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October Week Two Revised

For the week ended Saturday 8 October 2017 33 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 7 denominated in euros, 6 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 21 in US dollars.  Turnover was $7,066,303 as 8,721 lots were offered and 6,671 sold for a 76% success rate.  The average lot value was $1,059.26.

 

1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Sothebys. Photographs on October 5th: $2,901,375 

8 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

RR Auction. The Prince Auction - Online bidstart9/14 on September 27th: 204.13% 
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors' Books on October 3rd: 155.24% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Asian Fine Art - Prints on September 23rd: 131.49% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on October 4th: 127.09% 
Jacksons Auction. Important Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on September 26th: 112.48% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on October 6th: 111.45% 
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Sale - Books and Prints - online bidstart 9/13 on September 27th: 106.26% 
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on September 27th: 100.35% 


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

Carlsen Gallery. September Anniversary Antique Auction - Books, Prints on September 17th: 100.00% 
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Sale - Books and Prints - online bidstart 9/13 on September 27th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/24 on October 1st: 99.88% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Online bidstart 9/26 on October 3rd: 99.03% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/24 on October 1st: 98.52% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on October 6th: 96.97% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 9/3 on October 1st: 95.92% 
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors' Books on October 3rd: 93.26% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Asian Fine Art - Prints on September 23rd: 91.26% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on October 4th: 87.35% 
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Modern Art/Modern Antiques - session 10: Books on October 2nd: 86.97% 
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature on October 5th: 85.32% 
RR Auction. The Prince Auction - Online bidstart9/14 on September 27th: 85.20% 
Jacksons Auction. Important Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on September 26th: 80.10% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys JOHN QUINCY ADAMS on October 5th Actual price: USD $360,500.
  2. Sothebys 'CHARLESTON, S. C.' on October 5th Actual price: USD $348,500.
  3. Sothebys NUDE ON SAND  on October 5th Actual price: USD $324,500.
  4. Bonhams Ginkgo Leaves (New York), 1990 on October 2nd Actual price: USD $199,500.
  5. Bonhams The Golden Gate before the Bridge, San Francisco, California, 1933 on October 2nd Actual price: USD $162,500.
  6. Sothebys 'WHITE ANGEL BREADLINE' (SAN FRANCISCO) on October 5th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  7. Sothebys 'MOONRISE, HERNANDEZ, N.M.' on October 5th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  8. RR Auction Prince's Personally-Owned and Stage-Worn Yellow Boots on September 27th Actual price: USD $75,148.
  9. Sothebys SELECTED MOTION STUDIES on October 5th Actual price: USD $72,500.
  10. Sothebys 'AU LUXEMBOURG' (LA FONTAINE DE CARPEAUX AU LUXEMBOURG) on October 5th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  11. Sothebys 'PARMELIAN PRINTS OF THE HIGH SIERRAS' on October 5th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  12. RR Auction Prince's Own 1980 Rick James Tour All Access Pass on September 27th Actual price: USD $60,367.
  13. Sothebys CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE FRENCH EMPIRE, MARTINIQUE on October 5th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  14. RR Auction Prince 1986 'Camille' Advance Pressing on September 27th Actual price: USD $58,787.
  15. Sothebys DR. CHARLES LINNAEUS ALLEN STUDYING ANATOMY WITH STUDENT on October 5th Actual price: USD $56,250.
  16. Bonhams Portfolio IV: What Majestic Word--In Memory of Russell Varian, on October 2nd Actual price: USD $56,250.
  17. RR Auction Prince's Purple Rain Nine-Page Handwritten Musical Enhancement Notes on September 27th Actual price: USD $51,323.
  18. RR Auction Prince's Cherry Moon Personal Notebook with Extensive Handwritten Working Script on September 27th Actual price: USD $44,839.
  19. Sothebys 'NEW YORK CITY' (GIRLS IN THE WINDOWS) on October 5th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  20. Sothebys CIEL CHARGÉ - MER MÉDITERRANÉE (CLOUDY SKY, MEDITERRANEAN SEA) on October 5th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  21. Sothebys 'MOUNT MCKINLEY AND WONDER LAKE, ALASKA' on October 5th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  22. Sothebys 'WINTER SUNRISE, THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM LONE PINE, CALIFORNIA' on October 5th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  23. Bonhams Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August, 1955 on October 2nd Actual price: USD $35,000.
  24. Sothebys CHINESE GOLD MINERS POSED WITH NUGGETS, CALIFORNIA on October 5th Actual price: USD $32,500.
  25. Sothebys STREET SCENE IN BENICIA, SOLANO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA on October 5th Actual price: USD $32,500.



