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17 Auctions Archived, 30 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 12 March 17 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub database; 6 denominated in euros, 2 in British pounds, and 9 in US dollars.  Turnover was $8,400,040 as 5,930 lots were offered and 5,086 sold for an 86% success rate.  It was another good week in the rooms.

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on March 8th: $2,530,828 
Christies. Linley Hall, Shropshire Library on March 9th: $1,649,250 
PBA Galleries. Rare Cartography, Exploration & Voyages: The Warren Heckrotte Collection, Part III - Filling in the on March 10th: $1,470,641 
Bonhams. Library of the Late Hugh Selbourne, M.D. - Part 2 on March 8th: $1,182,186 

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

Bonhams. Library of the Late Hugh Selbourne, M.D. - Part 2 on March 8th: 188.38% 
PBA Galleries. Rare Cartography, Exploration & Voyages: The Warren Heckrotte Collection, Part III - Filling in the on March 10th: 170.99% 
Ferraton. Books and Prints on February 26th: 149.36% 
Christies. Linley Hall, Shropshire Library on March 9th: 147.86% 
Treadway Toomey Auctions. 20th Century Art and Design - Prints on March 5th: 111.68% 
ALDE. 19th Century Collection of Books on March 4th: 108.98% 
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Judaica, Architecture, Avant-garde, Literature on March 5th: 100.61% 


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

Alaska Auction. Books, Prints on March 5th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 2/28 on March 6th: 99.88% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 98.29% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 2/28 on March 6th: 98.23% 
Bonhams. Library of the Late Hugh Selbourne, M.D. - Part 2 on March 8th: 97.26% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 95.70% 
Christies. Linley Hall, Shropshire Library on March 9th: 92.13% 
Treadway Toomey Auctions. 20th Century Art and Design - Prints on March 5th: 86.89% 
PBA Galleries. Rare Cartography, Exploration & Voyages: The Warren Heckrotte Collection, Part III - Filling in the on March 10th: 86.63% 
Ferraton. Books and Prints on February 26th: 83.33% 
ALDE. 19th Century Collection of Books on March 4th: 82.05% 


17 total sales reported this week: 

Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 98.29% 
Treadway Toomey Auctions. 20th Century Art and Design - Prints on March 5th: 86.89% 
PBA Galleries. Rare Cartography, Exploration & Voyages: The Warren Heckrotte Collection, Part III - Filling in the on March 10th: 86.63% 
Alaska Auction. Books, Prints on March 5th: 100.00% 
Ferraton. Books and Prints on February 26th: 83.33% 
Grays Auctioneers. Books and Prints on March 2nd: 37.93% 
Christies. Linley Hall, Shropshire Library on March 9th: 92.13% 
Swann Galleries. 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings on March 8th: 71.69% 
Bonhams. Library of the Late Hugh Selbourne, M.D. - Part 2 on March 8th: 97.26% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Modern and Contemporary Prints on March 9th: 57.69% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 8th: 77.78% 
ALDE. 19th Century Collection of Books on March 4th: 82.05% 
ALDE. Library of Michel Weber on March 4th: 44.83% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 2/28 on March 6th: 99.88% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 2/28 on March 6th: 98.23% 
Heritage Auctions. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 2/25 on March 3rd: 95.70% 
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Judaica, Architecture, Avant-garde, Literature on March 5th: 75.26% 

The Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Le chevalier délibéré, illuminated manuscript on vellum on March 9th Actual price: USD $719,230.
  2. Christies Mondus novus. on March 9th Actual price: USD $216,550.
  3. Bonhams Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, the False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and his Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown. The Latter is an Essay Concerning the True Original, Exetent, and End of Civil Government, on March 8th Actual price: USD $156,910.
  4. Christies The Generall History of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: with the names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from their first beginning An°. 1584 to this present 1626. on March 9th Actual price: USD $148,390.
  5. Swann Galleries La Danse on March 8th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  6. Swann Galleries Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake on March 8th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  7. Christies The Boke of Conforte agaynste all Tribulacions. on March 9th Actual price: USD $71,000.
  8. Bonhams The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, during the Years 1832 to 1836, parts 1- 4 (of 5, comprising: Fossil Mammalia; Mammalia; Birds; Fish) on March 8th Actual price: USD $71,000.
  9. Christies Noctes Atticae. on March 9th Actual price: USD $62,125.
  10. Swann Galleries Grande natura morta con la lampada a petrolio on March 8th Actual price: USD $54,600.
  11. Swann Galleries Shadow Dance on March 8th Actual price: USD $47,500.
  12. Swann Galleries Torse d'homme, vu de dos on March 8th Actual price: USD $45,000.
  13. Swann Galleries Buste au corsage à carreaux on March 8th Actual price: USD $42,500.
  14. Ferraton La Poupée. on February 26th Actual price: USD $40,875.
  15. Swann Galleries Bearded Man's Wife on March 8th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  16. Swann Galleries The Mythology on March 8th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  17. Swann Galleries Night Shadows on March 8th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  18. Christies Britannia, Volume the First: or, an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales. on March 9th Actual price: USD $30,175.
  19. Christies The first Booke of the Historie of the Discoverie and Conquest of the East Indias, enterprised by the Portingales ... now translated into English by N[icholas] L[ichfield]. on March 9th Actual price: USD $30,175.
  20. Swann Galleries Petit Intérieur Bleu on March 8th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  21. Swann Galleries Petit Buste de Femme (Portrait de Jacqueline en Robe Imprimée) on March 8th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  22. Swann Galleries The Pool-Player on March 8th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  23. Christies Les Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce. on March 9th Actual price: USD $28,400.
  24. Swann Galleries Lithographie Blau on March 8th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  25. Swann Galleries L'Espagnole à la Mantille on March 8th Actual price: USD $27,500.

