Auction Update Review

Tis the season

For the week ended Saturday November 29th 49 auctions were archived to the AED; 1 in Australian dollars, 20 in euros, 4 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 23 in US dollars.  Turnover was a svelte $41,379,681 as 19,379 lots were offered and 15,130 sold for a 78% success rate.  It was, in the category, one of the busiest weeks in auction history.

10 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Bonhams. There' No Place Like Hollywood on November 24th: $9,177,841
Heritage Auctions. Comics on November 21st: $7,207,047
Artcurial. Comic Strips on November 22nd: $4,403,479
Doyle New York. New York City Bar Association on November 24th: $2,367,267
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on November 23rd: $2,351,374
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, Decorative Prints, Maritime and North German Art on November 18th: $1,881,690
Robert Siegel Galleries. Brandon Collection Part 2: General Issues and Postal History on November 21st: $1,549,918
RR Auction. Space and Aviation - Internet bidstart 11/13 on November 20th: $1,427,765
Galerie Bassenge. Prints on November 27th: $1,312,260
Swann Galleries. Printed & Manuscript Americana on November 25th: $1,109,257

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

Binoche et Giquello. Extraordinary collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco - Day 1 on November 15th: 672.87%
Bonhams. There' No Place Like Hollywood on November 24th: 250.22%
Doyle New York. New York City Bar Association on November 24th: 235.27%
OSENAT. Automobilia on November 9th: 166.98%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. 50 Year Collection of Railroadiana - Day 2 on November 16th: 154.50%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Antiquarian Books on November 19th: 152.20%
Robert Siegel Galleries. Brandon Collection Part 2: General Issues and Postal History on November 21st: 141.78%
Swann Galleries. Printed & Manuscript Americana on November 25th: 126.26%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Books - Day 2 on November 21st: 123.62%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. 50 Year Collection of Railroadiana on November 15th: 115.66%
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Books and Prints on November 22nd: 115.25%
Bloomsbury Philobiblon. Rare Books on November 11th: 115.16%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Modern and Contemporary Prints on November 11th: 113.27%
Hauswedell and Nolte. Rare Books and Autographs on November 18th: 101.94%
Bonhams. Printed Books, Maps and Photographs on November 25th: 100.75%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Comics on November 17th: 100.11%


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

Doyle New York. New York City Bar Association on November 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 11/16 on November 23rd: 100.00%
Binoche et Giquello. Extraordinary collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco - Day 1 on November 15th: 100.00%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. 50 Year Collection of Railroadiana on November 15th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Texas State Historical Association Winter Benefit Auction on November 21st: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics on November 21st: 99.80%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. The Loyd Davis Estate on November 22nd: 99.50%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. 50 Year Collection of Railroadiana - Day 2 on November 16th: 98.13%
Robert Siegel Galleries. Brandon Collection Part 2: General Issues and Postal History on November 21st: 96.84%
OSENAT. Automobilia on November 9th: 95.00%
Skinner. Modern Japanese Prints - Internet bidstart 11/17 on November 24th: 94.94%
Addison and Sarova. Rare and Fine Books on November 22nd: 93.23%
Addison and Sarova. The Dawning & Awakening: A Nation, A Religion, & An Art Form on August 3rd: 92.68%
ALDE. An Architectural Enthusiast's Library on November 26th: 91.60%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on November 23rd: 91.21%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Comics on November 17th: 90.86%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 24th: 90.82%
Bonhams. Printed Books, Maps and Photographs on November 25th: 88.00%
Swann Galleries. Printed & Manuscript Americana on November 25th: 87.24%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Antiquarian Books on November 19th: 85.69%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on November 25th: 84.29%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/13 on November 20th: 83.83%
Doyle New York. Photographs on November 25th: 82.58%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/20 on November 26th: 81.41%
Bonhams. There' No Place Like Hollywood on November 24th: 81.12%


49 total sales reported this week:

