Auction Update Review: The Quiet before the Storm | The Week ending September 29 ,2012 « Rare Book Hub - Rare Books, Book Auctions, Antiquarian Book Collecting

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Manuel Orazi, La Maison Moderne, 1900. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Maxfield Parrish, The Century, Midsummer Holiday Number, 1897. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Alphonse Mucha, Medee, Sarah Bernhardt, 1898. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: H.A. Volodimer, Grand Prix d’Endurance de 24 Heures, 1923. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Aldo Mazza, Vini d’Italia, circa 1920. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Leonetto Cappiello, l’Oie d’Or, circa 1930. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: James Bond Does It Everywhere in “Thunderball!” designer unknown, 1965. $1,500 to $2,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Emil Cardinaux, Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, 1920. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Joseph C. Leyendecker, “Contour” Arrow Form-Fit Collars, 1917. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Sascha Maurer, Ski at Lake Placid, 1938. $2,500 to $3,500.
<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.

Auction Update Review

The Quiet before the Storm

For the week ending Saturday September 29^th, 2012 15 auctions were archived to the AED, 3 in US dollars, 3 in Swiss francs, 2 in British pounds, 1 in Canadian dollars and 6 in euros. Five thousand five hundred and ninety-six lots were offered and 3,777 sold for a 67.5% success rate. Total turnover was $4,547,571 or 73% of the high estimate of all lots offered.

No sales, looking exclusively at their book, manuscript, map and ephemera lots, sold a million dollars of material. Of course, the Brook Astor Sale at Sotheby’s realized $19 million but only 29 of the 902 lots were in the categories AE encompasses. These lots realized $237,193.

Four sales reached 100% of the total of the high estimates for all lots offered:

Sothebys. Property from the Estate of Brook Astor on September 24^th: 193%

Ferraton. Books, Autographs and Manuscripts on September 21^st: 125%

Dorotheum. Modern Prints on September 26^th: 120%

Bonhams. Printed Books and Maps on September 25^th: 115%

Four sales sold at least 80% of their lots:

Sotheby’s. Property from the Estate of Brook Astor on September 24^th: 93%

Bonhams. Printed Books and Maps on September 25^th: 92%

Christie’s. Collection of Helene Rochas: 85%

Ferraton. Books, Autographs and Manuscripts on September 21^st: 82%

For the week ahead 36 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Oct. 1^st Bruun Rasmussen. Books, 227 lots. [1240]

Tues. Oct. 2^nd Bonhams. Early Printing and English Books, 285 lots. [20412]

Map World. Antique Maps, 70 lots. [5]

Swann Galleries. Printed & Manuscript Americana, 528 lots. [2287]

Wed. Oct. 3^rd Lyon and Turnbull. International Sale: Prints, 2 lots. [360]

Map World. Antique Maps, 70 lots. [5]

Sotheby’s. Photographs, 270 lots. [NO8885]

Thurs. Oct. 4^th Bloomsbury Auctions. Red China. [35982]

Christie’s. Photographs. [2586]

Christie’s. Posters with a Purpose: The London Transport Museum Sale. [6934]

Christie’s. Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds. [5708]

Christie’s. Richard Avedon Photographs. [2650]

Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Historical Manuscripts, 468 lots. [6084]

Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books, 960. [6091]

Kapandji Morhange. Antiquarian and Modern Books. [13920]

Knotty Pine Auction Service. Ephemera, Advertising and Estate Books. [100412]

Map World. Antique Maps, 70 lots. [5]

Swann Galleries. Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian. [10412]

Swann Galleries. Fine Photographs & Photobooks. [2288]

Waddington’s. Public Enemy: US DOJ and FBI Wanted Posters and Related Ephemera – Internet Sale. [100112]

Fri. Oct. 5^th Alde. Library of Lucien Choudin; Books of Voltaire. [19717]

Bloomsbury Auctions. Bibliophile. [35984]

Christie’s. Photographs. [2586]

Christie’s. Photographs. [2650]

Christie’s. Art of Islam. [6945]

Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Historical Manuscripts. [6084]

Heritage Auctions [HA.COM]. Rare Books, 960 items. [6091]

Kapandji Morhange. Antiquarian and Modern Books. [13920]

Kiefer – Buch – and – Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and Ancient Arts, Antiques, 8074 items. [82]

Map World. Antique Maps. [5]

Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Jewish books, maps, manuscripts, ketubbot, art books. [43]

Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Modern Illustrated Books Auction, 486 items. [44]

Sat. Oct. 6^th Coutau-Begarie. Comic Strips. [100612]

ERA Encheres. Books. [19693]

Kiefer – Buch – und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques. [82]

Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Rare books and manuscripts auction, 808 lots. [45].

Bruce McKinney

September 30^th, 2012

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