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Thirty-four Auctions Archived, 24 Sales Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday, June 17, 2017, 34 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 13 denominated in euros, 3 in British pounds, and 18 in US dollars.  Turnover was $17,505,351 as 8,573 lots were offered and 5,792 sold for a 68% success rate.  The average lot brought $3,022.

 

5 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Christies. Books and Manuscripts on June 15th: $6,854,875 
Sothebys. Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana on June 13th: $1,724,188 
Christies. Musical Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Opera Guild Collection on June 15th: $1,359,125 
Christies. Ornithology Library of Gerald Dorros on June 15th: $1,332,625 
Bonhams. Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs on June 14th: $1,208,841 

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

Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 13th: 181.77% 
Bonhams. Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs on June 14th: 141.42% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Grossman/Nicholson Collection II on June 10th: 114.41% 
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Three Day Books and Ephemera Sale on June 9th: 110.08% 
Cowans Auctions. American History on June 9th: 102.46% 


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

Forum Auctions in Italy. Antiquarian and Rare Books on June 8th: 100.00% 
National Book Auctions. Books, Maps, Ephemera, Photography, Prints, Natural History, Emblems, Audubon, Homann, Roscoe, etc. on June 10th: 100.00% 
National Book Auctions. West, Everest, Exploration, 16th Century on June 3rd: 100.00% 
Potomack Company. Live Auction - Books, Prints on June 10th: 100.00% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Grossman/Nicholson Collection II on June 10th: 93.38% 
Winter Associates. Art - Prints on June 5th: 91.67% 
Cowans Auctions. American History on June 9th: 89.73% 
Christies. Musical Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Opera Guild Collection on June 15th: 88.46% 
Bonhams. Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs on June 14th: 86.02% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 13th: 84.62% 
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 7 on June 8th: 82.76% 
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Day 5 - Books on June 6th: 80.95% 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Los Caprichos. on June 15th Actual price: USD $607,500.
  2. Christies A FOUR-ROTOR ("M4") ENIGMA CIPHER MACHINE. Olympia Büromaschinenwerke AG in Erfurt, for Heimsoeth & Rinke, 1944. on June 15th Actual price: USD $547,500.
  3. Christies Autograph music manuscript signed (‘Frz Schubert’) for the Piano Sonata in A flat major, D.557, May 1817. on June 15th Actual price: USD $475,500.
  4. Sothebys VOYAGE DANS L'INTÉRIEUR DE L'AMÉRIQUE DU NORD EXECUTÉ PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1832, 1833 ET 1834. on June 13th Actual price: USD $420,500.
  5. Christies A WORKING APPLE-1 PERSONAL COMPUTER. on June 15th Actual price: USD $355,500.
  6. Christies De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. on June 15th Actual price: USD $343,500.
  7. Christies La Tauromaquia Treinta y tres Estampas que representan diferentes suertes y actitudes del arte de lidiar los Toros. on June 15th Actual price: USD $343,500.
  8. Bonhams The Order of Surrender, typed and signed ("P. H. Pearse") and dated ("29th April 1916/ 3.45 p.m.") 'THE MEMBERS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT...HAVE AGREED TO AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER': PATRICK PEARSE SETS IN HAND HIS OWN MARTYRDOM, bringing with it the on June 14th Actual price: USD $336,640.
  9. Christies The Great West Illustrated in a series of Photographic Views across the Continent; taken along the Line of the Union Pacific Railroad. on June 15th Actual price: USD $319,500.
  10. Christies Signature ("Button Gwinnett"), n.p., n.d. on June 15th Actual price: USD $319,500.
  11. Christies Autograph letter Signed ('W: A: Mozart') to his father [Leopold: 'Mon trés chere Pére'], Vienna, 3 March 1784. on June 15th Actual price: USD $319,500.
  12. Christies The Birds of Australia. on June 15th Actual price: USD $295,500.
  13. Sothebys NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA; WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1781, … on June 13th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  14. Christies Itinerario Voyage ofte Schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. on June 15th Actual price: USD $247,500.
  15. Christies Nova Francia: Or the Description of that Part of New France, which is one continent with Virginia. Described in the three late Voyages and Plantation made by Monsieur de Monts, Monsieur du Pont-Grané, and Monsieur de Poutrincourt, into three countries cal on June 15th Actual price: USD $247,500.
  16. Christies The Vegetable System. Or, a series of experiments, and observations tending to explain the internal structure, and the life of plants; their growth, and propagation; the number, proportion, and disposition of their constituent parts; with the true course on June 15th Actual price: USD $199,500.
  17. Christies Great News from New-York … His Excellency General Washington … in Person at the Head of Three Thousand of our Troops, crossed the Delaware, attacked the Enemy at Trenton … and after a brisk Action of Thirty-five Minutes, entirely routed them. on June 15th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  18. Christies Daily Federal Republican. on June 15th Actual price: USD $168,750.
  19. Christies The Mammals of Australia. on June 15th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  20. Christies Autograph letter signed ("Go:Washington") to James Jay, Morristown, 12 May 1780. Separate address panel addressed in his hand and bearing his franking signature ("Go:Washington"). on June 15th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  21. Christies The Freeman’s Journal on June 15th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  22. Christies Manuscript Document, the deposition of Mary Daniel against Margaret Scott, Rowley, MA, 4 August 1692. on June 15th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  23. Christies Elementa geometriae. Translated from the Arabic by Adelard of Bath (c. 1080-c. 1152) Edited by Giovanni Campano da Novara (1220-96) on June 15th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  24. Christies The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. on June 15th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  25. Christies The Birds of Asia. on June 15th Actual price: USD $125,000.



