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Rare Book Hub: 37 Auctions Archived, another 35 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 8 December 2018 37 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 in Australian dollars, 13 in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $21,596,621 as 10,627 lots were offered and 7,485 sold for a 70% success rate.  Recent economic and political uncertainty seem to be factors in auction room enthusiasm. 

 

6 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Christies. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Including Americana on December 4th: $5,425,625 
Christies. Albert Einstein: The God Letter on December 4th: $2,892,500 
Sothebys. Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra on December 6th: $2,224,750 
Galerie Bassenge. 15th -19th Century Prints on November 28th: $1,799,738 
Sothebys. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental and Russian Books on December 4th: $1,616,413 
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the World of Hilary Knight on December 5th: $1,015,761 

6 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 

Christies. Albert Einstein: The God Letter on December 4th: 192.83% 
Dorotheum . Books and Decorative Prints on December 5th: 178.16% 
Sothebys. Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra on December 6th: 176.02% 
Jacksons Auction. Modern & Vintage Masters - Day 1 on November 27th: 134.02% 
Galerie Bassenge. 15th -19th Century Prints on November 28th: 124.47% 
Australian Book Auctions. December Gallery Auction on December 3rd: 101.82% 


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

Christies. Albert Einstein: The God Letter on December 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/25 on December 2nd: 99.22% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 11/27 on December 4th: 98.96% 
Sothebys. Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra on December 6th: 98.28% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/25 on December 2nd: 96.27% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 11/4 on December 2nd: 96.20% 
Alaska Auction. Books, Magazines, Prints on November 28th: 91.67% 
Australian Book Auctions. December Gallery Auction on December 3rd: 91.32% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 1st: 90.68% 
Alaska Auction. Prints, Advertising on November 29th: 90.38% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on December 4th: 86.49% 
Jacksons Auction. Modern & Vintage Masters - Day 1 on November 27th: 84.21% 
Dorotheum . Books and Decorative Prints on December 5th: 82.56% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Autograph letter signed (“A. Einstein”) to Eric Gutkind, Princeton, 3 January 1954. on December 4th Actual price: USD $2,892,500.
  2. Christies Gospel Sonnets, or, Spiritual Songs. In Six Parts. on December 4th Actual price: USD $852,500.
  3. Sothebys SINATRA: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC (PORTRAIT OF FRANK SINATRA) on December 6th Actual price: USD $687,000.
  4. Sothebys GIRL WITH TURBAN (ZULEIKA) on December 6th Actual price: USD $495,000.
  5. Sothebys BATHER AND CLOUD REFLECTIONS on December 6th Actual price: USD $375,000.
  6. Christies Liber Chronicarum. on December 4th Actual price: USD $372,500.
  7. Christies Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae [– Foederate.] on December 4th Actual price: USD $287,500.
  8. Sothebys Jean d’Enghien, Le Livre des cronicques de Brabant, in French on December 4th Actual price: USD $240,000.
  9. Christies De lateribus et angulis triangulorum, tum planorum rectilineorum tum Sphaericorum, libellus eruditissimus & utilissimus... Additus est Canon semissium subtensarum rectarum linearum in Circulo. on December 4th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  10. Binoche et Giquello Catalogue des Vases, Colonnes, Tables de Marbres rares, Figures de bronze, Porcelaines de choix, Laques, Meubles précieux, Pendules, Lustres, Bras & Lanternes de bronze doré mat:... on November 28th Actual price: USD $194,839.
  11. Jacksons Auction IMPORTANT ORIGINAL BARBARA KRUGER on November 27th Actual price: USD $193,750.
  12. Christies The Glass Menagerie. A Play. on December 4th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  13. Christies Sports & Divertissements. on December 4th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  14. Christies On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. on December 4th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  15. Sothebys King David in Penitence, by the Master of the Houghton Miniatures on December 4th Actual price: USD $144,000.
  16. Bonhams Glenn Gould's extensively annotated copy of Bach's Goldberg Variations ("Klavier?bung IV.Teil Aria Mit verschiedenen Ver?nderungen 'Goldberg-Variationen'," on December 5th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  17. Christies Entertaining Passages Relating to Philip's War which Began in the Month of June, 1675. on December 4th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  18. Christies The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. on December 4th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  19. Binoche et Giquello Oeuvres de Gillot on November 28th Actual price: USD $119,963.
  20. Galerie Bassenge Doppelportrait des Malers Konrad Eberhard mit s... on November 28th Actual price: USD $119,187.
  21. Sothebys USE OF SARUM, IN LATIN on December 4th Actual price: USD $104,000.
  22. Sothebys UNTITLED on December 6th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  23. Bonhams Hilary Knight's ORIGINAL Plaza Hotel portrait of ELOISE. on December 5th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  24. Christies Les Singularitez de la France Antarctique. on December 4th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  25. Sothebys UNTITLED on December 6th Actual price: USD $93,750.



