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Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Currier & Ives, The Mississippi in Time of Peace, hand-colored lithograph, 1865. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Hartmann Schedel, Liber Cronicarum..., Nuremberg, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Claudius Ptolemaeus, Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, Lyons, 1535. $20,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Thomas Jefferys, The American Atlas, London, 1776-77. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: John Speed, A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, 20 miniature maps, London, 1665. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Biblia Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Durch D. Martin Luther Verteutscht, illustrated cartographic Bible, Basel, 1665. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Early Hawaiian-language school geography, Lahainaluna Seminary, 1840. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Cornelis de Jode, Africae Vera Forma, et Situs, Antwerp, 1593. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Maria Vincenzo Coronelli, America Settentrionale Colle Nuove Scoperte Sin All Anno, Venice, 1688. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nürnbergische Hesperides, Nuremberg, 1708-1714. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Johann Bayer, Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata..., 51 celestial charts, c. 1603. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Manuscript map of Commodore Perry’s Black Ship squadron at Edo Bay, with manuscript sketchbook, ink & watercolor, Japan, c. 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: The Birds of America; from Original Drawings by John James Audubon $6,000,000 to $8,000,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1876. $14,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: BATEMAN, JAMES. The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala. London: J. Ridgway & Sons for the author, [1837]-1843. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: WHITMAN, WALT. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn: [For the author by Andrew and James Rome,] 1855. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: LEE, HARPER. Three “Seckatary Hawkins”-related books inscribed and signed by Harper Lee. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 18: POE, EDGAR ALLAN. The Raven. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. $120,000 to $180,000.
Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Churchill (Winston) & Others. 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 27 April 1944. £8,000 to £12,000.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Joyce (James). Ulysses. First English edition, 1922. £800 to £1,200.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Belzoni (Giovanni Battista). Plates Illustrated of the Researches and Operations...in Egypt and Nubia, FIRST EDITION, 1821-1822. £14,375 inc Buyers Premium.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Astor (John Jacob). A collection of rare letters, 9 January 1812- 4 September 1837. £26,000 inc Buyers Premium.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, first issue, 1997. £27,500 inc Buyers Premium.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Royal Family. Photograph of Queen Elizabeth, George VI, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, signed, 1946. £3,640 inc Buyers Premium.

Chiswick Auctions Seeking Consignments. Collodi (Carlo). Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino, FIRST EDITION, 1883. £8,401 inc Buyers Premium.

Auction Update Review

There is no denying summer is here

For the week ended Saturday June 21st 62 auctions were archived to the AED; 24 denominated in euros, 13 in British pounds, and 25 in US dollars. Turnover was $31,895,556 as 15,245 lots were offered and 11,296 sold for a 74% success rate.

<--- Kestenbaum & Company. Auction 62: Fine Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art. Thursday June 26th in New York City. [Catalogue image is a link]

10 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Christies. Books and Manuscripts on June 19th: $4,409,882
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on June 19th: $1,934,646
Bonhams. Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs on June 18th: $1,877,959
Profiles in History. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS on June 13th: $1,841,272
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Modern Classics - Prints on June 6th: $1,644,381
Bonhams. the Story of the 20th Century on June 4th: $1,568,547
Pierre Berge and Associes. Books and Manuscripts on June 18th: $1,516,843
Swann Galleries. The Shape of Things to Come: African-American Fine Art - Prints on June 10th: $1,242,627
Artcurial. Prints and Illustrated Books on June 4th: $1,223,999
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Post War and Contemporary - Prints on June 7th: $1,054,133

<---Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Rare Book & Collectors Sale on July 1st. Online and in Ireland. [Catalogue image is a link]

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

Henri Godts Books and Prints Auctions. Books, Prints, Maps on June 17th: 199.26%
Beaussant Lefevre. Antiquarian and Modern Books on June 13th: 172.58%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Books and Manuscripts on June 18th: 160.46%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Estate Sale - Books and Prints on June 6th: 158.85%
Dorotheum . Books and Decorative Prints on June 18th: 158.40%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 18th: 150.51%
Galerie Bassenge. China - Photography 1890s to 1950s on June 4th: 148.45%
Christies. An American Dynastyh: The Clark Family Treasures - Books, Illustrations, Prints on June 18th: 138.08%
Bonhams. WWII on June 5th: 131.04%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Autographs, Manuscripts and Documents on June 5th: 122.92%
Woolley and Wallis. Prints on June 4th: 114.45%
Grogan and Company. Prints, Books on June 8th: 110.64%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on June 19th: 106.50%
Grogan and Company. Antiques - Prints on April 26th: 105.76%
Pandolfini. Ancient and Modern Prints and Antiquarian Books on June 11th: 105.56%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Modern Classics - Prints on June 6th: 103.50%
Robert Siegel Galleries. U.S. Postal History on May 21st: 101.81%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Books, Manuscripts, Prints on May 16th: 101.73%
Swann Galleries. 19th & 20th Century Literature on June 19th: 101.64%

