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Auction Update Review

Thirty-One Auctions Archived, 40 in the Batter’s Cage

For the week ended Saturday 2 December 2017 31 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 10 denominated in euros, 7 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 1 in Swedish krona, and 12 in US dollars.  These sales raised U$15,097,441 as 8,403 lots were offered and 6,481 lots sold for a 77% success rate.  As the year completes there continues to be strength in the rooms.

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Ader. Modern Prints: Henri M. Petiet - 50th and Last Sale chez Ader on November 25th: $2,948,753 
Blanchard's Auction Service. The Mulford-Gardiner-Buell Papers - Including John Holt's Declaration of Independence on November 11th: $2,148,000 
Christies. Rare Books and Manuscripts on November 28th: $2,106,672 
Sothebys. Music Manuscripts on November 28th: $1,544,961 

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

Nye & Company Auctioneers. November Backyard Timed Auction on November 30th: 470.40% 
Blanchard's Auction Service. The Mulford-Gardiner-Buell Papers - Including John Holt's Declaration of Independence on November 11th: 204.57% 
Ader. Modern Prints: Henri M. Petiet - 50th and Last Sale chez Ader on November 25th: 164.53% 
Ader. PrModern Prints: Henri M. Petiet - 50th and Last Sale chez Ader on November 26th: 145.43% 
Sothebys. Music Manuscripts on November 28th: 105.92% 
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on November 29th: 103.82% 
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Books and Prints, Part I on November 24th: 101.09% 


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

Blanchard's Auction Service. The Mulford-Gardiner-Buell Papers - Including John Holt's Declaration of Independence on November 11th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. The NCS Thanks & Giving Auction benefiting Hurricane Relief - Internet bidstart 11/22 on November 30th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/19 on November 26th: 99.30% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/19 on November 26th: 98.40% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Online bidstart 11/21 on November 28th: 97.78% 
Ader. Modern Prints: Henri M. Petiet - 50th and Last Sale chez Ader on November 25th: 94.64% 
Ader. PrModern Prints: Henri M. Petiet - 50th and Last Sale chez Ader on November 26th: 94.43% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on November 28th: 94.19% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 24th: 83.33% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 10/29 on November 26th: 82.22% 
RR Auction. Space Exploration - Internet bidstart 11/9 on November 16th: 81.59% 
Christies. Interiors: Ski Posters on November 28th: 81.08% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Ader Suite Vollard.1930-1937. on November 25th Actual price: USD $2,305,625.
  2. Blanchard's Auction Service THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and eight support-ing documents on November 11th Actual price: USD $1,800,000.
  3. Christies Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri. on November 28th Actual price: USD $608,685.
  4. Sothebys THE AUTOGRAPH WORKING MANUSCRIPT OF THE SECOND RHAPSODY FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, BB 96 on November 28th Actual price: USD $410,970.
  5. Blanchard's Auction Service the MULFORD-GARDINER-BUELL PAPERS on November 11th Actual price: USD $348,000.
  6. Sothebys AUTOGRAPH WORKING MANUSCRIPT OF PART OF AN ARIA FROM AN ITALIAN OPERA, INTENDED FOR "IL PASTOR FIDO" IN 1734 on November 28th Actual price: USD $241,063.
  7. Christies [La Tauromaquia.] Treinta y tres estampas, que representan diferentes suertes y actitudes del arte de lidiar los Toros. on November 28th Actual price: USD $208,250.
  8. Christies Les Vases Communicants. on November 28th Actual price: USD $178,500.
  9. RR Auction Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 Cartier Solid Gold Lunar Module Replica on November 16th Actual price: USD $149,862.
  10. Christies LIVRE D'HEURES, à l'usage de Paris, en latin et en français, manuscrit enluminé sur vélin on November 28th Actual price: USD $141,313.
  11. Sothebys AUTOGRAPH SKETCHLEAF FOR THE SECOND SYMPHONY on November 28th Actual price: USD $108,063.
  12. Sothebys HIGHLY IMPORTANT SERIES OF FORTY-THREE LETTERS, ALL BUT TWO AUTOGRAPH, WITH OTHER ITEMS, TO THE VIOLINIST ZOLT"N SZÉKELY on November 28th Actual price: USD $99,750.
  13. Sothebys FINE ALBUM OF TWENTY AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS OF SONGS BY ROSSINI, BELLINI, MEYERBEER, CHERUBINI AND OTHERS on November 28th Actual price: USD $91,438.
  14. Sothebys AUTOGRAPH SKETCHLEAF FOR THE SYMPHONY NO.3 IN D MINOR on November 28th Actual price: USD $83,125.
  15. Christies 12 Notations. on November 28th Actual price: USD $81,813.
  16. Christies Elementorum Philosophiae sectio tertia. on November 28th Actual price: USD $81,813.
  17. RR Auction Apollo 11 LM Flown Page With Neil Armstrong Notations on November 16th Actual price: USD $78,346.
  18. Sothebys ALBUM CONTAINING THREE AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATIONS ON ONE PAGE, on November 28th Actual price: USD $66,500.
  19. Christies LIVRE D’HEURES, à l’usage de Rome, en latin, manuscrit enluminé sur vélin on November 28th Actual price: USD $62,475.
  20. RR Auction Dave Scott's Apollo 15 Lunar Orbit-Flown CSM Systems Data Book on November 16th Actual price: USD $60,995.
  21. Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions ca. 350 catalogues de ventes publiques de la Galerie Giroux à Bruxelles, 1916-1959 on November 25th Actual price: USD $53,550.
  22. Christies Contes fantastiques.- Contes nocturnes.- Contes et fantaisies.- La Vie d'E.T.A. on November 28th Actual price: USD $52,063.
  23. Ader Le Chapeau épinglé (2e pl.). on November 26th Actual price: USD $52,063.
  24. Ader Ten Etchings / by / J. J. Tissot / first Series. A Londres, chez l’auteur. 1876. Format de l’album : 630 x 445. on November 26th Actual price: USD $51,103.
  25. Christies Jeux vagues. on November 28th Actual price: USD $47,600.



