Auction Update Review: The August Quiet | The Week ending August 3 ,2013 « 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.
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<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>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.

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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.

Auction Update Review

The August Quiet

For the week ending Saturday August 3^rd 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 1^st: $6,712,102

Heritage [HA.com]. Movie Posters on July 27^th: $1,829,179

Heritage [HA.com]. Illustration Art on July 30^th: $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 27^th: 164%

Heritage [HA.com]. Illustration Art on July 30^th: 157%

Bonhams. Prints on July 31^st: 120%

Alain & Evelyne Morel de Westgaver. Books on June 29^th: 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 7^th: 100%

Carlsen Gallery. Prints, Photographs on June 2^nd: 100%

Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Vintage Comics and Comic Art on August 1^st: 100%

Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Illustration Art on July 30^th: 97%

Bonhams. Prints on July 31^st: 96%

Heritage Auctions [HA.com]. Rare Books online bidding ended August 1^st: 95%

Heritage Auctions [HA.com], Movie Posters on July 27^th: 94%

Bonhams. Prints, Books on July 28^th: 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.

Bruce McKinney

<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.

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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.
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 20. Mrs S. C. Belnos. The Sundhya or the Daily Prayers of the Brahmins, 1st edition, 1851. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 20. Sir Harry Darell. China, India, Cape of Good Hope and Vicinity, 1st edition, 1852. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 20. Scots Magazine, 61 volumes, 1739-1800. With important maps of North America. £1,500 to £2,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, 1st edition, 1953. £10,000 to £15,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Virginia Woolf. Really and Truly, 1915. Autograph confessions book. £4,000 to £6,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies, 1st edition, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. J. R. R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed on Old English, with corrected typescript. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Lewis Carroll. The Hunting of the Snark, 1st edition, 1876. Presentation copy. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Essex House Press. Poems of William Shakespeare, 1899. One of 450 copies. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Lafcadio Hearn. A Japanese Miscellany, 1st edition, 1901. Presentation copy. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas, 1st UK edition, 1873. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st edition, 1844. Original cloth binding. £800 to £1,200.