-
<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>January Auction<br>January 23, 2021</b><b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> AUDUBON, John James. <i>Carolina Parrot, Plate 26.</i> London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $125,000 to $175,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> AUDUBON, John James. <i>Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81.</i> London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $145,000 to $175,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> AUDUBON, John James. <i>Brown Pelican, Plate 421.</i> London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $75,000 to $100,000.<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>January Auction<br>January 23, 2021</b><b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> DE BRY, Johann Theodore, attributed to. Pair of Watercolor studies of Tulips. $40,000 to $60,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> FUERTES, Louis Agassiz. <i>Alaskan Brown Bear.</i> Watercolor and gouache on board. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> HILL, Thomas. <i>Big Trees.</i> Oil on canvas. c. 1903. $40,000 to $60,000.<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>January Auction<br>January 23, 2021</b><b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of Kangaroos.</i> London: by the author, August 1st 1841-May 1st 1842. $40,000 to $60,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America.</i> London: Richard and John E. Taylor for the Author, [1844]-1850. $15,000 to $20,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> JANSSONIUS, Joannes. <i>Atlantis majoris quinta pars, orbem maritimum seu omnium marium…</i> Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1652. $50,000 to $80,000.<center><b>Arader Galleries<br>January Auction<br>January 23, 2021</b><b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> DONCKER, Hendrik. <i>De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Waereld, vertoonende alle de Zee-Kusten van het bekende deel des Aerd-Bodems.</i> Amsterdam: Henrick Doncker, [1658-1665]. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> BURR, David. <i>Map of the City and County of New York with the Adjacent Country.</i> Engraved map with original hand color. Ithaca, NY: Stone & Clark, 1839. $9,000 to $12,000.<b>Arader Galleries, Jan. 23:</b> CURRIER, Nathaniel and IVES, James Merritt. <i>The City of New York.</i> Lithograph with original hand color. New York: Currier & Ives, 1884. $15,000 to $20,000.
-
-
<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.
-
<b><center>Christie’s<br>Paul Destribats:<br>Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes<br>Part III<br>2-3 and 4 February 2021</b><b><center>Christie’s<br>Paul Destribats:<br>Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes<br>Part III<br>2-3 and 4 February 2021</b><b><center>Christie’s<br>Paul Destribats:<br>Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes<br>Part III<br>2-3 and 4 February 2021</b>
Auction Update Review

A new auction starts every 4 hours and 54 minutes this week
For the week ending Saturday October 19th 23 auctions were archived to the AED: 15 denominated in US dollars, 2 in British pounds and 6 in euros. Turnover was $10,682,345. Six thousand seven hundred and eighty lots were offered and 5,659 sold for an 83% success rate.
Five sales saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on October 16th: $2,018,459
Heritage Auctions. Manuscripts on October 17th: $1,652,732
Ader. Letters and Original Manuscripts on June 27th: $1,448,773
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on October 19th: $1,106,359
Swann Galleries. Fine Photographs and Photo-books on October 17th
Three sales saw total proceeds exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Ader. Letters and Original Manuscripts on June 27th: 142%
ERA Encheres. Ancient Books and Manuscripts on September 14th: 120%
Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on October 16th:
Eleven sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Doyle New York. Prints on October 16th: 100%
Heritage Auctions. Comics – internet bidding ended October 13th: 100%
Waverly Auctions. Rare Books on September 19th: 97%
Heritage Auctions. Manuscripts on October 17th: 94%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books on October 17th: 93%
Heritage Auctions. Posters – internet bidding ended October 13th: 93%
ERA Encheres. Ancient Books and Manuscript on September 14th: 90%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Prints on October 14th: 82%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books – internet bidding ended October 17th: 82%
Ader. Letters and Original Manuscripts on June 27th: 81%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on October 14th: 80%
For the week ahead, 34 sales covering 8,261 lots are scheduled:
Mon. Oct. 21st
Bruun Rasmussen – Copenhagen. 13 lots
Tues. Oct. 22nd
Bonhams – San Francisco. Prints [21014]. 321 lots
Cowans Auctions – Cincinnati. Militaria [102313]. 4 lots
Sothebys – Paris. Bibliotheque des ducs de Luynes, Chateau de Dampierre – Seconde Partie [PF1333]. 314 lots
Bruun Rasmussen – Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints [1343b]. 57 lots
Christies – New York. Prints [2775]. 5 lots
Wed. Oct. 23rd
Morton Casa de Subastas. Books from a Collection, Historical Documents, Prints and Photographs [686]. 287 lots
Thurs. Oct. 24th
Aspire Auctions. Books, Maps, Manuscripts, Prints [328]. 121 lots
RR Auction - Amherst. Autographs [417]. 230 lots
Swann Galleries – New York [2327]. Art, Press, and Illustrated Books [2327]. 323 lots
Pierre Berge and Associes – Paris. Autographs and Manuscripts [16855]. 230 lots
Alde – Paris. Michel Wittock Collection. Part Five. Bonaparte, First Consul to Napoleon III, Emperor [22889]. 125 lots
Dorotheum – Vienna. Prints [102413]. 71 lots
PBA Galleries – San Francisco. Fine Americana – Travel – Maps and Views [518]. 549 lots
Heritage Auctions – Dallas [HA.com]. Rare Books – internet bidding ending today. 382 lots
Artcurial – Paris. Francois Shuitten – 30 Original Works [2429]. 30 lots
Hauff and Auvermann – Berlin – Wilmersdorf. Part I: Rare Books, Autographs and Engravings [71a]. 1,103 lots
Fri. Oct. 25th
Aspire Auctions. Books, Maps, Manuscripts, Prints [328]. 121 lots
Alde – Paris. Berkman Library and Kahnweiler from an English Collection. Books by Painters, Sculptors … [22891]. 178 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions – Lee’s Summit. Prints; Benton Lithographs [102513]. 65 lots
Gonnelli Casa D’Aste – Firenze. Manuscripts, Autographs & Books – Day 1 [13a]. 399 lots
Hauff and Auvermann – Berlin – Wilmersdorf. Part II: Rare Books, Autographs and Engravings [71b]. 488 lots
Hauff and Auvermann – Berlin – Wilmersdorf. Part III: Modern and Contemporary Art [71c]. 361 lots
Sat. Oct. 26th
Heritage Auctions – New York [HA.com]. Illustration Art [5146].
Blacksparrow – Sun Valley. Dr. Shocker’s Auction of Horror [102613]. 126 lots
Christies – Paris. Dagny and Runnqvist, Bonnier Gallery, A Century of Passion and Artistic Commitment [3536]. 189 lots
Northeast Auctions – Portsmouth. Fall Weekend Sale – Prints [102613]. 29 lots
Gonelli Casa D’Aste – Firenze. Manuscripts, Autographs & Books Day 2 [13b]. 420 lots
Knotty Pine Auction Service – West Swanzey. Fall Americana & Estate Books [102613]. 341 lots
Hauff and Auvermann – Berlin – Wilmersdorf. Part IV: Modern Literature, Posters, Photography [71d]. 693 lots
Hauff and Auvermann – Berlin – Wilmersdorf. Part V: Erotica [71e]. 367 lots
Sun. Oct. 27th
Northeast Auctions – Portsmouth. Fall Weekend Sale – Prints [102613]. 29 lots
Heritage Auctions – Dallas [HA.com]. Comics – internet bidding ending today [121343].
Heritage Auctions – Dallas. Posters – internet bidding ending today.
This week there is a new sale, on average, every 4 hours and 54 minutes. It’s busy.
Bruce McKinney
AE