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Rare Book Hub: 20 Auctions Archived, another 32 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 22 September 20 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 4 denominated in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 12 in US dollars.  Turnover was $14,197,782 as 4,910 lots were offered and 3,990 sold for an 81% success rate.  We are drifting into the high cotton.

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Sothebys. The Erwin Tomash Library of Computing on September 19th: $4,786,803 
Christies. Prints and Multiples on September 20th: $3,872,625 
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on September 20th: $2,402,257 
Sothebys. Made in Britain on September 18th: $1,132,659 
 

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

Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Books, Maps and Prints Auction on September 12th: 148.94% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Asian, Furniture, Jewelry, Fine Art Auction - Prints on September 16th: 124.88% 
Sothebys. Made in Britain on September 18th: 122.17% 
Sothebys. The Erwin Tomash Library of Computing on September 19th: 109.78% 
Christies. Prints and Multiples on September 20th: 100.40% 
 
 
11 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell: 

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/9 on September 16th: 99.25% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 15th: 98.80% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/9 on September 16th: 98.76% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 8/19 on September 16th: 96.57% 
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Books, Maps and Prints Auction on September 12th: 90.91% 
Christies. Prints and Multiples on September 20th: 86.70% 
Alaska Auction. Online only - Books, Prints on September 19th: 85.71% 
Sothebys. Made in Britain on September 18th: 85.19% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Online Only Fine Art Sale on September 14th: 83.84% 
Brunk Auctions. Premier Catalogue Auction - Prints, Books on September 14th: 82.56% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Asian, Furniture, Jewelry, Fine Art Auction - Prints on September 16th: 81.97% 
 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys DIFESA... CONTRO ALLE CALUNNIE & IMPOSTURE DI BALDESSAR CAPRA MILANESE, USATEGLI SI NELLA CONSIDERAZIONE ASTRONOMICA SOPRA LA NUOVA STELLA DEL M DC IIII COME (& ASSAI PIU) NEL PUBLICARE NUOVAMENTE COME SUA INVENZIONE LA FABRICA, & GLI USI DEL COMPASSO GEO on September 19th Actual price: USD $610,460.
  2. Clars Auction Gallery “Study - Crestwood Commuter Station (for Cover Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, November 16, 1946)” & Portrait of an Equestrian Gentleman (verso) on September 16th Actual price: USD $242,000.
  3. Christies Untitled on September 20th Actual price: USD $218,750.
  4. Sothebys LE OPERAZIONI DEL COMPASSO GEOMETRICO, ET MILITARE on September 19th Actual price: USD $212,875.
  5. Christies Retrospect on September 20th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  6. Sothebys LIGHTNESS OF BEING (PINK), 2015 on September 18th Actual price: USD $196,500.
  7. Christies Queen Elizabeth II, from: Reigning Queens (Royal Edition) on September 20th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  8. Christies Up on the Roof on September 20th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  9. Christies Nackte Tänzerinnen on September 20th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  10. Sothebys TABULAE ASTRONOMIAE ET CANONES, MANUSCRIPT, IN LATIN ITALY on September 19th Actual price: USD $122,813.
  11. Christies Reverie on September 20th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  12. Sothebys KITAB FIHI (?) SHARH MA AMLA’AHU AL-WAZIR ‘AWN AL-DIN ABU’L MUZAFFAR YAHYA IBN MUHAMMAD IBN HUBAYRA FI ‘ILM SINA’AT AL-H(ISAB) A COMMENTARY ON ARITHMETIC BY IBN HUBAYRA, COPIED BY ABD AL-AZIZ IBN DULAF IBN ABI TALIB. on September 19th Actual price: USD $114,625.
  13. Christies Twelve Maquettes of Stained Glass Windows for Jerusalem on September 20th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  14. Brunk Auctions Nova Totius Americae Tabula, on September 14th Actual price: USD $108,000.
  15. Christies La femme au chapeau on September 20th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  16. Sothebys SKETCH OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE INVENTED BY CHARLES BABBAGE, ESQ… WITH NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR.. on September 19th Actual price: USD $98,250.
  17. Sothebys MIRIFICI LOGARITHMORUM CANONIS DESCRIPTIO, EIUSQUE USUS, IN UTRAQUE TRIGONOMETRIA, UT ETIAM IN OMNI LOGISTICA MATHEMATICA, AMPLISSIMI, FACILLIMI & EXPEDITISSIMI EXPLICATIO. on September 19th Actual price: USD $98,250.
  18. Sothebys NOVA STEREOMETRIA DOLIORUM VINARIORUM on September 19th Actual price: USD $90,063.
  19. Sothebys GANGSTA RAT on September 18th Actual price: USD $90,063.
  20. Christies Bible on September 20th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  21. Sothebys THE ARITHMETICALL JEWELL: OR THE USE OF A SMALL TABLE; WHEREBY IS SPEEDILY WROUGHT, AS WELL ALL ARITHMETICALL WORKS IN WHOLE NUMBERS, AS ALL FRACTIONALL OPERATIONS, WITHOUT FRACTION OR REDUCTION. on September 19th Actual price: USD $78,600.
  22. Swann Galleries Grand nu Dansant. on September 20th Actual price: USD $70,000.
  23. Sothebys TWEEDE DEEL VAN DE NIEUWE TEL-KONST OFTE WONDERLIICKE KONSTIGHE TAFEL, INHOUDENDE DE LOGARITHMI, VOOR DE GETALLEN VAN 1 AF TOT 100000 TOE ETC..  on September 19th Actual price: USD $68,775.
  24. Christies Mao on September 20th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  25. Christies View from the Window, from: Landscape Series on September 20th Actual price: USD $68,750.



