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Seven Auctions Archived, 18 upcoming this week

For the week ended Saturday, July 15th, 7 sales were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; one denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 5 in US dollars.  Turnover was a slim $952,230, not because there wasn’t activity but because we, at Rare Book Hub, are working shorter summer hours.  For this report 1,700 lots were offered and 1,535 sold for a 90% success rate.  We’ll be back to full schedule this week.

 

For the week ahead 18 auctions are scheduled.

 

5 sales this past week saw at least 80% of their lots sell: 

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/2 on July 9th: 99.25% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/2 on July 9th: 97.06% 
Rossini. Engravings, etc. on July 4th: 88.89% 
Neal Auction Company. Summer Estates Auction on July 9th: 80.65% 
Holabird Kagin Americana. Great American July Auction - Session one: prints, books, ephemera on July 8th: 80.34% 


7 auctions were reported: 

Neal Auction Company. Summer Estates Auction on July 9th: 80.65% 
Holabird Kagin Americana. Great American July Auction - Session one: prints, books, ephemera on July 8th: 80.34% 
Neal Auction Company. Books, Prints on July 8th: 77.36% 
Rossini. Engravings, etc. on July 4th: 88.89% 
Bloomsbury Auctions. Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures on July 6th: 60.57% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/2 on July 9th: 97.06% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/2 on July 9th: 99.25% 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Bloomsbury Auctions Compendium of Canon Law, Homilies and religious treatises, partly copied by the scribe Nicolaos, manuscript in Greek, on paper, in a Greek-style binding perhaps made in Western Europe on July 6th Actual price: USD $87,978.
  2. Bloomsbury Auctions The Antonine Itinerary, with its additions for maritime travel and ports, decorated humanist manuscript, in Latin on paper on July 6th Actual price: USD $67,183.
  3. Bloomsbury Auctions Charlemagne's Admonitio Generalis, the Aachen capitulary of 789, single leaf from a decorated manuscript in Latin on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $57,586.
  4. Bloomsbury Auctions Juvenal, Satires I-XVI, in dactylic hexameter verse, with introductory hexameter to satires II, IV-VIII by Guarino da Verona, fine humanist manuscript in Latin on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $47,988.
  5. Bloomsbury Auctions The Master of the Montepulciano Gradual (formerly identified as the work of the Master of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas), a virgin saint being crowned at moment of execution, in a large historiated initial, on a leaf from the Sanctorale volume of a set of il on July 6th Actual price: USD $41,590.
  6. Bloomsbury Auctions The Hardouin Hours, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $36,791.
  7. Bloomsbury Auctions R ental Roll for the Christchurch ecclesiastical estate, Ipswich, large scroll in Latin with Middle English inscription on outside and occasional Middle English bynames, manuscript on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $28,793.
  8. Bloomsbury Auctions Single large leaf from a monumental Glagolitic Breviary, with part of the reading for the Feast of St. Apollonia, from a decorated manuscript on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $22,394.
  9. Bloomsbury Auctions Psalter, of Dominican Use, illuminated manuscript in Latin on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $14,396.
  10. Bloomsbury Auctions A Moroccan Dala'il al-Khayrat , in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper on July 6th Actual price: USD $11,997.
  11. Bloomsbury Auctions Leaf from a notably large and early copy of the Gospel of Matthew, in Armenian, on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $7,998.
  12. Bloomsbury Auctions Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa's Wrestlers, scene from the Bhagavata Purana , Indian miniature on card, probably Kangra school on July 6th Actual price: USD $7,358.
  13. Bloomsbury Auctions Monastic Rule of the Third Order of Franciscans, and various practical Offices, a Litany and an Office for Dead, decorated manuscript in Italian and Latin, on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $7,038.
  14. Bloomsbury Auctions Two Franciscans reading and bearing witness as God appears to them, in a large historiated initial on a leaf from an illuminated manuscript choir psalter on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $6,398.
  15. Bloomsbury Auctions The Prayerbook of Anna Catharina Karbanin of Wolschan, eastern border of Czech Republic, illuminated manuscript in German on paper and parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $6,398.
  16. Bloomsbury Auctions Augustine, Sermons , complete leaf and stub of its conjoint leaf within the bifolium, from a manuscript in Latin on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $6,398.
  17. Bloomsbury Auctions Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $5,599.
  18. Bloomsbury Auctions A Prince and Princess seated in a chamber with a hugga , illuminated Indian miniature on card, Kangra school on July 6th Actual price: USD $5,599.
  19. Bloomsbury Auctions Lord Krishna and the bathing Gopis, scene from the Bhagavata Purana, Indian miniature on paper, Kangra school on July 6th Actual price: USD $5,119.
  20. Heritage Auctions New Warriors #15 Cover Original Art on July 9th Actual price: USD $5,019.
  21. Neal Auction Company New Orleans Characters, on July 8th Actual price: USD $4,880.
  22. Bloomsbury Auctions The Rental book of Diethers von Ernberg , in German, manuscript on paper on July 6th Actual price: USD $4,799.
  23. Bloomsbury Auctions Two bifolia from an early Gradual, in Latin on parchment on July 6th Actual price: USD $4,639.
  24. Neal Auction Company Confederate Prisoner Autograph Album from Fort Warren, Dec. 5, 1861?April 5, 1862 on July 8th Actual price: USD $4,575.
  25. Bloomsbury Auctions Grant of Lord ‘Harsquy' of Cleseby of rights over woodland named “Scroges” near Ellerton, North Yorkshire, to Mahen of Wassingburn, with the right to ‘cut and carry at will' reserving only the common of pasture for Lord Harsculph, manuscript document in on July 6th Actual price: USD $4,479.


For the week ahead 18 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jul. 17th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Property from N. Flayderman & Co.: Online Timed Auction - Internet bidstart 7/6. 294 lots

Wed. Jul. 19th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 551 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books. 334 lots
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Jerusalem. Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Maps, Periodicals, Postcards, banknotes, Eretz. 331 lots
Sothebys. New York. Contemporary Living Online: Prints, Photographs and Design - Online bidstart 7/6. 160 lots

Thu. Jul. 20th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Fine Sale - Day 3: Books. 124 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Children's and Illustrated Books, Modern Literature, and First Editions. 370 lots
Sothebys. New York. Space Exploration. 143 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 72 lots
Charlton Hall. West Columbia, SC. Estate and Private Collections. 52 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. The Marine Sale - Books and Prints. 70 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Olympic Memorabilia - Internet bidstart 7/13. 38 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. The Estate of the late Richard C. Siskey and Diane Siskey presented by Iron Horse Auction Co. and Le. 43 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Country Americana - Pribnts. 24 lots

Fri. Jul. 21st
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . July Sale - Day 1 - Books and Prints. 49 lots

Sat. Jul. 22nd
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . July Sale - Day 2 - Books and Prints. 65 lots

Sun. Jul. 23rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/16.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/16.

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.