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<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.
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

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

<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.
<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