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Rare Book Hub: 39 Auctions Archived, Another 22 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 17 November 2018 39 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 14 denominated in euros, 2 in British pounds, and 23 in US dollars.  Turnover was $17,614,300 as 15,397 lots were offered and 11,466 sold for a 74% success rate.

  

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Binoche et Giquello. BIBLIOTHÈQUE R. ET B. L., ORIGINAL PRINTS FROM XIXTH C. on October 9th: $4,028,031 
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on November 13th: $2,684,102 
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 13th: $1,392,319 
Kestenbaum and Company. THE VALMADONNA TRUST LIBRARY: FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE HISTORIC COLLECTION. * HEBREW PRINTING IN on November 15th: $1,299,875 



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

Potter and Potter Auctions. Freakatorium: Collection of Johnny Fox on November 10th: 159.48% 
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 13th: 145.87% 
Christies. Japonisme on November 15th: 133.84% 
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Rare Books on November 14th: 126.86% 
Binoche et Giquello. BIBLIOTHÈQUE R. ET B. L., ORIGINAL PRINTS FROM XIXTH C. on October 9th: 122.16% 
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Cartographic and Printed Americana Collection of Evelyn and Eric Newman on November 12th: 114.38% 
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Books and Manuscripts on November 13th: 106.87% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Eric P. Newman Collection part X Currency on November 10th: 99.54% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/4 on November 11th: 99.20% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/2 on November 11th: 98.89% 
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Cartographic and Printed Americana Collection of Evelyn and Eric Newman on November 12th: 97.50% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 10th: 96.84% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 11/6 on November 13th: 96.02% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 10/14 on November 11th: 95.38% 
North American Auction Company. Early American Indian and Western Auction on October 27th: 95.19% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Freakatorium: Collection of Johnny Fox on November 10th: 95.15% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on November 13th: 92.59% 
Heritage Auctions. The David and Janice Frent Collection of Presidential & Political Americana, Part 4 on November 11th: 91.69% 
Christies. Japonisme on November 15th: 88.24% 
Freemans. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on November 13th: 87.72% 
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Literature on November 13th: 86.64% 
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Rare Books on November 14th: 86.28% 
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Photographs, Books on November 15th: 86.05% 
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 13th: 85.28% 

  

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys DIALOGO NUPERRIME EDITO GENUE IN 1512. CONTIENE SOTTO COMPENDIO... on November 13th Actual price: USD $605,800.
  2. Binoche et Giquello Lettre autographe à sa soeur Isabelle, signée, datée Marseille le 10 Juillet 1891 on October 9th Actual price: USD $474,600.
  3. Kestenbaum and Company “HEBREW PRINTING IN AMERICA, 1735-1926” <<The Yosef Goldman Collection.>> Containing c. 1,009 titles built over many decades of careful, intelligent and assiduous pursuit. In his two-volume Catalogue entitled: Hebrew Printing in America: A History and Ann on November 15th Actual price: USD $412,500.
  4. Doyle New York A Mapp of New England by John Seller, Hydrographer to the King. on November 13th Actual price: USD $343,750.
  5. Sothebys CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM. on November 13th Actual price: USD $340,600.
  6. Christies Soir on November 15th Actual price: USD $211,875.
  7. Binoche et Giquello Lettre autographe à sa mère et à sa soeur, signée Rimbaud, datée Marseille Vendredi 23 Mai 1891 [sic pour le jeudi 21 mai 1891] on October 9th Actual price: USD $199,925.
  8. Binoche et Giquello Lettre autographe signée à sa famille, datée de Aden le 10 septembre 1884 on October 9th Actual price: USD $146,900.
  9. Binoche et Giquello [Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe]. Poème autographe signé du monogramme SM on October 9th Actual price: USD $129,272.
  10. Binoche et Giquello Les Chants de Maldoror. on October 9th Actual price: USD $125,667.
  11. Binoche et Giquello [Aurélia]. Manuscrit autographe, on October 9th Actual price: USD $120,458.
  12. Christies Kameido Ume Yashiki (Le jardin des pruniers à Kameido) de la série Meisho Edo hyakkei (Les Cent Vues d'Edo). on November 15th Actual price: USD $113,000.
  13. Doyle New York [Book of Hours]. on November 13th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  14. Freemans GRACE KELLY on November 13th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  15. Freemans -9.0 on November 13th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  16. Sothebys A PLAN OF THE CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER AND BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. on November 13th Actual price: USD $105,625.
  17. Sothebys ALBUM OF 213 PHOTOGRAPHS, INCLUDING A LARGE SERIES OF INDIAN AND NEPALESE ROYALTY, TOGETHER WITH OTHER PORTRAITS, TRADES, BIG GAME HUNTING, AND VIEWS IN DARJEELING AND NEPAL. on November 13th Actual price: USD $97,500.
  18. Sothebys ALBUM OF SEVENTY NINE PHOTOGRAPHS "ABORIGINES OF INDIA". on November 13th Actual price: USD $91,000.
  19. Freemans 25 CATS NAME[D] SAM AND ONE BLUE PUSSY on November 13th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  20. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto. London on November 12th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  21. Heritage Auctions United States of America - Fr. 5 $5 1861 St. Louis Demand Note. PCGS Extremely Fine 40 Apparent. on November 10th Actual price: USD $81,000.
  22. Sothebys AN 18-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, [CARTOUCHE DATED 1696] on November 13th Actual price: USD $78,000.
  23. Kestenbaum and Company R. Dov-Baer, Maggid of Mezeritch. Maggid Devarav LeYa’akov - Likutei Amarim. on November 15th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  24. Kestenbaum and Company (Abu Ali al-Hussein ibn Abdallah ibn Sina). HaKanon HaGadol - Canon Medicinae. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Nathan of Cento (HaMe'ati). on November 15th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  25. Binoche et Giquello Lettre autographe à sa soeur Isabelle, signée Rd, datée Marseille 29 juin 1891 on October 9th Actual price: USD $73,450.