 

For the week ahead 30 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 14th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . March Sale - Prints and Books. 25 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. Art of the 20th and 21st Century - Prints. 100 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. German Art of the 20th Century - with Friedrich Ludwig Collection. 83 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 62 lots

Tue. Mar. 15th
Christies. London - King Street. Prints and Multiples. 172 lots
Sothebys. London. Contemporary Curated - Prints. 30 lots

Wed. Mar. 16th
Bonhams. London. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 302 lots
Sothebys. London. Made in Britain. 104 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. The Steven Walske Collection of US-France Transatlantic Mail. 128 lots

Thu. Mar. 17th
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Antiquarian Books. 40 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. 20th Century Books and Works on Paper. 277 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books. 235 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 3/10. 200 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. The Presidential Collection of Everett Fisher - Internet bidstart 3/10. 99 lots
25 Blythe Road. LONDON. British & Continental Pictures & Prints and Photographs Sale. 117 lots

Fri. Mar. 18th
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Books, Prints and Drawings, Autographs. 776 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Autographs, Memorabilia and Vintage Posters. 203 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. United States Revenues incl. Hunting Permits. 47 lots

Sat. Mar. 19th
Addison and Sarova. Macon. Rare Books. 202 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints.
Venator and Hanstein. Köln . Modern and Contemporary Prints and Drawings; Modern Illustrated Books. 548 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Books. 298 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Fine Art - Prints.
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Autographs. 48 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Photography. 114 lots
Koller Auctions. Zurich. Old Master Prints. 51 lots

Sun. Mar. 20th
Grogan and Company. Dedham. The March Auction - Books and Prints. 12 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 3/13.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/13.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Prints. 62 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

 

 

 

The Arader Galleries Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Le chevalier délibéré, illuminated manuscript on vellum on March 9th Actual price: USD $719,230.
  2. Christies Mondus novus. on March 9th Actual price: USD $216,550.
  3. Bonhams Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, the False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and his Followers, Are Detected and Overthrown. The Latter is an Essay Concerning the True Original, Exetent, and End of Civil Government, on March 8th Actual price: USD $156,910.
  4. Christies The Generall History of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: with the names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from their first beginning An°. 1584 to this present 1626. on March 9th Actual price: USD $148,390.
  5. Swann Galleries La Danse on March 8th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  6. Swann Galleries Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake on March 8th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  7. Christies The Boke of Conforte agaynste all Tribulacions. on March 9th Actual price: USD $71,000.
  8. Bonhams The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, during the Years 1832 to 1836, parts 1- 4 (of 5, comprising: Fossil Mammalia; Mammalia; Birds; Fish) on March 8th Actual price: USD $71,000.
  9. Christies Noctes Atticae. on March 9th Actual price: USD $62,125.
  10. Swann Galleries Grande natura morta con la lampada a petrolio on March 8th Actual price: USD $54,600.
  11. Swann Galleries Shadow Dance on March 8th Actual price: USD $47,500.
  12. Swann Galleries Torse d'homme, vu de dos on March 8th Actual price: USD $45,000.
  13. Swann Galleries Buste au corsage à carreaux on March 8th Actual price: USD $42,500.
  14. Ferraton La Poupée. on February 26th Actual price: USD $40,875.
  15. Swann Galleries Bearded Man's Wife on March 8th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  16. Swann Galleries The Mythology on March 8th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  17. Swann Galleries Night Shadows on March 8th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  18. Christies Britannia, Volume the First: or, an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales. on March 9th Actual price: USD $30,175.
  19. Christies The first Booke of the Historie of the Discoverie and Conquest of the East Indias, enterprised by the Portingales ... now translated into English by N[icholas] L[ichfield]. on March 9th Actual price: USD $30,175.
  20. Swann Galleries Petit Intérieur Bleu on March 8th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  21. Swann Galleries Petit Buste de Femme (Portrait de Jacqueline en Robe Imprimée) on March 8th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  22. Swann Galleries The Pool-Player on March 8th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  23. Christies Les Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce. on March 9th Actual price: USD $28,400.
  24. Swann Galleries Lithographie Blau on March 8th Actual price: USD $27,500.
  25. Swann Galleries L'Espagnole à la Mantille on March 8th Actual price: USD $27,500.



  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • 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