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Articles - February - 2013 Issue

Auctions in February

- by Bruce E. McKinney

Auctions in February

Auctions in February

This year, as we head into February 63 events are scheduled.

 

Fri. Feb. 1st                 Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers.  Prints [1086].  130 lots

                                    Kiefer – Book and Art Auctions.  Books [83].  7,828 lots

                                    Piasa.  Ancient, Modern and Contemporary Photos [20602].  197 lots

                                    Skinner, Inc.  Fine Prints [2635B].  260 lots

Sat. Feb. 2nd              Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver.  Prints and Books [37].  592 lots

                                    Coutau-Begarie.  Comics [20900]

                                    Kiefer – Book and Art Auctions.  Books continuing [83].  7,828 lots

                                    Stair Auctioneers & Appraisers.  Works on Paper [20213]. 239 lots

Tues. Feb 5th              Swann Galleries.  Vintage Posters [2302].  497 lots

Wed. Feb. 6th              Dominic Winter Book Auctions.  Old Master, Modern and Japanese Prints [20613].  198 lots

Thurs. Feb. 7th           Heritage Auctions.  Rare Book internet auction ends today [201306].

                                    PBA Galleries.  Angling, Sporting, Natural History [499].

Sat. Feb. 9th                Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Comic Strips [20875].  111 lots

                                    Neret – Minet & Tessier.  Comic Strips [15193].

Sun. Feb. 10th             Blacksparrow.  Rare Village Autographed Books [21013].  231 lots

                                    Bonhams.  Books [21141].

Mon. Feb. 11th            Bonhams.  Books continued [21141].

                                    Bruun Rasmussen.  Books [1307].

Tues. Feb. 12th           Freeman’s.  Estate:  Books and Manuscripts [1451].

Wed. Feb. 13th           Old World Auctions.  Maps Online bidding ends today [143].

Thurs. Feb. 14th         Ader.  Scientic Instruments [20821]

Bloomsbury.  Bibliophile Books [36028].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Rare Book internet auction ends today [201307].

                                    Knotty Pine Auction Service.  Ephemera [21413].

                                    Piasa.  Books [20604].

Fri. Feb. 15th               Aspire Auctions.  Art and Antique online bidding ends today [323].

                                    Neret – Minet & Tessier.  Posters [15194].

Sat. Feb. 16th              Clars Auction Gallery.  Prints, Ephemera [21613].

                                    Stair Auctioneers & Appriasers.  The Photograph Collection of Jan Cowles [21613]

Sun. Feb. 17th             Artcurial Briest-Le Fur Poulain-F. Tajan.  Aeronautic – 1st Part [20878].  101 lots

                                    Artcurial Briest-Le Fur Poulain-F. Tajan.  Aeronautic – 2nd Part [20945].  81 lots

                                    Bonhams.  Fine Books and Manuscripts [20940].

                                    Clars Auction Gallery.  Prints, Ephemera continued [21613].

Mon. Feb. 18th            PBA Galleries.  Rare Books and Manuscripts [500].

Tues. Feb. 19th           Ader.   Comic Strips [20823].

                                    Bonhams.  Books [20678].

                                    Rupert Toovey and Co.  Antiquarian and Collector’s Books [1105].

Wed. Feb. 20th           Bonhams.  Prints Featuring the St. Ives School [20735].

                                    Rupert Toovey and Co.  Prints [1104].
Dorotheum.  Militaria [9844].

Thurs. Feb. 21st         Ader.  Manuscripts and Autographs – Collection of an Amateur [20825].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Vintage Comics and Comic Art [7073].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Animation Art [7052].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Rare Books internet bidding ends today [201308].

Fri. Feb. 22nd              Bonhams.  World War II:  The Pacific Theater [21082].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Vintage Comics and Comic Art [7073].

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Animation Art [7052].

Sat. Feb. 23rd              Artcurial Briest-Le Fur-Poulain-F. Tajan.  Comic Strips [20879].

                                    Cornette de Saint Cyr.  Comics and Illustration:  Michel Gourdon [20929].

                                    ERA Encheres.  Beautiful Books and Bindings [20683].
Eldred's.  Prints, Books [780]

Sun. Feb. 24th             Bonhams.  Books [20897].

Mon. Feb. 25th            Alde.  Ancient Books of the XIX Century – Political Economy [20982].

                                    Sothebys.  Hommage to Aldo Crommelynck:  from Picasso to George Condo [PF1334].

Tues. Feb. 26th           Cowan’s Auctions, Inc.  The World at War [346].

                                    Swann Galleries, Inc.  Fine Photographs and Photobooks [2304]

Wed. Feb 27th          Bloomsbury Auctions.  Beatrix Potter:  the Mark Ottignon Collection [36015].

Thurs. Feb. 28th         Ader.  Performing Arts:  Collection of a Belgian Amateur [20826]

                                    Bloomsbury Auctions.  Literature, Manuscripts and Modern First Books [36018]

                                    Heritage Auctions.  Rare Books internet bidding ends today [201309]

                                    PBA Galleries.  Golf  Books [501].

                                    Sothebys.  Fine Travel and Plate  Books:  A Private Collection [L13410]
      Swann Galleries, Inc.  Early Printed, Medical, Scientific and Travel Books [2305].

During the month of February all relevant lots in these sales will become searchable in the AE Unified Auction Search.  Once these sales end and as their results are posted – the link on the right side of all pages within the Upcoming Auctions section will be immediately accessible via the Recent Auctions Spreadsheet.

Rare Book Monthly

  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.

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