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Auction Update Review

M-Rare Book Hub: 112 Auctions Archived, another 20 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended 19 December, 112 auctions have been archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transactions+: 2 denominated in Australian dollars, 30 in euros, 10 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, 2 in New Zealand dollars, 3 in Polish zloty, 1 in Swedish krona, and 63 in US dollars.

 

 

 

Turnover was $36,178,199.17. The average lot brought $2,520.60. Eighteen thousand and fifty-nine lots were offered and 14,353 found new homes. For the week, 79.48% of all lots offered were sold.

 

 

 

This report includes this past week’s Top 25s for 14 categories, full details for this past week’s sales, as well as a full listing of the upcoming week’s 20 sales.

 

 

 

Start by clicking on the tabs for the Top 25s. They are live!

 

 

Best wishes for a good week!

Bruce McKinney

 

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Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah, Spain c. 1300 on December 17th Actual price: USD $1,514,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Pokemon Charizard 4 1st Edition Base Set PSA Trading Card Game Gem Mint 10 (Wizards of the Coast, 1999) Rare, Holo. on December 13th Actual price: USD $550,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions Pokemon Trophy Pikachu No. 1 Trainer 2nd Tournament PSA Trading Card Game Mint 9 (Media Factory, 1998) Holo. on December 13th Actual price: USD $450,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Pokemon "Pikachu" Illustrator Unnumbered Promo CoroCoro Comics CGC Trading Card Game Mint 9 (The Pokemon Company, 1998). on December 13th Actual price: USD $325,000.
  5. Sothebys Ce livre contient ung petit traicte de Alkimie tourne de langue hebraique en langue francoyse on December 17th Actual price: USD $298,128.
  6. Sothebys Eusebiou tou Pamphilou Euangelikes proparaskeues bib. pente kai deka on December 17th Actual price: USD $298,128.
  7. Sothebys Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du songe de Poliphile, deduisant comme Amour le combat a l'occasion de Polia on December 17th Actual price: USD $298,128.
  8. Heritage Auctions Pokemon VS Tropical Mega Battle Complete English Deck PSA Graded Trading Card Game (The Pokemon Company, 2001-2002). on December 13th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions Pokemon Trophy Pikachu No. 2 Trainer 1st Tournament PSA Trading Card Game NM-MT 8 (Media Factory, 1997) Holo. on December 13th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  10. Sothebys Perspicacissimi speculatoris ac summi paripathetici Iohannis de Ianduno Questiones in duodecim libros metaphysice ad intentionem Aristotelis et magni commentatoris Auerrois subtilissime disputate. Solertis artium doctoris Marciantonij Zimara annotationes on December 17th Actual price: USD $268,315.
  11. Heritage Auctions The Lord of the Rings: comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. on December 15th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  12. Ader Illustrated folio of Akbar's Hamzanameh, probably volume 6 on December 18th Actual price: USD $243,909.
  13. Sothebys Complete Cycle of Haftarot (Prophetic Readings), [Spain, 14th century] on December 17th Actual price: USD $241,300.
  14. Sothebys The Freedman's Primer; or First Reader. on December 16th Actual price: USD $241,300.
  15. Heritage Auctions Pokemon Trophy Pikachu No. 1 Trainer 1st Tournament PSA Trading Card Game EX 5 (Media Factory, 1997) Holo. on December 13th Actual price: USD $237,500.
  16. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Limited Edition (Beta) Open Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1993) . on December 13th Actual price: USD $237,500.
  17. Heritage Auctions Pokemon Trophy Pikachu No. 3 Trainer 1st Tournament PSA Trading Card Game NM 7 (Media Factory, 1997) Holo. on December 13th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions Magic: The Gathering Arabian Nights Sealed Booster Box (Wizards of the Coast, 1993). on December 13th Actual price: USD $218,750.
  19. Sothebys A Rare Monumental Ashkenazic Torah Scroll, [Northern Italy, ca. 1400] on December 17th Actual price: USD $215,900.
  20. Sothebys AN IMPORTANT ESTHER SCROLL, WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ARYEH LEIB BEN DANIEL OF GORAY, ITALY, CIRCA 1740 on December 17th Actual price: USD $215,900.
  21. Sothebys Hystoria Jasonis, Thessaliae principis, de Colchica velleris aurei expeditione, cum figuris aere excusis earumque expositione, versibus priscorum poetarum on December 17th Actual price: USD $208,689.
  22. Heritage Auctions Nobel Prize Medal in Chemistry for his development of Molecular Orbital Theory. on December 15th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  23. Sothebys Hebrew Bible printed on parchment, Naples, 1492 on December 17th Actual price: USD $190,500.
  24. Arenberg Auctions [Manuscript map - Europe] "Les Paiis Bas ou La Basse Alemainge on December 13th Actual price: USD $183,089.
  25. Sothebys [Le Fort inexpugnable de l'honneur du Sexe Femenin, construit par Francoys de Billon Secretaire] on December 17th Actual price: USD $178,877.
  • <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>These are the Times that Try Men's Souls. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$152,900. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>The First Printed Work on Political Economy. Sold for US$127,000. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>Signed Lincoln Photograph with Son Tad. Sold for US$76,700. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>First Expanded Edition of Common Sense. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$76,700. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>Presentation Copy of Hemmingway's First Book. Sold for US$70,350. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>St. John's Gospel on Vellum, A Fragment in Greek, 5th Century. Sold for US$70,350. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>Only A Handful of Surviving Copies. Joyce, James. Ulysses. Sold for US$58,880. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>A Pivotal Step in Einstein's Development of General Relativity. Sold for US$51,200. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sold for US$56,320. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>Joyce's Annotated Typescript Draft for Finnegan's Wake. Sold for US$48,640. <b>Bonhams: Consign With Us Today</b><br>One of 30 Pre-Publication Copies, Inscribed by Hemingway to Spencer Tracy, Who Played "The Old Man". Sold for US$83,050.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    These are the Times that Try Men's Souls. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$152,900.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    The First Printed Work on Political Economy. Sold for US$127,000.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    Signed Lincoln Photograph with Son Tad. Sold for US$76,700.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    First Expanded Edition of Common Sense. Paine, Thomas. Sold for US$76,700.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    Presentation Copy of Hemmingway's First Book. Sold for US$70,350.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    St. John's Gospel on Vellum, A Fragment in Greek, 5th Century. Sold for US$70,350.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    Only A Handful of Surviving Copies. Joyce, James. Ulysses. Sold for US$58,880.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    A Pivotal Step in Einstein's Development of General Relativity. Sold for US$51,200.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sold for US$56,320.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    Joyce's Annotated Typescript Draft for Finnegan's Wake. Sold for US$48,640.
    Bonhams: Consign With Us Today
    One of 30 Pre-Publication Copies, Inscribed by Hemingway to Spencer Tracy, Who Played "The Old Man". Sold for US$83,050.
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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