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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Joseph F. Kernan, <i>College Football,</i> oil on canvas, <i>The Saturday Evening Post</i> cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Joseph C. Leyendecker, <i>Golfer Lighting a Cigarette,</i> oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Howard Chandler Christy, <i>In the Field,</i> charcoal & watercolor, published in <i>Scribner’s,</i> 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> N.C. Wyeth, <i>Standish Reading,</i> pen & ink, for <i>The Courtship of Miles Standish,</i> 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Johnanna Stewart Mapes, <i>A Fairy Book,</i> conté crayon, for <i>St. Nicholas Magazine,</i> 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for <i>The Frog & Toad Coloring Book,</i> 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Antonio Lopez, <i>Today’s Fashions,</i> study for <i>The New York Times,</i> 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Charles Schulz, <i>“I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…”</i> pen & ink, original 4-panel <i>Peanuts comic,</i> 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28:</b> Constantin Alajalov, <i>Family Tree,</i> watercolor and gouache, cover for <i>The New Yorker,</i> 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
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<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Schedel (Hartmann). <i>Liber Chronicarum,</i> first edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. £30,000 to £50,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> [Greek Orthodox Church].- <i>Menaion,</i> manuscript in Greek, on paper, in Greek letters, [Eastern Mediterranean], [c. 1400]. £5,000 to £7,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> 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><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Illuminated prayer book.- <i>Maria Carcer y Trigueros... Santa Misa y Oraciones,</i> illuminated manuscript in Spanish, on paper, [c. 1850]. £5,000 to £7,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Hardy (Thomas). <i>The Mayor of Casterbridge,</i> 2 vol., first edition in book form, original cloth, 1886. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> [Austen (Jane)]. <i>Emma: A Novel,</i> first edition, Printed for John Murray, 1816. £7,000 to £10,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Brontë (Charlotte). <i>Jane Eyre. An Autobiography,</i> 3 vol., first edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Cruikshank (George). <i>The Road to the Derby,</i> one of two proof copies, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1882. £600 to £800.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Meunier (Charles, binder).- Gruel (Leon). <i>Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures,</i> 2 vol., Paris, 1887.-1905. £3,000 to £4,000.<center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>28 January 2021</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). <i>The Work of Edward Burne-Jones,</i> edited by Philip Burne-Jones, one of 200 copies, [c.1900]. £4,000 to £6,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Nazraeli Press.- <i>Six by Six,</i> 36 vol. [a complete set], one of 100 sets, each with signed photograph, Portland, Or., 2010-16. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Freycinet. <i>Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes,</i> 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £6,000 to £8,000.
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Auction Update Review

The August Quiet
For the week ending Saturday August 3rd 11 auctions were archived to the AED; 8 in US dollars, 2 in British pounds, and I in euros. In what is supposed to be a quiet week $10,311,004 of material sold. Four thousand four hundred and nine lots were offered and 3,846 sold for an 87% success rate. Heritage had all the million dollar plus sales. The rules are changing.
Three sales saw their totals reach a million dollars:
Heritage [HA.com]. Vintage Comics and Comic Art on August 1st: $6,712,102
Heritage [HA.com]. Movie Posters on July 27th: $1,829,179
Heritage [HA.com]. Illustration Art on July 30th: $1,387,887
Four sales saw the sales totals exceed 100% of the total of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Heritage [HA.com]. Movie Posters on July 27th: 164%
Heritage [HA.com]. Illustration Art on July 30th: 157%
Bonhams. Prints on July 31st: 120%
Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver. Books on June 29th: 114%
Heritage’s Vintage Comics and Comic Art, the biggest reported event this week was sold alfresco, that is, without estimates.
Eight of the reported sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Carlsen Gallery. Prints on May 7th: 100%
Carlsen Gallery. Prints, Photographs on June 2nd: 100%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Vintage Comics and Comic Art on August 1st: 100%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Illustration Art on July 30th: 97%
Bonhams. Prints on July 31st: 96%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books online bidding ended August 1st: 95%
Heritage Auctions [HA.com], Movie Posters on July 27th: 94%
Bonhams. Prints, Books on July 28th: 83%
For the week ahead 11 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Aug. 5
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Prints [1332a]. 3 lots
Tues. Aug. 6
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern Prints [1332b]. 42 lots
Rupert Toovey and Co. Photographs, Autographs, Printed and Manuscript Ephemera [1141]. 137 lots
Wed, Aug. 7
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Books and Manuscripts [253]. 394 lots.
Rupert Toovey and Co. Prints [1147]. 61 lots
Swann Galleries. Vintage Posters [2321]. 438 lots
Thurs. Aug. 8
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books. Internet bidding ending today [201332]. 221 lots
PBA Galleries. Fine Books in all Fields [512]. 557 lots
Sat. Aug. 10
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Photographs [81013].
Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Entertainment and Music Memorabilia [7081]. 326 lots
Sun. Aug. 11
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Photographs [81013].
We are in the quiet period of the year but the sales are continuing to be strong. It’s a different world.
AE