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32 Auctions Archived, 28 Sales Upcoming This Week

For the week ending Saturday, March 25, 2017, 32 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database: 3 in Danish krona, 10 in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 15 in US dollars. Turnover was $10,423,910 as 10,474 lots were offered and 8,359 sold. The sell-through rate was 79.8%, the average sale price $1,247. Those were robust numbers for both sales rate and average price.


3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History on March 15th: $1,500,211
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature on March 23rd: $1,275,080
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment on March 18th: $1,069,493

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

PBA Galleries. Fine Literature on March 23rd: 396.48%
Sothebys. Saturdays at Sotheby's: Asian Art - Prints, Books on March 18th: 237.96%
Ferraton. Photographs, Prints on March 18th: 157.72%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History on March 15th: 138.51%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History - Day 1Autographs (letters on March 14th: 134.68%
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Antiquarian and Modern Books on March 21st: 132.59%
Audap and Mirabaud. Ancient and Modern Book - Atlas - Maps - Maps & Views on March 15th: 118.05%
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Books on March 11th: 112.00%
Ader. Judaica on March 22nd: 102.88%


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

Cowans Auctions. Cleveland Springs Live Auction - Prints on March 17th: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - Civil War, Life, Emblems, Derriere on March 18th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/12 on March 19th: 99.58%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 3/12 on March 19th: 96.42%
Ferraton. Photographs, Prints on March 18th: 95.25%
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Rare and Used Books on March 10th: 88.42%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on March 20th: 87.50%
Heritage Auctions. Texana and Western Americana on March 24th: 86.78%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on March 23rd: 85.44%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 21st: 83.10%
Bloomsbury Auctions. 20th Century Books and Works on Paper on March 23rd: 82.18%
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Antiquarian and Modern Books on March 21st: 82.11%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History - Day 1Autographs (letters on March 14th: 81.84%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on March 21st: 81.36%
Swann Galleries. Illustration Art on March 21st: 80.58%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History on March 15th: 80.00%
Sothebys. Saturdays at Sotheby's: Asian Art - Prints, Books on March 18th: 80.00%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. PBA Galleries Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept on March 23rd Actual price: USD $720,161.
  2. PBA Galleries A Season in Hell on March 23rd Actual price: USD $420,321.
  3. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Eigenh. Musikmanuskript. Sommer 1776. on March 15th Actual price: USD $369,576.
  4. Heritage Auctions William Barret Travis Autograph Document Signed, with Second Document Signed by John N. Seguin and Antonio Menchaca. on March 24th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  5. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung CHOPIN, Fryderyk, 1810-1849. Eigenh. Musikmanuskript mit Widmung, Namenszug und Datierung am Schluss. on March 15th Actual price: USD $95,580.
  6. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. E. Br. m. U. Beethoven?. on March 15th Actual price: USD $95,580.
  7. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung SCHUMANN, Robert, 1810-1856. Eigenh. Musikmanuskript. on March 15th Actual price: USD $82,836.
  8. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. E. Schriftstück m. U. on March 15th Actual price: USD $76,464.
  9. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung MOZART, Maria Anna (Nannerl), verehel. Freifrau von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg, die Schwester des Komponisten, 1751-1829. E. Br. m. U. M:A: Reichsfreyin von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg?. on March 15th Actual price: USD $63,720.
  10. Kestenbaum and Company Mivchar HaPeninim [“Choice Pearls”: Anthology of Sayings]. Translated from the Arabic by Judah ibn Tibbon. on March 16th Actual price: USD $61,500.
  11. Forum Auctions Pulp Fiction on March 21st Actual price: USD $56,250.
  12. Kestenbaum and Company An extraordinary world-wide study on anti-Semitism, created by the Holocaust survivor and prominent Argentinean reparation lawyer, José Moskovits (1926-2014). on March 16th Actual price: USD $55,350.
  13. Heritage Auctions A Steve McQueen Owned Script from "Le Mans." on March 18th Actual price: USD $55,000.
  14. Heritage Auctions A Steve McQueen Owned Script from "Bullitt." on March 18th Actual price: USD $55,000.
  15. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung FEININGER, Lyonel, 1871-1956. 5 Autographen: 1 e. Br. m. U., 3 Br. m. U. 1 Unterschrift maschinenschriftlich und 1 Br. m. U. seiner Frau Julia F on March 14th Actual price: USD $50,976.
  16. Heritage Auctions A Steve McQueen Owned Script from "The Great Escape." on March 18th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  17. Kestenbaum and Company Seder Tefilloth MiKol HaShanah KeMinhag Kehiloth Ashkenazim [Order of Prayers for the Entire Year]. on March 16th Actual price: USD $49,200.
  18. Forum Auctions Stop and Search on March 21st Actual price: USD $48,438.
  19. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung GOETHEKREIS. ? STEIN, Charlotte von, geb. von Schardt, Hofdame der Herzogin Anna Amalia; Goethes geliebte Freundin, 1742-1827. Manuskript von der Hand der Weimarer Hofdame Luise von G ö c h h a u s e n , mit eigenh. Zusätzen. on March 14th Actual price: USD $43,330.
  20. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung BRAHMS, Johannes, 1833-1897. Eigenh. Musikmanuskript. on March 15th Actual price: USD $42,055.
  21. Swann Galleries Le Roi Babar. on March 21st Actual price: USD $40,000.
  22. Ader The Vanished World Portfolio (Twelve Photographs), 1936-38. on March 22nd Actual price: USD $38,209.
  23. Forum Auctions HMV on March 21st Actual price: USD $37,500.
  24. JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung HAYDN, Joseph, 1732-1809. E. Br. m. U. on March 15th Actual price: USD $35,683.
  25. Heritage Auctions A. R. Roessler's Latest Map of the State of Texas on March 24th Actual price: USD $35,000.


