Auction Update Review: July - a steady drumbeat | The Week ending July 19 ,2014 « Rare Book Hub - Rare Books, Book Auctions, Antiquarian Book Collecting

<center>Rare Book Fair Stuttgart 29 Jan – 1 Feb 2021

<center>Rare Book Fair Stuttgart 29 Jan – 1 Feb 2021

<center>Rare Book Fair Stuttgart 29 Jan – 1 Feb 2021
Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Manuel Orazi, La Maison Moderne, 1900. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Maxfield Parrish, The Century, Midsummer Holiday Number, 1897. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Alphonse Mucha, Medee, Sarah Bernhardt, 1898. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: H.A. Volodimer, Grand Prix d’Endurance de 24 Heures, 1923. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Aldo Mazza, Vini d’Italia, circa 1920. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Leonetto Cappiello, l’Oie d’Or, circa 1930. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: James Bond Does It Everywhere in “Thunderball!” designer unknown, 1965. $1,500 to $2,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Emil Cardinaux, Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, 1920. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Joseph C. Leyendecker, “Contour” Arrow Form-Fit Collars, 1917. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Feb 18: Sascha Maurer, Ski at Lake Placid, 1938. $2,500 to $3,500.
<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.

Auction Update Review

July - a steady drumbeat

For the week ending Saturday July 19^th 26 auctions were archived to the AED; 1 in Swiss Francs, 2 in euros, 8 in British pounds, and 15 in US dollars. Turnover was $22,665,169 as 6,724 lots were offered and 5,100 sold for a 76% success rate.

Upcoming on July 23rd <--- Dominic Winter. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. Lot 19: Cook [James & King, James]. A Voyage to the South Pacific. 3 vols., 1776-1780 plus Atlas, 2nd edition 1785. Estimate BP 6,000-8,000 [The image is a link]

5 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Christies. Yates, Thompson and Bright: A Family of Bibliophiles on July 16th: $8,577,331
Sothebys. English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations on July 15th: $4,599,243
Christies. Prints and Multiples on July 16th: $2,529,385
Profiles in History. THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR PART IV on July 11th: $1,787,675
Bonhams. Prints on July 15th: $1,170,900

Upcoming on July 23rd <--- Dominic Winter. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. Lot 273: [Royal Banquet Broadside]. Dedicated to the Right Hon. the Lady Mayoress [without Permission] by a Ragged Scholar, n/p. [1850] 25.5 x 19 cm. Estimated BP 200 - 300 [the image is a link]

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

Pierre Berge and Associes. Books and Prints on July 4th: 144.41%
Christies. Yates, Thompson and Bright: A Family of Bibliophiles on July 16th: 137.80%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on July 16th: 111.09%
Profiles in History. THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR PART IV on July 11th: 108.61%
Hauswedell and Nolte. Rare Books and Autographs on May 21st: 100.72%

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

Freemans. Summer Sale - Prints on July 16th: 100.00%
Profiles in History. THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR PART IV on July 11th: 99.10%
Heritage Auctions. Comics -Internet bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 98.22%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 7/6 on July 13th: 96.60%
Doyle New York. At Home - Prints on July 16th: 93.75%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on July 16th: 88.65%
Skinner. Discovery - Books and Prints on July 17th: 88.33%
Clars Auction Gallery. Books and Prints on July 12th: 86.18%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Japanese Woodblock Prints on July 14th: 86.00%
Clars Auction Gallery. Books and Prints on July 13th: 85.71%
Christies. Yates, Thompson and Bright: A Family of Bibliophiles on July 16th: 83.60%
Pierre Berge and Associes. Books and Prints on July 4th: 80.00%

For the week ahead 12 sales are scheduled:

Tue. Jul. 22nd
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Prints - Online bidstart 7/14. 24 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Interiors: The Summer Sale - Prints. 19 lots

Wed. Jul. 23rd
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 597 lots

Thu. Jul. 24th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Work on Paper. 23 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 7/17. 489 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Lomasney Vintage Movie Art Posters Benefiting Lifebeat Monthly Internet Charity. 46 lots

Fri. Jul. 25th
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Boston. The Sporting Sale. 92 lots
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Summer Sale - Prints. 121 lots
Christies. New York. Forms in Color - Prints. 123 lots

Sun. Jul. 27th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics -Internet bidstart 7/20.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 7/20.
Bonhams. Los Angeles. Period Art and Design - Prints and Books. 15 lots

The summer pace is slowing down but the opportunities continue.

Bruce McKinney

<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

<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021
<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.