Auction Update Review: Everything but the fireworks | The Week ending June 23 ,2012 « Rare Book Hub - Rare Books, Book Auctions, Antiquarian Book Collecting

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph F. Kernan, College Football, oil on canvas, The Saturday Evening Post cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph C. Leyendecker, Golfer Lighting a Cigarette, oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Howard Chandler Christy, In the Field, charcoal & watercolor, published in Scribner’s, 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: N.C. Wyeth, Standish Reading, pen & ink, for The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Johnanna Stewart Mapes, A Fairy Book, conté crayon, for St. Nicholas Magazine, 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for The Frog & Toad Coloring Book, 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Antonio Lopez, Today’s Fashions, study for The New York Times, 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Charles Schulz, “I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…” pen & ink, original 4-panel Peanuts comic, 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Constantin Alajalov, Family Tree, watercolor and gouache, cover for The New Yorker, 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021

<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021

<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021
<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Rare 1778 Engraved map of Colonial Philadelphia after George Heap (1714-1752) and Nicholas Scull (1687-1761). $10,000 to $12,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Author signed and inscribed THE FOUNTAINHEAD, stated First Edition, by Ayn Rand, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, New York, 1943. $2,000 to $2,400.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) hand-colored aquatint engraving, "Yellow-billed Magpie, Stellers Jay, Ultramarine Jay and Clark's Crow," Plate Number CCCLXII. $1,800 to $2,200.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) autograph letter, signed, as President, to Nathan Reid detailing Jackson’s intervention on behalf of Reid's grandson. $1,800 to $2,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Edward Steichen (Luxembourg/American, 1879-1973) portfolio of photographs, "The Early Years 1900-1927, 12 Hand-Gravure Prints" #41/1000, printed in 1981. $1,400 to $1,600.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, TLS, one-page typed letter on The White House, Washington, D.C., stationary to John Marshall Butler. $1,400 to $1,600.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Two Pre-Civil War slave related letters, including one written by Mariah, a female domestic slave of James Vincent Musgrove (1814-1890) to her daughter. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Two author signed and inscribed Ayn Rand related books, including one Rand signed WE THE LIVING, London 1940 edition. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: PLAN DE LA VILLE DE MEMPHIS (ETATS-UNIS) 40,000 HABITANTS pen and ink with watercolor hand drawn drainage system map, circa 1870. $700 to $900.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Scarce Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Pownall, Colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1757-1760) and South Carolina (1760). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: VIEW OF NORFOLK FROM COSPORT, VIRGINIA, John Hill, engraver, after John Shaw (U.K., 1776-1832). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: THE BURNING OF THE MERCHANT'S EXCHANGE, NEW YORK CITY -THE GREAT FIRE OF DECEMBER, 1835. Scarce color lithograph, a 1909 reissue of the original 1836 print. $500 to $700.
<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

Auction Update Review

Everything but the fireworks

For the week ending Saturday June 23^rd 29 auctions were archived; 6 in British pounds, 9 in euros, 1 in Mexican pesos and 13 in US dollars. Ten thousand one hundred and fifty-six lots were offered and 6,963 sold for a 68.6% success rate. A single lot, George Washington’s personally annotated copy of the [US] Constitution, Bill of Rights and other key acts of the first Congress in 1789 brought $9,826,500 at Christie’s against its high estimate of $3,000,000. Sales for all lots totaled $20,864,959, 112% of the high estimate of all lots offered. It was, on its face, a good week that also provided evidence of broad weakness.

The following auctions exceeded 100% of the total of their high estimates:

Christie’s. George Washington’s Personal Copy of the first Acts of Congress in 1789 on
June 22^nd: 328%

Osenat. The French Empire at Fontainbleau on June 10th: 236%

Henri Godts Books & Prints. Books from the 16^th to 20^th Centuries on June 16th: 219%

Ader. Letters and Manuscripts, Autographs, Collection of E. H. and diverses on June 14th: 218%

Rupert Toovey. Prints on June 13^th: 171%

Gonelli Casa d’Aste. Prints on June 14^th: 138%

Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Children’s & Illustrated Books, Antique Toys and Games on June 21^st: 132%

Christie’s. Books on June 19^th: 107%

Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 20^th: 101%

The following auctions realized more than $1,000,000 in total sales:

Christie’s. George Washington’s Personal Copy of the first Acts of Congress in 1789 on June 22^nd: $9,826,500

Christie’s. Books and Manuscripts on June 22^nd: $1,961,725

Christie’s. Books on June 19^th: $1,161,699

Swann Galleries. American Art / Contemporary Art on June 14^th: $1,076,559

The following sales sold at least 80% of their lots:

Christie’s. George Washington’s Personal Copy of the first Acts of Congress in 1789 on June 22^nd: 100%

Heritage Auctions. Rare Books – Internet auctioned June 21^st: 97%

Clars Auction Gallery. Art and German Literature Books on June 16^th: 94%

Ader. Letters and Manuscripts, Autographs, Collection of E. H. and diverses on June 14th: 93%