34 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Rare Books and Manuscripts on June 15th: 66.25%
Christies. Ornithology Library of Gerald Dorros on June 15th: 79.49%
Christies. Musical Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Opera Guild Collection on June 15th: 88.46%
Christies. Books and Manuscripts on June 15th: 71.95%
Michaans Auctions. June Estates Auction on June 10th: 42.62%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Vintage Posters on June 15th: 50.70%
Bonhams. Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs on June 14th: 86.02%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/25 on June 1st: 33.80%
Swann Galleries. Art, Press & Illustrated Books on June 13th: 74.13%
Sothebys. Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana on June 13th: 57.14%
Dorotheum . Autographs on June 12th: 32.14%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 13th: 84.62%
Aguttes. Automobilia on June 10th: 75.61%
Potter and Potter Auctions. The Grossman/Nicholson Collection II on June 10th: 93.38%
Potomack Company. Live Auction - Books, Prints on June 10th: 100.00%
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Old and Modern Art, Modern Photography, Antiques on June 9th: 40.49%
Ader. Photographs on June 8th: 40.48%
Moreshet Auctions. Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters on June 7th: 64.06%
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 8 on June 9th: 75.00%
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 7 on June 8th: 82.76%
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 6 on June 7th: 70.83%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Day 5 - Books on June 6th: 80.95%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Day 4 - Prints on June 5th: 47.83%
Profiles in History. Animation and Disneyana on June 9th: 57.23%
Profiles in History. Historical and Pop Culture on June 8th: 49.62%
Winter Associates. Art - Prints on June 5th: 91.67%
National Book Auctions. Books, Maps, Ephemera, Photography, Prints, Natural History, Emblems, Audubon, Homann, Roscoe, etc. on June 10th: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. West, Everest, Exploration, 16th Century on June 3rd: 100.00%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Three Day Books and Ephemera Sale on June 9th: 77.51%
Cowans Auctions. American History on June 9th: 89.73%
Forum Auctions in Italy. Antiquarian and Rare Books on June 8th: 100.00%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Rare Books and Prints - Day 2 on June 3rd: 57.48%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Rare Books and Prints - Day 1 on June 2nd: 55.90%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Remix: Effortless Style - Prints and Photographs on June 10th: 60.00%


For the week ahead 24 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 19th
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. Amsterdam. Books, Prints. 248 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 83 lots

Tue. Jun. 20th
Pandolfini. Florence . Books, Manuscripts and Autographs. 122 lots
Pandolfini. Florence . Prints and Drawings from the 16th to the 20th Century. 186 lots
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Bruxelles . Books. 575 lots
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Stockholm. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 327 lots
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Jerusalem. Books and Manuscripts. 98 lots
Ader. PARIS. Letters and Autographs. 333 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books and Manuscripts. 111 lots

Thu. Jun. 22nd
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Milan. Rare Books and Autographs. 782 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 475 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Books and Works on Paper. 416 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Bonnie and Clyde - Online bidstart 6/15. 131 lots
PIASA. Paris. Masters : prints, books, and multiples XXe Including Andy Warhol : L’intégrale. 35 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc.. 111 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art. 343 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Art - Prints and Photography. 102 lots

Fri. Jun. 23rd
PIASA. Paris. Asian Art - Books and Prints. 88 lots
Ader. PARIS. Ancient and Modern Books.
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Books, Prints, Photographs.

Sat. Jun. 24th
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Fine Auction - Prints. 24 lots

Sun. Jun. 25th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/18.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/18.

Bruce McKinney

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.