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Auction Update Review

Step by Step we move into spring

 

For the week ending Saturday February 1st, 2014 21 auctions were archived to the AED, 4 in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 15 in US dollars.  Seven thousand one hundred and sixty-seven lots were offered and 5,350 sold for a 75% success rate.  Turnover was $24,420,279.

 

<-- Dan Whitmore of Whitmore Rare Books, new member of the ABAA - showing at the San Francisco Book, Print and Paper Show this past weekend.

 

3 Auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Christies. Renaissance - Durer Print on January 29th: $14,066,000
Christies. FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES: GRAPHIC MASTERPIECES FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION on January 28th: $3,824,625
Guernseys. Audubon Engravings, Roger Tory Peterson Photographs on January 25th: $1,863,281

 

7 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:

Winter Associates. Doolittle Etchings on January 13th: 943.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Prints on January 27th: 168.53%
Christies. FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES: GRAPHIC MASTERPIECES FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION on January 28th: 156.77%
Bonhams. Entertainment Memorabilia on January 26th: 143.76%
Doyle New York. Prints on January 29th: 138.12%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Prints on January 24th: 127.33%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Collectors Sale - Ephemera on January 30th: 121.38%


16 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:

Winter Associates. Doolittle Etchings on January 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 1/19 on January 26th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Prints on January 27th: 100.00%
Doyle New York. Prints on January 29th: 100.00%
Christies. Renaissance - Durer Print on January 29th: 100.00%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Collectors Sale - Ephemera on January 30th: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera on January 26th: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera - MacDonald, Books-on-Books, Children's on January 5th: 100.00%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Prints on January 24th: 97.96%
Christies. FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES: GRAPHIC MASTERPIECES FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION on January 28th: 94.12%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 1/19 on January 26th: 93.08%
Sothebys. Important Americana on January 25th: 90.48%
Eldreds. Books, Prints, Photographs on January 25th: 90.24%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/23 on January 30th: 88.75%
Bonhams. Entertainment Memorabilia on January 26th: 82.15%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Historical Documents on January 29th: 81.82%


For the week ahead 16 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Feb. 3rd
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Prints. 2 lots

Tue. Feb. 4th
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fairfield. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints. 78 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 41 lots

Wed. Feb. 5th
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Prints. 39 lots
Autographes Encheres. Meinier. Autographs, Manuscripts, Ancient Books, Historical Memories, Photographs. 154 lots
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fairfield. Winter Antiques, Asian & Fine Art Auction. 54 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. British and Continental Old Master and Modern Prints. 110 lots

Thu. Feb. 6th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 1/30. 323 lots

Fri. Feb. 7th
Skinner. Boston. American and European Prints and Photography. 164 lots
ALDE. Paris. Books and Autographs. 305 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints - Internet bidstart 1/30. 20 lots

Sat. Feb. 8th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Prints. 2 lots

Sun. Feb. 9th
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Prints. 29 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Books and Manuscripts. 217 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 2/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 2/2. 

The 2 day San Francisco Book and Ephemera Fair wrapped up today and the results were luke-warm.  The material offered was very good and the Fort Mason location arguably the best, if not the largest, in San Francisco.  Serious collectors made appearances but the hoped for next generation was apparently home preparing for the Super Bowl.  The show turned out to be way more interesting.

 

Bruce McKinney

AE

  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD