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Thirty-nine Auctions Archived, 23 Sales Upcoming

For the week ended Saturday, April 29th, 39 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 15 denominated in euros, 7 in British pounds, and 17 in US dollars.  Turnover was $21,069,855 as 9,873 lots were offered and 6,816 lots sold for a 69% success rate.  The market has seemed a bit cautious.

 5 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on April 28th: $8,712,438 
Pierre Berge and Associes. JEAN A. BONNA LIBRARY - SELECTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE 15TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY on April 26th: $3,366,113 
Christies. THE GIANCARLO BELTRAME LIBRARY OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS, PART III on April 26th: $1,162,613 
Sothebys. The Maurice Neville Collection of Modern Literature (Part III) on April 24th: $1,124,875 
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs and Photographs on April 26th: $1,122,874 

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

Neret Minet and Tessier. Tintinomania on April 22nd: 145.04% 
Pierre Berge and Associes. Important Books on the History and Conquest of Algeria on April 21st: 115.35% 
Ader. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts on April 27th: 115.01% 
Bloomsbury Auctions. The Library of the Late Hubert Dingwall on April 27th: 106.01% 
 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys MARILYN MONROE (MARILYN) (F. & S. II.23-31) on April 28th Actual price: USD $1,092,500.
  2. Sothebys 0-9 (ULAE 19) on April 28th Actual price: USD $972,500.
  3. Pierre Berge and Associes Discorsi e Dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno à due nuove scienze Attenenti alla Mecanica & i Movimenti Locali [...] Con una Appendice del centro di gravità d'alcuni Solidi. on April 26th Actual price: USD $793,432.
  4. Doyle New York THE PAPERS OF BREVET MAJOR GENERAL JOHN GROSS BARNARD (1815-1882), Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, then Chief Engineer... on April 26th Actual price: USD $372,500.
  5. Sothebys MUHAMMAD ALI (F. & S. II.179 - 182) on April 28th Actual price: USD $312,500.
  6. Galerie Bassenge Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. on April 11th Actual price: USD $207,809.
  7. Sothebys SUPERMAN (F. & S. II.260) on April 28th Actual price: USD $206,250.
  8. Sothebys MARILYN MONROE (MARILYN) (F. & S. II.31) on April 28th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  9. Sothebys TARGET (ULAE 147) on April 28th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  10. Sothebys TENDER IS THE NIGHT. on April 24th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  11. Sothebys MARILYN MONROE (MARILYN) (F. & S. II.23) on April 28th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  12. RR Auction Apollo 11 Flown Command Module Columbia Rescue Arrow from Crew Hatch on April 20th Actual price: USD $147,572.
  13. Sothebys MICKEY MOUSE (F. & S. II.265) on April 28th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  14. Pierre Berge and Associes À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs. on April 26th Actual price: USD $118,677.
  15. Sothebys RETROSPECT (L. PP. 120-21) on April 28th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  16. Pierre Berge and Associes [SCRIPTORES REI RUSTICAE]. Libri de re rustica. on April 26th Actual price: USD $101,443.
  17. Sothebys A LARGE COLLECTION (COLE W. 3-21) on April 28th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  18. Sothebys MINOTAURE AVEUGLE GUIDÉ PAR MARIE-THÉRÈSE AU PIGEON DANS UNE NUIT ÉTOILÉE (B. 225; BA. 437) on April 28th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  19. Sothebys THE EIGHT (C. CEP 18) on April 28th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  20. Sothebys PAY ATTENTION (CORDES 16; GEMINI 36.5) on April 28th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  21. Sothebys PORTRAIT DE JACQUELINE DE FACE. I (TÊTE DE FEMME) (B. 1064; BA. 1278) on April 28th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  22. Sothebys THE WRITINGS OF MARK TWAIN. on April 24th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  23. Sothebys WOMAN (DAS WEIB) (W. 147; S. 122) on April 28th Actual price: USD $85,000.
  24. Sothebys BALD EAGLE (F. & S. II.296) on April 28th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  25. Sothebys MARILYN MONROE (MARILYN) (F. & S. II.29) on April 28th Actual price: USD $81,250.