20 total sales reported this week:

PIASA. Photographs by Casimir Zagourski Heart of Africa Pierre Loos Collection on September 18th: 28.28%
Alaska Auction. Online only - Books, Prints on September 19th: 85.71%
PBA Galleries. Ted Watkins Collection of Books and Manuscripts on September 20th: 67.96%
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on September 20th: 71.88%
Audap and Mirabaud. Historical Souvenirs - Prints and Manuscripts on September 19th: 75.61%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on September 20th: 86.70%
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Books, Maps and Prints Auction on September 12th: 90.91%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on September 20th: 76.35%
De Baecque and Associes. Prints on September 19th: 34.38%
Sothebys. The Erwin Tomash Library of Computing on September 19th: 66.53%
Sothebys. Made in Britain on September 18th: 85.19%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 8/19 on September 16th: 96.57%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on September 18th: 68.06%
Neal Auction Company. Important Estates Auction on September 16th: 71.83%
Clars Auction Gallery. Asian, Furniture, Jewelry, Fine Art Auction - Prints on September 16th: 81.97%
Clars Auction Gallery. Online Only Fine Art Sale on September 14th: 83.84%
Brunk Auctions. Premier Catalogue Auction - Prints, Books on September 14th: 82.56%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 15th: 98.80%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/9 on September 16th: 99.25%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/9 on September 16th: 98.76%


For the week ahead 32 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Sep. 24th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Books. 260 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Books, Documents, and maps including Voyages, Exploration and Travels, Ephemera, Australiana, Prin. 187 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Autographs. 62 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 104 lots

Tue. Sep. 25th
Bonhams. New York. Exploration and Travel, Featuring Americana. 304 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Books and Decorative Prints. 367 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Remarkable Rarities - bidstart 9/13. 54 lots
Tajan. Paris. Parisian Library. 520 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . September Quarterly Sale. 25 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 9/18. 743 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Documents on the History of Mexico. 449 lots

Wed. Sep. 26th
Forum Auctions. London. Editions and Works on Paper. 317 lots
Sothebys. London. Prints and Multiples. 194 lots
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fairfield. O'Connor's Americana Collection. 65 lots
University Archives. Westport. Outstanding Selection of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Books & Relics. 288 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints, Photographs. 45 lots

Thu. Sep. 27th
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana. 516 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Fine Books and Works on Paper. 363 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 479 lots
ALDE. Paris. Antiquarian Books from the 15th to the 19th Century. 441 lots
Rossini. Paris. Online Sale: Posters - bidstart 9/13.
Sothebys. Paris. Alias Daniel Cordier. 5 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Old and Modern Books.

Fri. Sep. 28th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Old Master Prints. 76 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. The Poster Sale. 174 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Old and Modern Books.

Sat. Sep. 29th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Lithographs. 176 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. September 2018 Live Auction. 23 lots

Sun. Sep. 30th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/23.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/23.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/2. 228 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Feeling Good Collection, Part I Currency Auction Monthly Auction - Internet bidstart 9/1. 284 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
  • 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.