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37 Auctions Archived, 24 Sales this Week

For the week ended Saturday, June 24, 2017, 37 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 22 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 10 in US dollars.  Turnover was $11,609,453 as 13,472 lots were offered and 8,925 sold for a 66% success rate.

 

For the week of 26 June ending July 2 24 sales are scheduled.

 

2 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Christies. Comic Strips and Illustrations on June 17th: $2,261,840 
Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on June 14th: $1,157,829 

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

PIASA. Engravings, etc. on June 15th: 645.88% 
Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7 on June 17th: 160.50% 
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Books on June 20th: 125.04% 
Chiswick Auctions. Fine Art - Prints on June 13th: 124.38% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Fine Art and Antiques - Prints on June 14th: 121.03% 
PIASA. Asian Art - Books and Prints on June 23rd: 107.26% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 14th: 105.69% 
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 5 on June 1st: 104.56% 
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 6 on June 1st: 103.89% 
Dorotheum . Modern and Contemporary Prints on June 14th: 100.40% 


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

Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7 on June 17th: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7Co on June 14th: 100.00% 
PIASA. Engravings, etc. on June 15th: 97.14% 
Grogan and Company. The June Auction - Prints on June 11th: 95.45% 
Freemans. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on June 16th: 89.30% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on June 10th: 88.78% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 14th: 85.69% 
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints and Photography on June 22nd: 84.31% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 15th: 83.51% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 20th: 81.93% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Minerva Auctions Roma Sidereus Nuncius on June 15th Actual price: USD $448,000.
  2. Artcurial Aquarelle originale utilisée pour l'illustration du Petit Prince on June 14th Actual price: USD $329,504.
  3. Christies ASTÉRIX, ASTÉRIX ET LE CHAUDRON (T.13), DARGAUD 1969 on June 17th Actual price: USD $271,600.
  4. Artcurial Aquarelle originale utilisée pour l'illustration du Petit Prince on June 14th Actual price: USD $253,120.
  5. Christies BLAKE ET MORTIMER, LE MYSTÈRE DE LA GRANDE PYRAMIDE T.2 (T.4), on June 17th Actual price: USD $150,640.
  6. Christies XIII, DARGAUD, Illustration originale, réalisée en 1989, on June 17th Actual price: USD $117,040.
  7. Artcurial Suite de 11 dessins originaux on June 14th Actual price: USD $116,480.
  8. Kestenbaum and Company Arba’ah Turim [The Four Orders of the Jewish Code of Law] Second incunable edition. on June 22nd Actual price: USD $87,500.
  9. Bubb Kuyper Ongeluckige Voyagie, Van 't Schip Batavia, Nae de Oost-Indien. Gebleven op de Abrolhos van Frederick Houtman, … on May 31st Actual price: USD $87,360.
  10. Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. on June 20th Actual price: USD $80,475.
  11. Christies GASTON, Illustration originale, Prudent Pimpon, publiée dans on June 17th Actual price: USD $76,720.
  12. Adams Amsterdam Auctions Toonneel der steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden met hare Beschrijvingen, Uytgegeven by -.. on June 20th Actual price: USD $68,931.
  13. Heritage Auctions James Jamerson Owned and Played 1961 Fender Precision Bass, Serial Number 60228, with Strap, Case, and Photo Archive. on June 18th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  14. Dominic Winter Book Auctions [Drevnosti Rossiskago Gosudarstva: Izdaniya po Vysochaishemu Poveleniyu, on June 14th Actual price: USD $59,654.
  15. Artcurial comte de BUFFON 1707-1788 on June 14th Actual price: USD $59,447.
  16. PIASA LA FORTUNE AVEUGLE DISTRIBUANT DES PRESENTS - CUPIDON ET PSYCHE on June 15th Actual price: USD $58,240.
  17. Heritage Auctions Beatles - Original Tony Curtis Cut-Out from the Cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (U.K., 1967), in Framed Display. on June 18th Actual price: USD $57,500.
  18. Heritage Auctions Beatles Yesterday And Today Sealed First State Mono "Butcher Cover" LP in GEM MINT 10 Condition (Capitol T2553, 1966). on June 18th Actual price: USD $57,500.
  19. Bubb Kuyper Luchtkasteel. on June 1st Actual price: USD $57,120.
  20. Dominic Winter Book Auctions The Birds of Great Britain on June 14th Actual price: USD $55,066.
  21. PIASA Album including 83 oban tate-e prints on June 23rd Actual price: USD $53,872.
  22. RR Auction Isaac Newton ADS on June 14th Actual price: USD $53,806.
  23. Bubb Kuyper [N.K.F.]. (Normalieënboekje) on May 30th Actual price: USD $53,280.
  24. Christies THORGAL, LES ARCHERS (T.9), LE LOMBARD 1985 on June 17th Actual price: USD $53,200.
  25. Freemans Bible in Latin. on June 16th Actual price: USD $53,125.


