Auction Update Review

Into the High Season

 

For the week ending Saturday March 22nd 28 auctions were archived to the AED; 8 in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 15 in US dollars.  Turnover was $20,818,113 as 7,348 lots were offered and 5,673 sold for a 77% success rate.  It was a strong week.

<--- A chance to own a rare autograph book of 19th century famous men - offered by One of a Kind Collectibles sale ending on the 28th!  The image is a live link.

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on March 18th: $3,810,463
Christies. Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 19th: $3,461,500
Christies. James Ensor Prints - The Mira Jacob Collection on March 19th: $1,302,866
Bonhams. Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs on March 19th: $1,111,050

9 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:

RR Auction. Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph - bidstart 2/21 on March 12th: 329.30%
Beaussant Lefevre. Books and Manuscripts on March 12th: 164.47%
Dorotheum . Automobilia on March 18th: 160.34%
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Prints, Books, Maps on March 18th: 154.80%
Christies. Japanese and Korean Art - Prints on March 18th: 149.60%
Christies. James Ensor Prints - The Mira Jacob Collection on March 19th: 138.77%
Bonhams. Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs on March 19th: 133.11%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Ancient and Modern Books on March 19th: 124.21%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Estate of Harold K. Hill Antiques - Prints, Books on March 15th: 117.34%


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

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Estate of Harold K. Hill Antiques - Prints, Books on March 15th: 100.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Master Prints on March 17th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/9 on March 16th: 99.28%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 3/9 on March 16th: 93.75%
Christies. James Ensor Prints - The Mira Jacob Collection on March 19th: 91.56%
Bonhams. Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs on March 19th: 88.99%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Ancient and Modern Books on March 19th: 88.65%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/13 on March 20th: 87.90%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 18th: 87.34%
Beaussant Lefevre. Books and Manuscripts on March 12th: 87.31%
Christies. Japanese and Korean Art - Prints on March 18th: 86.27%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples on March 18th: 85.23%
Paige Auction. Collectors Sale - Ephemera on March 18th: 81.48%
Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Prints, Books, Maps on March 18th: 80.44%
Heritage Auctions. Texana on March 15th: 80.17%

For the week ahead 36 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 24th
Peter Arnold. Prahran VIC . Rare Books, Maps, Prints and Manuscripts. 328 lots

Tue. Mar. 25th
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs I. Literature. 391 lots
Bonhams. Oxford . Printed Books, Maps and Photographs. 737 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Prints. 11 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs II. Science. 163 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs III. Fine Arts. 85 lots

Wed. Mar. 26th
Sothebys. Paris. Curiosity: A Modern Look. 6 lots
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. Prints. 52 lots
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Books. 337 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs IV. Music. 233 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs V. Theatre and Film. 12 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs VI. History. 318 lots

Thu. Mar. 27th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 503 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books - Day 1. 629 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 493 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed & Manuscript African Americana. 598 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Americana - Trave - Maps and Views. 645 lots
Sothebys. London. Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part I, A-C. 350 lots
Morton Casa de Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Antiquarian Books and Documents. 343 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/20. 431 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinic Letters. 425 lots

Fri. Mar. 28th
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Books, Graphics, Autographs. 731 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books - Day 2. 178 lots
ALDE. Paris. Original Editions, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. 359 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints - Bidstart 3/21. 13 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Old Master Prints. 175 lots

Sat. Mar. 29th
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Modern Art Graphics. 421 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comic Strips, Original Prints, Albums By-Products. 722 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Print, Books and Photographs. 587 lots
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. The Spirit of the 20th Century. 89 lots
Alain and Evelyne Morel de Westgaver. 1050 Bruxelles. Books and Ephemera. 516 lots
Blacksparrow. Sun Valley. Monterpalooza Charity Auction - Memorabilia. 53 lots
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Posters, Photographs and Prints. 467 lots

Sun. Mar. 30th
Bonhams. San Francisco. Prints. 12 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/23.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 3/23.

It's a busy week and there are busier weeks ahead.

 

Bruce McKinney

AE

 

  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000