Swann Galleries. 19^th & 20^th Century Literature on June 21^st: 89%

Pierre Berge & Associates. Archeology on June 1^st: 88%

Rupert Toovey. Prints on May 16^th: 86%

Osenat. The French Empire at Fontainbleau on June 10th: 84%

Swann Galleries. American Art / Contemporary Art on June 14^th: 84%

For the week ahead 19 sales are scheduled:

Tuesday June 26^th Bonhams. Books [20138]. 738 lots

Robert A. Siegel. Rarities of the World [1025]. 5 selected lots

Wed. June 27^th Gray’s Auctioneers. Decorative Arts [58]. 43 lots

Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art [5087]. 878 lots

Thursday June 28^th Ader. Letters, Manuscripts, Autographs [19473]. 393 lots.

Aguttes. Books, Ancient Documents and Stamps [18567]. 209 lots

Aguttes. Books [19337]. 39 lots

Bloomsbury Auctions. Modern and Contemporary Prints [35934]. 422 lots

Cowan’s Auctions. American History – Internet bidstart 6/21 [263]. 355 lots

Eldred’s. Fine and Decorative Arts [750]. 51 lots

Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art [5087]. 878 lots

Heritage Auctions. Rare Books. Internet bidstart 6/21. 433 lots

Neret – Minet & Tessier. Militaria [13402]. 36 items

Swann Galleries. Discovery Sale [2283]. 333 lots

Friday June 29^th Eldred’s. Fine and Decorative Arts [750]. 51 lots

Saturday June 30^th Dirk Soulis. Important Railroadiana [53987]. 61 lots

Neal Auction Company. Prints [63012]. 56 lots.

Sunday July 1^st Amsterdam Book Auctions. Curios, Books, Comics, Art [19]. 696 lots

Neal Auction Company. Prints [63012]. 56 lots.

With summer now underway and the auctions still in full advance we are experiencing a rare auction season, a busy and solid flow of sales that will run through July. At this point there are 48 events on the July calendar and inevitably more to be scheduled.

Bruce McKinney
AE
June 24th, 2012

<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Carolina Parrot, Plate 26. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $125,000 to $175,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $145,000 to $175,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Brown Pelican, Plate 421. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $75,000 to $100,000.

<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: DE BRY, Johann Theodore, attributed to. Pair of Watercolor studies of Tulips. $40,000 to $60,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: FUERTES, Louis Agassiz. Alaskan Brown Bear. Watercolor and gouache on board. $10,000 to $15,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: HILL, Thomas. Big Trees. Oil on canvas. c. 1903. $40,000 to $60,000.

<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of Kangaroos. London: by the author, August 1st 1841-May 1st 1842. $40,000 to $60,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America. London: Richard and John E. Taylor for the Author, [1844]-1850. $15,000 to $20,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: JANSSONIUS, Joannes. Atlantis majoris quinta pars, orbem maritimum seu omnium marium… Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1652. $50,000 to $80,000.

<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: DONCKER, Hendrik. De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Waereld, vertoonende alle de Zee-Kusten van het bekende deel des Aerd-Bodems. Amsterdam: Henrick Doncker, [1658-1665]. $80,000 to $120,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: BURR, David. Map of the City and County of New York with the Adjacent Country. Engraved map with original hand color. Ithaca, NY: Stone & Clark, 1839. $9,000 to $12,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: CURRIER, Nathaniel and IVES, James Merritt. The City of New York. Lithograph with original hand color. New York: Currier & Ives, 1884. $15,000 to $20,000.
<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Schedel (Hartmann). Liber Chronicarum, first edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. £30,000 to £50,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Greek Orthodox Church].- Menaion, manuscript in Greek, on paper, in Greek letters, [Eastern Mediterranean], [c. 1400]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: American Revolution.- Loyalist's cow powder horn, engraved with the cypher "GR" for George III surmounted by a crown, an inscription, and on reverse an engraving of the "North River" [Hudson River], 1777. £5,000 to £7,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Illuminated prayer book.- Maria Carcer y Trigueros... Santa Misa y Oraciones, illuminated manuscript in Spanish, on paper, [c. 1850]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Hardy (Thomas). The Mayor of Casterbridge, 2 vol., first edition in book form, original cloth, 1886. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Austen (Jane)]. Emma: A Novel, first edition, Printed for John Murray, 1816. £7,000 to £10,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Brontë (Charlotte). Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, 3 vol., first edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Cruikshank (George). The Road to the Derby, one of two proof copies, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1882. £600 to £800.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Meunier (Charles, binder).- Gruel (Leon). Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures, 2 vol., Paris, 1887.-1905. £3,000 to £4,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). The Work of Edward Burne-Jones, edited by Philip Burne-Jones, one of 200 copies, [c.1900]. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Nazraeli Press.- Six by Six, 36 vol. [a complete set], one of 100 sets, each with signed photograph, Portland, Or., 2010-16. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £6,000 to £8,000.