Galerie Bassenge. Prints on November 27th: 53.43%
Morton Casa de Subastas. Auction Records, Antiquarian and Contemporary Prints and Books on November 27th: 10.61%
Neal Auction Company. Louisiana Purchase Auction on November 23rd: 71.72%
Auctionata. Alibris: Treasures from Seven Centuries of European Book Art on November 20th: 9.72%
Ader. Photobooks - Collection of Jean Claude Eidelman on November 26th: 71.92%
ALDE. An Architectural Enthusiast's Library on November 26th: 91.60%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Antiquarian Books on November 19th: 85.69%
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, Decorative Prints, Maritime and North German Art on November 18th: 66.87%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Books - Day 2 on November 21st: 64.83%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Books - Day 1 on November 20th: 70.92%
Kedem Auction. Rare and Important Items on November 25th: 70.54%
Bonhams. Printed Books, Maps and Photographs on November 25th: 88.00%
Christies. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts on November 25th: 56.86%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/20 on November 26th: 81.41%
Heritage Auctions. Texas State Historical Association Winter Benefit Auction on November 21st: 100.00%
Australian Book Auctions. Rare Books on November 25th: 77.66%
Swann Galleries. Printed & Manuscript Americana on November 25th: 87.24%
Doyle New York. Photographs on November 25th: 82.58%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Manuscripts on November 25th: 84.29%
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on November 25th: 47.83%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. The Loyd Davis Estate on November 22nd: 99.50%
Addison and Sarova. The Dawning & Awakening: A Nation, A Religion, & An Art Form on August 3rd: 92.68%
Addison and Sarova. Rare and Fine Books on November 22nd: 93.23%
Bruun Rasmussen. Old Master Prints on November 24th: 75.00%
Bonhams. There' No Place Like Hollywood on November 24th: 81.12%
Skinner. Modern Japanese Prints - Internet bidstart 11/17 on November 24th: 94.94%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 24th: 90.82%
Doyle New York. New York City Bar Association on November 24th: 100.00%
RR Auction. Space and Aviation - Internet bidstart 11/13 on November 20th: 58.50%
Romantic Agony Book and Print Auctions. Books and Prints on November 22nd: 70.04%
Robert Siegel Galleries. Brandon Collection Part 2: General Issues and Postal History on November 21st: 96.84%
Artcurial. Comic Strips on November 22nd: 65.02%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Cinema on September 27th: 64.41%
Neret Minet and Tessier. Comics on November 17th: 90.86%
Binoche et Giquello. Extraordinary collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco - Day 1 on November 15th: 100.00%
Hauswedell and Nolte. Rare Books and Autographs on November 18th: 50.44%
Hauswedell and Nolte. Rare Books and Autographs on November 18th: 59.32%
Auctionata. Prints, Manuscripts and Graphics on November 19th: 42.14%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. 50 Year Collection of Railroadiana - Day 2 on November 16th: 98.13%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. 50 Year Collection of Railroadiana on November 15th: 100.00%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Modern and Contemporary Prints on November 11th: 73.97%
Bloomsbury Philobiblon. Rare Books on November 11th: 74.11%
OSENAT. Automobilia on November 9th: 95.00%
Eldreds. Fall Americana and Paintings on November 22nd: 54.26%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 11/16 on November 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on November 23rd: 91.21%
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/13 on November 20th: 83.83%
Heritage Auctions. Comics on November 21st: 99.80%
Cowans Auctions. Books on Exploration and More - Internet bidstart 11/6 on November 17th: 64.62%

For the week ahead 43 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Dec. 1st
Skinner. Boston. The Gentleman's Auction - Internet bidstart 11/20. 16 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Old Master Prints. 10 lots

Tue. Dec. 2nd
Sothebys. London. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. 54 lots
Sothebys. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. 276 lots
Christies. New York. FIRST EDITIONS, SECOND THOUGHTS: AN AUCTION OF BOOKS AND ARTWORK TO BENEFIT PEN AMERICAN CENTER. 75 lots
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Books, Prints. 18 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 58 lots
Rossini. Paris. Collection dont Ancienne Provenance Galerie de France - Prints. 35 lots

Wed. Dec. 3rd
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints. 21 lots
Bonhams. London. Travel and Exploration. 142 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Photography. 364 lots
ALDE. Paris. Modern Illustrated Books. 252 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Prints and Illustrated Books. 284 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 261 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Old Master Prints. 118 lots
Ader. PARIS. Art of the Orient. 28 lots

Thu. Dec. 4th
Swann Galleries. New York. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books. 379 lots
Ader. PARIS. Letters and Autograph Manuscripts.
PIASA. Paris. Prints - Petiet Collection. 256 lots
Christies. London -South Kensington. 500 Years of Printmaking. 294 lots
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Antiquarian and Modern Books. 355 lots
Koller Auctions. Geneve. Modern Prints. 28 lots
Sothebys. New York. Important Judaica. 121 lots
Christies. New York. Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts - Including Americana. 268 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Fall Asian Art Auction. 25 lots
Bonhams. New York. The Transportation History Sale. 41 lots
Christies. New York. Dr. James D. Watson Nobel Medal and Related Papers. 3 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/27. 424 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Americana with the Jess Jones Collection of Californiana & Pictorial Letter Sheets. 448 lots
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Maps & Atlases, Autographs, Rare Books, Fine Bindings, First Editions, Press Books, Americana and Ar.

Fri. Dec. 5th
Tajan. Paris. Prints.
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Contemporary Art -Photos. 22 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Books and Prints. 89 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. The Library of Jean C.. 351 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . 16th Annual Fine Arts Sale - Prints. 62 lots

Sat. Dec. 6th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment. 714 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 162 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comic Strips, Original Prints, Animation.
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Modern & Contemporary Fine and Decorative Arts. 117 lots
Arader Galleries. New York City. From Sea to Shining Sea: Art of America.

Sun. Dec. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 11/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 11/30.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books, Art and Ephemera - Basquiat, Medical, Hemingway, etc..

The numbers speak for themselves.

 

Bruce McKInney

AE

  • 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
  • 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