22. Christies Georgia O'Keeffe - After Return from New Mexico [Equivalent O1], 1929 on February 18th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  23. Christies Self-Portrait in his Studio, c. 1922 on February 18th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  24. Christies Bewegungsstudie (Movement study), 1925 on February 18th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  25. Christies Dunes, Oceano, 1936 on February 18th Actual price: USD $100,000.



For the week ahead 22 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Feb. 22nd
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Books and Prints - Online Bidstart 2/11. 88 lots
Connecticut Book Auctions. Wilmington, VT . Books. 175 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 141 lots

Tue. Feb. 23rd
Artcurial. Paris. Antiquarian and Modern Books. 123 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Photographs, Autographs, Printed and Manuscript Ephemera. 259 lots
Morton Casa de Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Documents. 264 lots
Swaen Map Auction. Indian Rocks Beach. Maps and Altases. 560 lots

Wed. Feb. 24th
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Science Books - Antiquarian and Modern Books. 458 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints. 23 lots
Dallas Auction Gallery. Dallas. The Fine and Decorative Auction - Books and Prints. 21 lots

Thu. Feb. 25th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 2/18. 238 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Art and Storytelling: Photographs and Photobooks. 268 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Bibliophile. 477 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. Prints and Photography. 268 lots

Fri. Feb. 26th
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Books and Prints. 978 lots

Sat. Feb. 27th
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Winter Market Auction - Prints and Books. 50 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Americana, Political. 359 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Books and Prints. 17 lots
Skinner. Boston. American Furniture & Decorative Arts - Prints. 18 lots

Sun. Feb. 28th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 2/21.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 2/21.
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. 20th C Decorative Arts and Design - Books and Prints - starts 2/26. 9 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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