33 total sales reported this week:

Sothebys. Photographs on October 5th: 54.77%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on October 6th: 96.97%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Modern Art/Modern Antiques - Prints on October 6th: 72.22%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art – Antique Engravings & Lithographs – Works on Paper on October 5th: 74.68%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art, etc. - Books, Prints on October 4th: 50.00%
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature on October 5th: 85.32%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Fine Art - Prints on October 5th: 75.36%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on October 4th: 87.35%
RR Auction. The Prince Auction - Online bidstart9/14 on September 27th: 85.20%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Online bidstart 9/26 on October 3rd: 99.03%
Tooveys. Prints and Maps on October 4th: 75.37%
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on September 27th: 75.29%
Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 8/30 on September 13th: 72.06%
The Antiquarian Book. Online sale of Fine & Rare Antiquarian Books and Documents on October 3rd: 41.18%
Carlsen Gallery. September Anniversary Antique Auction - Books, Prints on September 17th: 100.00%
Morton Subastas. Books and Documents on the History of Mexico on October 3rd: 30.57%
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors' Books on October 3rd: 93.26%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on October 3rd: 44.44%
Winter Associates. Modern, Fine Art - Prints on October 2nd: 60.00%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Sale - Books and Prints - online bidstart 9/13 on September 27th: 100.00%
OSENAT. Works of Art - Prints on October 1st: 60.00%
Bonhams. Photographs on October 2nd: 30.56%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Modern Art/Modern Antiques - session 10: Books on October 2nd: 86.97%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Modern Art/Modern Antiques - Prints on September 29th: 75.34%
The Written Word Autographs. Autographs on September 30th: 40.86%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/24 on October 1st: 99.88%
Heritage Auctions. The Connie Francis Collection Entertainment on October 1st: 46.09%
Potomack Company. Books, Prints, Asian & Decorative Arts Online Auction on September 27th: 67.43%
Jacksons Auction. Important Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on September 26th: 80.10%
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Modern Art, Modern Photography, Old Paintings & Antiques on September 29th: 44.02%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Asian Fine Art - Prints on September 23rd: 91.26%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/24 on October 1st: 98.52%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 9/3 on October 1st: 95.92% 

 

For the week ahead 30 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Oct. 9th
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Old Master Prints and Modern Prints. 360 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History: Timed Online Auction - bidstart 9/28. 446 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 104 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. The Personal Property Auction of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds - Day 3. 168 lots

Tue. Oct. 10th
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. ROMANTIC ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, R. B.L.'S COLLECTION. 103 lots
Christies. New York. VISIONARIES: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EMILY AND JERRY SPIEGEL COLLECTION. 40 lots
Christies. New York. Photographs. 111 lots
Christies. New York. Important Photographs from the Collection of Donald and Alice Lappe. 67 lots
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Bruxelles . Live Auction - Books, Prints. 469 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. ROMANTIC LITERARY WORKS, ORIGINAL EDITIONS, R. B.L.'S COLLECTION. 261 lots
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Prints, Autographs, Photographs, Music. 427 lots
PIASA. Paris. FRANÇOIS DAUTRESME COLLECTION , MEMORIES OF CHINA - books, photos. 48 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Online bidstart 10/3. 802 lots

Wed. Oct. 11th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs. 651 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books. 243 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 9/28. 775 lots
Heritage Auctions. New York. Photographs. 467 lots
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Books and Manuscripts. 589 lots
Ader. PARIS. Modern Illustrated Books.
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Books and Prints. 50 lots

Thu. Oct. 12th
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Books - Internet Bidstart 10/5. 241 lots
Forum Auctions. London. The Edge Hall Library. 311 lots
Ader. PARIS. Abstract and Contemporary Art - Books and Prints.

Fri. Oct. 13th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Illustration Art. 365 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Modern and Contemporary Art, Modern Prints. 83 lots

Sat. Oct. 14th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints. 143 lots

Sun. Oct. 15th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 10/8.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 9/17. 263 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints. 44 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.