37 total sales reported this week:

Adams Amsterdam Auctions. Co Westerik: Paintings, drawings and prints. The collection of Frank Verhallen on October 29th: 77.66%
Swann Galleries. Illustration Art on December 6th: 68.44%
Robert Siegel Galleries. The Alfredo Frohlich Collection: The Evolution of Postal Systems in Panama 1777-1881 on December 4th: 52.70%
Dorotheum . Books and Decorative Prints on December 5th: 82.56%
Galerie Bassenge. Photography on December 5th: 46.65%
Galerie Bassenge. 15th -19th Century Prints on November 28th: 69.57%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including the World of Hilary Knight on December 5th: 67.58%
Adams Amsterdam Auctions. Fine Art, Photographs, Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints on December 4th: 77.72%
Sothebys. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental and Russian Books on December 4th: 54.40%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Vintage Travel Posters on December 1st: 72.74%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on December 5th: 60.23%
Bonhams. The History of Science and Technology on December 5th: 44.78%
Sothebys. Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra on December 6th: 98.28%
Forum Auctions in Italy. Online Sale: The Library of Marquis Giulio Carlo Stanga Trecco (1794-1852) - Part I on December 4th: 51.85%
Christies. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Including Americana on December 4th: 74.32%
Christies. Albert Einstein: The God Letter on December 4th: 100.00%
ALDE. Modern Illustrated Books and Original Bindings on November 30th: 64.37%
Rossini. Photographs on November 20th: 54.72%
Rossini. CATALOG SALE: DISPERSION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE SORBONNE JEA on November 28th: 42.38%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on December 4th: 86.49%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 11/27 on December 4th: 98.96%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on November 29th: 75.36%
Forum Auctions. Artsy: Select Editions on December 4th: 35.48%
Australian Book Auctions. December Gallery Auction on December 3rd: 91.32%
Alaska Auction. Prints, Advertising on November 29th: 90.38%
Alaska Auction. Books, Magazines, Prints on November 28th: 91.67%
Jacksons Auction. Modern & Vintage Masters - Day 1 on November 27th: 84.21%
Eldreds. Asian Art - Prints on November 30th: 73.44%
Binoche et Giquello. COLLECTION A.J. ANCIENT BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS, ETIENNE DOLET (1509-1546) FRENCH AUTHOR AND PRINTER on November 28th: 77.36%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books on November 26th: 61.65%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/25 on December 2nd: 99.22%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/25 on December 2nd: 96.27%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - bidstart 11/4 on December 2nd: 96.20%
Soler Y Llach. Books, Prints, Manuscripts on November 29th: 39.28%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on December 1st: 90.68%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Books - Internet Bidstart 11/22 on November 29th: 38.51%
Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 10/31 on November 14th: 75.37%

 


For the week ahead 35 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 10th
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints. 625 lots
Ader. PARIS. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts. 401 lots
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints; French Travel Posters. 28 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 104 lots

Tue. Dec. 11th
Bonhams. London. Entertainment Memorabilia. 161 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 292 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 131 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Essentially Marylin - The Auction. 1235 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Judaica - Books, Manuscripts. 264 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books. 241 lots
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints. 296 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 12/4. 731 lots
Profiles in History. Calabasas Hills. Essentially Marylin - The Auction. 142 lots

Wed. Dec. 12th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 536 lots
Aste Bolaffi. Turin. Rare Books and Autographs. 674 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Valuable Books and Manuscripts. 279 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. The Christmas Book Sale. 651 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Playing Cards, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. 117 lots

Thu. Dec. 13th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Modern Literature and First Editions. 399 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books. 385 lots
Doyle New York. New York. Photographs. 148 lots
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Prints and Multiples. 300 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Old and Modern Books. 347 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography. 573 lots
Sothebys. New York. Fine Autograph Letters and Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Ame. 152 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Science and Technology - Online bidstart 12/6. 319 lots

Fri. Dec. 14th
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Prints.
Pierre Berge and Associes. Paris. The Library of Pierre Berge. 130 lots
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Books. 1201 lots

Sat. Dec. 15th
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. December Sale - Internet bidstart 12/7. 18 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.
The Written Word Autographs. Tamworth, NH . Sports and Entertainers Autographs.

Sun. Dec. 16th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 12/9.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 11/18. 163 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 12/9.

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.