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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 8 Auctions Archived, 14 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 6 January 2018 8 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 3 in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 4 in US dollars.  These sales together raised $1,149,321 as 2,024 lots were offered and 1,802 lots sold for an 89% success rate. 

 

For the week ahead 14 sales are scheduled.

 

1 auction saw its total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Tooveys. End of Year Sale - Prints on December 29th: 103.54% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 99.85% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Winter Magic Auction on December 16th: 96.51% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 96.07% 
Tooveys. End of Year Sale - Prints on December 29th: 87.10% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 2nd: 80.26% 


8 total sales reported this week: 

Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on December 4th: 62.80% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 2nd: 80.26% 
Tooveys. End of Year Sale - Prints on December 29th: 87.10% 
Pandolfini. Asian Art - Books on December 19th: 14.81% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Winter Magic Auction on December 16th: 96.51% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on December 17th: 75.44% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 99.85% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/24 on December 31st: 96.07% 

  

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Artcurial Fonds des plaques de verre negatives realisees par Emile Zola, 1894-1902 on December 4th Actual price: USD $59,280.
  2. Artcurial Denise - 1898 ou 1899 Portraits. on December 4th Actual price: USD $42,120.
  3. Artcurial Les OEuvres de P. de Ronsard gentilhomme vandomois on December 4th Actual price: USD $28,813.
  4. Artcurial La Femme 100 têtes on December 4th Actual price: USD $17,440.
  5. Artcurial Denise et Jacques Histoire vraie par Emile Zola Juin - Septembre 1897 on December 4th Actual price: USD $15,600.
  6. Artcurial Jacques - 1898 ou 1899 Etudes de portraits avec et sans virage on December 4th Actual price: USD $15,600.
  7. Artcurial Livre d'heures on December 4th Actual price: USD $15,600.
  8. Potter and Potter Auctions Alexander. The Man Who Knows. Signed Window Card. on December 16th Actual price: USD $15,600.
  9. Artcurial OEuvre photographique d'Emile Zola, 1894-1902 on December 4th Actual price: USD $13,572.
  10. Artcurial Le Journal d'une femme de chambre on December 4th Actual price: USD $12,890.
  11. Artcurial Emile Zola a l'age de quatre ans - 1844 on December 4th Actual price: USD $12,480.
  12. Artcurial Denise - 1898 ou 1899 Portraits. on December 4th Actual price: USD $11,700.
  13. Artcurial Emile Zola, Jeanne Rozerot et leurs deux enfants, Denise et Jacques a Verneuil - Circa 1896-1900 on December 4th Actual price: USD $11,232.
  14. Artcurial Denise et Jacques - 1898 ou 1899 Portrait. Variations de virages. on December 4th Actual price: USD $10,920.
  15. Artcurial Jacques - 1898 ou 1899 Portraits. Variations. on December 4th Actual price: USD $10,920.
  16. Artcurial Denise et Jacque Juin - Septembre 1897 on December 4th Actual price: USD $10,140.
  17. Artcurial Portraits des enfants Denise et Jacques 1896-1899 on December 4th Actual price: USD $10,140.
  18. Artcurial Jacques - 1898 ou 1899 Portraits. on December 4th Actual price: USD $10,140.
  19. Artcurial La Grande Pronostication des laboureurs durant a tousjoursmais, faicte et composee par les anciens par usage de scavoir on December 4th Actual price: USD $9,857.
  20. Artcurial Nature morte au daguerreotype d'Emile Zola enfant a 4 ans - Circa 1895 on December 4th Actual price: USD $9,360.
  21. Potter and Potter Auctions Chung Ling Soo. And His Ten Assistants. on December 16th Actual price: USD $9,000.
  22. Artcurial Autoportraits d'Emile Zola - Circa 1900 on December 4th Actual price: USD $8,112.
  23. Artcurial Emile Zola et son pere Francois Zola Circa 1846 on December 4th Actual price: USD $7,800.
  24. Artcurial La vie a Verneuil - ete 1899 on December 4th Actual price: USD $7,488.
  25. Artcurial OEillades ciselées en branche Œillades ciselées en branche on December 4th Actual price: USD $7,279.

 

For the week ahead 14 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 8th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 56 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History - Online bidstart 12/27. 457 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN World Currency Signature Auction - Tampa - session 2. 964 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. FUN Currency Signature Auction - Tampa. 3139 lots

Tue. Jan. 9th
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture. 496 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 1/2. 301 lots

Wed. Jan. 10th
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 12/15. 863 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books, Photographs, Postcards, Postal History.

Thu. Jan. 11th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature and Fine Books. 721 lots

Fri. Jan. 12th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Books. 433 lots

Sat. Jan. 13th
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 48 lots

Sun. Jan. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 12/17. 277 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/7.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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.