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

Grogan and Company. Antiques - Prints on April 26th: 100.00%
Carlsen Gallery. Antiques - Photos, Prints on June 8th: 100.00%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Estate Sale - Books and Prints on June 6th: 100.00%
Freemans. Prints on June 17th: 100.00%
Galerie Bassenge. China - Photography 1890s to 1950s on June 4th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics -Internet bidstart 6/8 on June 15th: 99.25%
Robert Siegel Galleries. U.S. Postal History on May 21st: 95.09%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/8 on June 15th: 94.55%
Christies. An American Dynastyh: The Clark Family Treasures - Books, Illustrations, Prints on June 18th: 94.12%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 6/12 on June 19th: 91.69%
Woolley and Wallis. Prints on June 4th: 90.24%
Beaussant Lefevre. Antiquarian and Modern Books on June 13th: 89.60%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints and Photographs on June 14th: 88.61%
Swann Galleries. 19th & 20th Century Literature on June 19th: 86.93%
Grogan and Company. Prints, Books on June 8th: 86.36%
Bonhams. The Sporting Sale on June 11th: 86.27%
Winter Associates. Books and Prints on June 9th: 85.71%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on June 18th: 85.54%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 6/5 on June 12th: 85.13%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Autographs, Manuscripts and Documents on June 5th: 84.53%
Heritage Auctions. Legends of the West on June 14th: 81.88%

For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 23rd
Sothebys. London. Modern Art - Prints. 2 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 4 lots

Tue. Jun. 24th
Sothebys. New York. A Rock & Roll History: Presley to Punk. 113 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 35 lots

Wed. Jun. 25th
Bonhams. Oxford . Printed Books, Maps and Photographs. 503 lots
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Photography. 149 lots
Bonhams. London. Entertainment Memorabilia. 364 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Prints. 62 lots
Morton Casa de Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Antiquarian Books and Documents. 360 lots
Bonhams. San Francisco. ASIAN DECORATIVE WORKS OF ARTS - Ref Books and Woodblock Prints. 23 lots

Thu. Jun. 26th
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints. 738 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Hollywood- Internet bidstart 6/19. 314 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc.. 44 lots
Audap and Mirabaud. PARIS. Antiquarian Books.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 6/19. 373 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. Fine Judaica. 252 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Lomasney Vintage Movie Art Posters Benefiting Lifebeat Monthly Internet Charity. 40 lots

Fri. Jun. 27th
ALDE. Paris. Antiquarian Books from the XIX Century. 421 lots
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. 75172 Pforzheim. Books and Prints. 4699 lots
Ader. PARIS. Posters of the Opera.
Bonhams. Oxford . The Goodwood Festival of Speed - Posters, Maps. 33 lots

Sat. Jun. 28th
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Modern Prints. 168 lots
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. The Spirit of the 20th Century. 26 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Books, Prints. 73 lots
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Comic Strips.

Sun. Jun. 29th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 6/22.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/22.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

The pace of the auctions is slowing down but the number of auctions has been exceptional.

Bruce McKinney

Sunday 22 June 2014

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: AN EARLY DUTCH POCKET GLOBE ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM BLAEU, AFTER C.1618. £70,000 to £100,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673). £50,000 to £70,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: BLAEU, Johannes. Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii principis, ... pars prima, exhibens Pedemontium ... Amsterdam, 1682. £70,000 to £100,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: DUDLEY, Sir Robert, self-styled Duke of Northumberland and Earl of Warwick. Arcano del Mare. Florence, 1661. £500,000 to £700,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: The Mainz Psalter: Psalterium Benedictinum cum canticis et hymnis, for Bursfeld use. [Mainz:] Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 29 August 1459. £5,000 to £10,000.
Sotheby’s: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations. Online now through December 10

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: Adam Smith. The Wealth of Nations. First edition, 1776. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: William Shakespeare. Comedies, Histories, Tragedies. 1632, the Second Folio. £70,000 to £100,000.