32 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Texana and Western Americana on March 24th: 86.78%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature on March 23rd: 75.17%
Ferraton. Photographs, Prints on March 18th: 95.25%
National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - Civil War, Life, Emblems, Derriere on March 18th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on March 23rd: 85.44%
Bloomsbury Auctions. 20th Century Books and Works on Paper on March 23rd: 82.18%
Swann Galleries. Illustration Art on March 21st: 80.58%
Dorotheum . Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 23rd: 53.85%
Ader. Judaica on March 22nd: 68.75%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on March 22nd: 72.44%
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Rare and Used Books on March 10th: 88.42%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Ancient and Modern Books on March 22nd: 47.01%
Forum Auctions. Editions and Works on Paper on March 21st: 75.85%
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Antiquarian and Modern Books on March 21st: 82.11%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on March 21st: 81.36%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 21st: 83.10%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on March 20th: 87.50%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/12 on March 19th: 99.58%
Audap and Mirabaud. Ancient and Modern Book - Atlas - Maps - Maps & Views on March 15th: 76.95%
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Books on March 11th: 78.52%
Sothebys. Saturdays at Sotheby's: Asian Art - Prints, Books on March 18th: 80.00%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on March 19th: 78.69%
Clars Auction Gallery. Fine Art - Prints and Photography on March 18th: 73.68%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Great Estates Auction - Books and Prints on March 18th: 57.58%
Vermot de Pas. Comics and Original Plates on March 18th: 71.56%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/2 on March 9th: 41.80%
Cowans Auctions. Cleveland Springs Live Auction - Prints on March 17th: 100.00%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History on March 15th: 80.00%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History - Day 1Autographs (letters on March 14th: 81.84%
Kestenbaum and Company. Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Art on March 16th: 58.58%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 3/12 on March 19th: 96.42%
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment on March 18th: 75.00%

 


For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 27th
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Multi-Estate Sale - Books and Prints. 33 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Americana - Books and Prints. 34 lots
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Jerusalem. Holy books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical & Admors letters, Americana & Judiaca. 422 lots
Bonhams. New York. TCM Presents... Rock and Roll Through the Lens. 104 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Books, Ephemera, Manuscripts, and Artworks.. 302 lots
Gibson Auction Inc.. Orange County. Online Sale: Books, Prints, Photographs. 12 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 102 lots

Tue. Mar. 28th
Sothebys. London. Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian. 60 lots
Jacksons Auction. Cedar Falls, Iowa . Americana Art, Antiques and Collectibles. 58 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Fine Clocks, Barometers & Scientific Instruments. 50 lots

Wed. Mar. 29th
Christies. London - King Street. Prints and Multiples. 288 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Globes. 17 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. The Golf Sale - prints. 74 lots
Bonhams. London. The Contents of Glyn Cywarch. 213 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. American and French Interventions in Mexico. 325 lots

Thu. Mar. 30th
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books and Works on Paper. 460 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript African Americana. 532 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper & Early Prints. 280 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. McRorie Auction - Prints, Books. 32 lots

Fri. Mar. 31st
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. Knott's Berry Farm Signature Auction. 227 lots
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Berlin-Schoneberg. Rare Books, Art and Antiques. 427 lots
Sothebys. New York. Prints and Multiples Online - bistart 3/17. 52 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Old Master Prints. 70 lots

Sat. Apr. 1st
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Old Master Prints. 49 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Books. 331 lots

Sun. Apr. 2nd
Northeast Auctions. Portsmouth. Spring Auction. 53 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/26.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 3/26.

Twenty-eight more sales are scheduled for this coming week, and history tells us the number will only build through the next two months.

Mike Stillman

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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.
  • 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.