37 total sales reported this week:

Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 7 on June 2nd: 76.94%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 6 on June 1st: 76.36%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 5 on June 1st: 75.64%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 4 on May 31st: 70.71%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 3 on May 31st: 55.74%
PIASA. Asian Art - Books and Prints on June 23rd: 56.82%
PIASA. Masters : prints, books, and multiples XXe Including Andy Warhol : L’intégrale on June 22nd: 54.29%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints and Photography on June 22nd: 84.31%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Books and Works on Paper on June 22nd: 72.60%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints on June 15th: 54.15%
Vermot de Pas. NASA Photographs on June 13th: 24.00%
Vermot de Pas. Children Books - Jean-Jacques Loup Original Drawings on June 12th: 11.04%
Kestenbaum and Company. Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art on June 22nd: 50.73%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 2 on May 30th: 71.90%
Bubb Kuyper. Books, Manuscripts, Prints - Part 1 on May 30th: 70.08%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on June 17th: 78.36%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Works on Paper - Prints on June 10th: 88.78%
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Books on June 20th: 76.17%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on June 20th: 78.38%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 20th: 81.93%
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. Books, Prints on June 20th: 78.23%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on June 18th: 74.51%
Vermot de Pas. Sporlympique III: 100% Sport Sale on June 13th: 18.24%
Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7Co on June 14th: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7 on June 17th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on June 15th: 83.51%
PIASA. Engravings, etc. on June 15th: 97.14%
Christies. Comic Strips and Illustrations on June 17th: 70.55%
Freemans. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on June 16th: 89.30%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 5/19 on June 14th: 64.84%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Fine Art and Antiques - Prints on June 14th: 79.26%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 14th: 85.69%
Dorotheum . Art Photography on June 14th: 58.73%
Dorotheum . Modern and Contemporary Prints on June 14th: 61.64%
Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on June 14th: 30.89%
Grogan and Company. The June Auction - Prints on June 11th: 95.45%
Chiswick Auctions. Fine Art - Prints on June 13th: 72.73%


For the week ahead 24 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 26th
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Hollywood - Day 1. 650 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 91 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. An Eclectic Collection: the Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus, Ohio: Timed Bidsquare.

Tue. Jun. 27th
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 119 lots
Jacksons Auction. Cedar Falls, Iowa . World Treasures: Important Russian, European, Asian & American Works. 24 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Modern & Contemporary Art from A Distinguished Private Collection, Part One. 8 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Jewish and Israeli History and Culture. 341 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . June Quarterly Fine and Decorative Arts Catalogue. 44 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Hollywood Auction - Day 2. 297 lots

Wed. Jun. 28th
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. LIBRARY OF PIERRE BERGÉ '' MUSIC BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE ... '' MUSICIANS AND POETS IN ASSOCIATION WIT. 260 lots
Bonhams. London. Entertainment Memorabilia. 185 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints. 385 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books. 110 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art - Prints and Photography. 118 lots
Sothebys. London. Contemporary Art Evening Auction - Prints. 4 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Hollywood Auction - Day 3. 229 lots

Thu. Jun. 29th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - World History & Exploration - Natural History. 636 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. The Erotica Sale: Books, Works on Paper, Photographs. 115 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 94 lots
Sothebys. London. Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints. 21 lots

Fri. Jun. 30th
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books, Maps and Prints. 4635 lots

Sat. Jul. 1st
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Prints and Multiples, Photography. 285 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comics and Original Plates.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Animation Art. 920 lots

Sun. Jul. 2nd
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. Empire at Fontainebleau. 96 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/25.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/25.

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.
  • 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
  • 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.