39 total sales reported this week:

Waverly Auctions. 15th-17th Century Books on September 13th: 72.44%
Waverly Auctions. Collectors Series: Science Fiction, Comics & Fantasy on November 15th: 44.85%
Kestenbaum and Company. THE VALMADONNA TRUST LIBRARY: FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE HISTORIC COLLECTION. * HEBREW PRINTING IN on November 15th: 62.19%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Rare Books on November 14th: 86.28%
Christies. Japonisme on November 15th: 88.24%
Grays Auctioneers. Works on Paper, Rare Books and Manuscripts on November 14th: 57.59%
Rossini. Lithographs - Internet bidstart 10/26 on November 14th: 40.58%
Tajan. Prints and Illustrated Books on November 14th: 52.03%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Photographs, Books on November 15th: 86.05%
Il Ponte. Interiors - Prints on November 14th: 74.42%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 11/6 on November 13th: 96.02%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 10/14 on November 11th: 95.38%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/4 on November 11th: 99.20%
James D Julia Auctioneers. Militaria - Prints, Books, Manuscripts on November 8th: 71.43%
Forum Auctions. Forum Auctions @ Artsy: Urban Jungle III on November 14th: 66.67%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on November 13th: 92.59%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 13th: 85.28%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Books and Manuscripts on November 13th: 79.57%
Freemans. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs on November 13th: 87.72%
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Literature on November 13th: 86.64%
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on November 13th: 67.75%
Aste Bolaffi. 20th Century Art - prints, photographs on November 6th: 57.20%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on November 10th: 46.67%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Post War and Contemporary Art - Prints on November 10th: 76.83%
North American Auction Company. Early American Indian and Western Auction on October 27th: 95.19%
Binoche et Giquello. BIBLIOTHÈQUE R. ET B. L., ORIGINAL PRINTS FROM XIXTH C. on October 9th: 71.57%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Cartographic and Printed Americana Collection of Evelyn and Eric Newman on November 12th: 97.50%
Soler Y Llach. LIBRARY "Ausiàs March" on November 8th: 52.87%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Books and Fine Art Prints on November 10th: 36.74%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Maps, Prints, Posters on November 9th: 46.44%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Freakatorium: Collection of Johnny Fox on November 10th: 95.15%
PBA Galleries. Food & Drink on November 8th: 67.83%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/2 on November 11th: 98.89%
Heritage Auctions. The David and Janice Frent Collection of Presidential & Political Americana, Part 4 on November 11th: 91.69%
Zisska and Lacher. Autumn Book Auction on November 9th: 63.75%
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Winner's Unlimited - Eretz Israel and Zionism on November 7th: 68.04%
Heritage Auctions. Eric P. Newman Collection part X Currency on November 10th: 99.54%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 10th: 96.84%
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Books and Manuscripts on November 9th: 46.67%

  

For the week ahead 21 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Nov. 19th
Artcurial. Paris. Limited Editions. 115 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Aristophil. 115 lots
Bonhams. New York. ROCK & ROLL MEMORABILIA, FEATURING THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LYRICS TO "YOUR SONG". 55 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Online Auction - Books, Prints. 27 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Interior Decoration - Prints, Photographs. 316 lots

Tue. Nov. 20th
Bonhams. New York. TCM PRESENTS ... THE DARK SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD. 267 lots
Christies. Paris. Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts. 187 lots
Rossini. Paris. Photographs. 53 lots
Doyle New York. New York. The Patricia and Donald Oresman Collection. 202 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Annabel's. 35 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern Prints. 81 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 11/13. 687 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Milford House Sale - Books and Prints. 64 lots

Wed. Nov. 21st
Sothebys. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 134 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books. 226 lots

Thu. Nov. 22nd
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 145 lots
Ader. PARIS. Judaica. 150 lots

Sat. Nov. 24th
Artcurial. Paris. Aristophil. 228 lots

Sun. Nov. 25th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/18.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/18.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 10/28. 256 lots

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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.