31 total sales reported this week:

Blanchard's Auction Service. The Mulford-Gardiner-Buell Papers - Including John Holt's Declaration of Independence on November 11th: 100.00%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Fine Sale - Day 3: Books on November 30th: 67.05%
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on November 29th: 79.61%
Tooveys. Asian and Islamic Works of Art - Prints on November 30th: 71.43%
Tooveys. Prints on November 29th: 66.67%
PBA Galleries. The Richard E. Bateman Collection on Celestial Mechanics with Rare Books & Manuscripts from various on November 30th: 56.66%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. November Backyard Timed Auction on November 30th: 75.41%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on November 29th: 74.78%
Heritage Auctions. The NCS Thanks & Giving Auction benefiting Hurricane Relief - Internet bidstart 11/22 on November 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Online bidstart 11/21 on November 28th: 97.78%
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Books and Prints, Part II on November 25th: 64.33%
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Books and Prints, Part I on November 24th: 66.90%
Aguttes. Autograph Books on November 22nd: 51.17%
Morton Subastas. Books, Documents and Photographs on November 28th: 31.62%
Christies. Rare Books and Manuscripts on November 28th: 50.00%
Christies. Interiors: Ski Posters on November 28th: 81.08%
Sothebys. Music Manuscripts on November 28th: 64.86%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 24th: 83.33%
Dorotheum . Autographs, Manuscripts and Certificates on November 27th: 72.08%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on November 28th: 94.19%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 10/29 on November 26th: 82.22%
Treadway Toomey Auctions. Objects Online Only - part one of the Wilbert & Marilyn Hasbrouck collection - books, prints on October 25th: 68.89%
Ader. PrModern Prints: Henri M. Petiet - 50th and Last Sale chez Ader on November 26th: 94.43%
Ader. Modern Prints: Henri M. Petiet - 50th and Last Sale chez Ader on November 25th: 94.64%
OSENAT. The Empire, Historical Memories on November 19th: 75.56%
RR Auction. Space Exploration - Internet bidstart 11/9 on November 16th: 81.59%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on November 18th: 77.71%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts on November 21st: 73.64%
Purcell Auctioneers. Autumn Irish Interest Books on November 15th: 78.35%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/19 on November 26th: 98.40%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/19 on November 26th: 99.30%

 

For the week ahead 40 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 4th
Artcurial. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 260 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 88 lots

Tue. Dec. 5th
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books. 431 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Manuscripts, Ancient and Modern Books, Old Papers. 177 lots
Sothebys. London. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental and Russian Books. 191 lots
Tajan. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 410 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Rare Books. 706 lots
Christies. New York. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. 251 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints. 382 lots
Bonhams. New York. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples. 130 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Autographs/Animation Art. 77 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Online bidstart 11/28. 494 lots

Wed. Dec. 6th
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Photography. 334 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 398 lots
PIASA. Paris. Editions. 71 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 11/17. 503 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books, Western Manuscripts and Works on Paper. 491 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Photography Online. 91 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures. 148 lots
Heritage Auctions. Hong Kong. HKINF World Currency Signature Auction. 848 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. Judaica: Books and Manuscripts. 263 lots
Bonhams. New York. History of Science and Technology. 114 lots
Bonhams. New York. Voices of the 20th Century. 128 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Fashion: Vintage and Photography. 72 lots
Tajan. Paris. Limited Editions. 99 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Photography. 325 lots

Thu. Dec. 7th
Rossini. Paris. Bibliophilia and Autographs. 156 lots
Christies. New York. RUSSIAN AMERICA AND POLAR EXPLORATION: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MARTIN GREENE LIBRARY. 421 lots
One Of Kind Collectibles. Coral Gables. Rare Collectible - Internet bidstart 11/17. 270 lots

Fri. Dec. 8th
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Ancient and Modern Books. 68 lots

Sat. Dec. 9th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Prints and Multiples. 175 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 49 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Rare Books and Fine Prints. 721 lots
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. Animation Art. 1045 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints. 381 lots

Sun. Dec. 10th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/3.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/3.
Michael Treloar. Adelaide SA. Rare Books.
Mossgreen. Woollahra NSW. Collectors’ Cars & Automobilia – Featuring the Ferguson Collection of Motorsport Posters.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

December Week One 2017

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.