Auction Update Review

The Market Firms

 

 

For the week ending Saturday April 19th 36 auctions were archived to the AED; 17 in euros, 7 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, and 10 in US dollars.  Turnover was $10,575,611 as 10,139 lots were offered and 7,140 sold for a 70% success rate.

1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs I. Literature on March 25th: $1,201,667

<--- Robert Indiana [B. 1928].  Chosen Love at Christies April 23-24.  Print and Multiples Sale 2842.  Estimated $3,000 to $5,000

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

<--- Group of 10 documents relating to Cuba.  Lot 237.  PBA - Sale 531 Fine Americana on April 24th.  Estimate $250 to $350

JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs I. Literature on March 25th: 168.44%
Ferraton. Posters, Photographs and Prints on March 29th: 156.06%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs III. Fine Arts on March 25th: 145.28%
Kedem Auction. Objects - Manuscripts, Books, Prints on February 26th: 131.95%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs VI. History on March 26th: 117.20%
Carlsen Gallery. Spring Sale - Prints on April 6th: 114.28%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs II. Science on March 25th: 111.19%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs IV. Music on March 26th: 109.04%
Cowans Auctions. Americana - Prints, Ephemera on April 12th: 107.62%
Bonhams. The Scottish Sale on April 16th: 104.33%
Kedem Auction. Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinic Letters on April 2nd: 101.16%


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

Carlsen Gallery. Spring Sale - Prints on April 6th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet Bidstart 4/6 on April 13th: 99.05%
Heritage Auctions. Comics -Internet bidstart 4/6 on April 13th: 98.27%
Cowans Auctions. Americana - Prints, Ephemera on April 12th: 90.48%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 17th: 88.85%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs I. Literature on March 25th: 88.49%
Ferraton. Posters, Photographs and Prints on March 29th: 86.30%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints and Photographs on April 12th: 83.60%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on April 14th: 83.33%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on April 15th: 82.69%
Bonhams. The Scottish Sale on April 16th: 82.61%
Kedem Auction. Objects - Manuscripts, Books, Prints on February 26th: 82.22%
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Autographs II. Science on March 25th: 80.98%
Bonhams. Marine on April 15th: 80.00%

For the week ahead 24 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 21st
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 5 lots

Tue. Apr. 22nd
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera. 44 lots
Bonhams. San Francisco. Prints and Multiples. 286 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 46 lots

Wed. Apr. 23rd
Christies. New York. Prints and Multiples. 232 lots
Rupert Toovey and Co. West Sussex. Prints. 42 lots
Tajan. Paris. Russian Library. 400 lots

Thu. Apr. 24th
Swann Galleries. New York. Modernist Posters. 214 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Americana and Western Memorabilia. 514 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Titanic Internet bidstart 4/17. 211 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 4/17. 578 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Laguna Beach. Antiquarian Books - Internet bidstart 4/17. 333 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Lomasney Vintage Movie Art Posters Benefiting Lifebeat Monthly Internet Charity. 40 lots

Fri. Apr. 25th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Books, Prints. 82 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Maps & Atlases incl. a Private Collection of Cartographic. 503 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Fine Art - Prints and Photography. 77 lots

Sat. Apr. 26th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment. 540 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Books, Manuscripts and Documentations - Historical Memories of the Second World War. 266 lots
Knotty Pine Auction Service. West Swanzey. Americana and Estate Books. 373 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Joann Sfar. 31 lots
Grogan and Company. Dedham. Antiques - Prints. 19 lots
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Berlin-Schoneberg. Prints. 249 lots

Sun. Apr. 27th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 4/20.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 4/20.

The business of rare books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera seems to be finding a careful balance between what is available and what they are worth.

 

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