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/16 on April 23rd: 99.25%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/16 on April 23rd: 97.39%
Forum Auctions in Italy. Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books on April 18th: 93.83%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Tintinomania on April 22nd: 92.50%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on April 22nd: 90.24%
Bloomsbury Auctions. The Library of the Late Hubert Dingwall on April 27th: 90.13%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Important Books on the History and Conquest of Algeria on April 21st: 88.29%
Swann Galleries. Printed & Manuscript Americana on April 27th: 87.63%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs and Photographs on April 26th: 86.57%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 25th: 86.30%
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors Books on April 24th: 83.86%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on April 28th: 81.63%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on April 23rd: 80.49%
Freemans. American Folk and Decorative Art - Prints on April 26th: 80.00%


39 total sales reported this week:

Freemans. American Folk and Decorative Art - Prints on April 26th: 80.00%
Neal Auction Company. Spring Estates Auction - Books and Prints - Day 2 on April 23rd: 77.78%
Neal Auction Company. Important Spring Estates Auction - Books and Prints - Day 1 on April 22nd: 63.89%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on April 28th: 81.63%
Pierre Berge and Associes. JEAN A. BONNA LIBRARY - SELECTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE 15TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY on April 26th: 73.62%
Swann Galleries. Printed & Manuscript Americana on April 27th: 87.63%
Ader. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts on April 27th: 61.36%
Ader. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts on April 26th: 65.36%
Christies. THE GIANCARLO BELTRAME LIBRARY OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS, PART III on April 26th: 63.94%
Tajan. Prints on April 25th: 54.98%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs and Photographs on April 26th: 86.57%
Bloomsbury Auctions. The Library of the Late Hubert Dingwall on April 27th: 90.13%
Bloomsbury Auctions. The Transport Sale on April 26th: 78.95%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 20th: 71.67%
Forum Auctions in Italy. Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books on April 18th: 93.83%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 13th: 76.19%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/13 on April 20th: 40.92%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Tintinomania on April 22nd: 92.50%
Ader. Photographs at All Prices! on April 21st: 41.41%
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors Books on April 24th: 83.86%
Freemans. Asian Art - Books and Prints on April 25th: 75.00%
Bonhams. Photographs on April 25th: 43.24%
Sothebys. The Maurice Neville Collection of Modern Literature (Part III) on April 24th: 73.53%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 25th: 86.30%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on April 23rd: 80.49%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on April 22nd: 90.24%
RR Auction. Space and Aviation - Internet bidstart 4/13 on April 20th: 77.21%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Important Books on the History and Conquest of Algeria on April 21st: 88.29%
Rossini. Photographs on February 1st: 4.44%
Rossini. Bibliophily, Autographs, Philately, Posters, Scripophily and Postcards on April 20th: 62.87%
Vermot de Pas. NASA Photographs on April 13th: 15.69%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Prints on April 11th: 66.67%
Skinner. Studio Art online - Prints - bidstart 4/6 on April 14th: 62.16%
Skinner. Discovery Interiors Online - bidstart 4/6 on April 14th: 77.78%
Galerie Bassenge. Book Sale - Day 3: Modern Literature on April 13th: 58.36%
Galerie Bassenge. Book Sale - Day 2: Literature and Autographs on April 12th: 59.39%
Galerie Bassenge. Book Sale - Day 1: Valuable Books on April 11th: 48.40%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/16 on April 23rd: 97.39%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/16 on April 23rd: 99.25%


For the week ahead 23 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 1st
Doyle New York. New York. Prints and Multiples. 248 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints. 35 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 74 lots

Tue. May. 2nd
Sothebys. London. Collections - Prints, Photographs. 4 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Old Master Through Modern Prints. 553 lots

Wed. May. 3rd
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Jerusalem. Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Maps, Periodicals, Postcards, banknotes, Eretz. 459 lots

Thu. May. 4th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Documenting History: Science, Exploration. 548 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Autographs. 461 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Spring Asian Art - Prints. 64 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Illustrated Books - Children's Literature - Decorative Arts - Fine Bindings - Gary Dollar Oz Collect. 354 lots

Fri. May. 5th
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Milan. Posters. 395 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1. 2586 lots
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Marine and Travel - Books, Prints, Maps. 114 lots
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Prints, Books. 995 lots

Sat. May. 6th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Gambling Memorabilia - Day 1 - Cards, Books, Ephemera. 633 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 2. 2552 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Post War and Contemporary - Prints, Internet bidstart 4/14. 193 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Denver, . Arts of the American West Spring Auction. 28 lots

Sun. May. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/30.
Dorotheum . Vienna. Charity Auction - Graphic Prints. 30 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Cinema Posters. 211 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Gambling Memorabilia - Day 2 - Coin-op, cheating, poker chips. 32 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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.