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: The Saint Albans Chronicle.] Here begynneth a shorte & a breue table on these cronycles. Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde, 1497. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations. Online now through December 10

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: E.H. Shepherd. “A Very Grand Thing – The Trouble at Owl’s House”. Original ink and watercolour. £40,000 to £60,000.

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species. First edition, 1859. £15,000 to £20,000.

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: William Blake. Illustrations of the Book of Job. 1825 [but 1826]. £10,000 to £15,000.
<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Autographs December 11, 2019

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Melville (Herman). White Jacket; or, the World in a Man-of-War, 1st edition, London, 1850. £10,000 to £15,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Bracton (Henry de). De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae, 1st edition, 1569. Ex libris Sir Daniel Dun (c.1545-1617). £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Edgar (Thomas). The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, 1st edition, 1632. £2,000 to £3,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Autographs December 11, 2019

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Donne (John). Poems, 3rd edition, 1639. Ex libris Sir Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982). £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Mandeville (Bernard). The Fable of the Bees, 1st edition, 1714. Rare inspiration for the Wealth of Nations. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Honter (Johannes, & others). De Cosmographiae rudimentis, Basel, 1561. Ex libris Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514-1574). £5,000 to £8,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Autographs December 11, 2019

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Lincoln (Abraham). Military commission signed, Washington, 1864, and related documents. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Faraday (Michael). Iron filings diagram on waxed blue paper, c.1850. £500 to £800.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Felixmüller (Conrad). ABC, 1st edition, Dresden, 1925. One of 10 hand-coloured copies. Ex libris Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979). £3,000 to £5,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Autographs December 11, 2019

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Kelmscott Press. The Order of Chivalry, 1893. One of 225 copies; presentation copy from Sydney Cockerell. £800 to £1,200.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Joyce (James). Anna Livia Plurabelle, 1st edition, New York, 1928. One of 50 special copies on green paper. £1,000 to £1,500

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Orwell (George). Homage to Catalonia, 1st edition, 1938. £2,500 to £3,300
Christie’s London, Dec. 11: SHAKESPEARE, William. Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The second Impression. London, 1632. £120,000 to £180,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. Das Römische Carneval. Berlin and Gotha, 1789. £20,000 to £30,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: [SHAKESPEARE, William]. Manuscript part for a contemporary analogue to Henry IV, part I, n.p. [perhaps Oxford or London], n.d. [c.1580s – before c.1620]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832). Faust. Ein Fragment... Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen, 1790. £3,000 to £5,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. London, 1683. £60,000 to £90,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers. Leipzig: Weygand, 1774. £15,000 to £20,000.
Christie’s London, Dec. 11: ALBUM AMICORUM OF SCHELOMITH FLAUM. Autograph album containing drawings, autograph quotations and signatures from over 47 contributors, India, Europe, America, Israel and elsewhere, 1923–50. £40,000 to £60,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: FLEMING, Ian (1908–1964). Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. £15,000 to £20,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: HISTORY OF CINEMA. Animal Farm (1954), an animation archive from the Halas and Batchelor studios, [c.1954]. £20,000 to £30,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: LE HAY, Jacques – [Charles de FERRIOL]. Recueil de Cent Estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant... Paris, 1714. [With:] Explication des cents Estampes. Paris, 1715. £25,000 to £35,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: THE LAST JUDGEMENT, historiated initial 'A' on a leaf from an Antiphonal on vellum illuminated by Nikolaus Bertschi [Augsburg, first quarter 16th century]. £7,000 to £10,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: VALTURIUS, Robertus (1413–1484). De re militari. [Verona:] Johannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472. £170,000 to £250,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Macbeth: A Tragedy. London, 1673. FIRST SEPARATE AND FIRST QUARTO EDITION. THE CHARLTON HESTON COPY. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. In Our Time. Paris, 1924. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Fanshawe, A Tale. Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for The Agony in the Kindergarten, one of Steig's most important books. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: VERNE, JULES. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. New York & London, 1872. FIRST EDITION, RARE AMERICAN ISSUE, with Scribner & Welford cancel title. $5,000 to $8,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: KING, STEPHEN. Carrie. New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $1,200 to $1,800.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: PLATO. Timaeus [AND] Critias [from Ficini's 1484 Opera]. A LANDMARK OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. $15,000 to $20,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. $200,000 to $300,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection. London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. $80,000 to $120,000.