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20 Auctions Archived, 25 Sales Upcoming

Twenty auctions were archived during the past week to the Rare Book Transaction History, 12 in euros, 6 in U. S. dollars, 1 in British pounds, and 1 in South African rands. Total sales for the week were $8,070,674. Lots offered were 5,590, while 3,549 sold for a 63.5% sell through rate. Sales dropped off considerably from the previous week, with the primary culprit being the Memorial Day holiday in America, which greatly reduced the number of sales held in the U. S. Going forward, we will see some modest recovery in the number of sales, but not to May levels. Summer is rapidly approaching and it is traditionally the slowest time of the year.

 

2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on May 31st: $2,509,852
Binoche et Giquello. Precious Books - Library of Jean Viardot on June 1st: $2,210,731

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

Aspire Auctions. Fine Art - Prints -Internet bidstart: 5/20 on May 28th: 162.43%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on May 31st: 132.55%
Binoche et Giquello. Precious Books - Library of Jean Viardot on June 1st: 127.76%
Artcurial. Limited Editions on May 30th: 125.23%
Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on May 31st: 101.09%


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

Aspire Auctions. Fine Art - Prints -Internet bidstart: 5/20 on May 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 5/22 on May 29th: 98.97%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/22 on May 29th: 97.97%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on May 31st: 86.61%
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/18 on May 26th: 83.67%


20 total sales reported this week:

Rossini. Autographs, Books on June 1st: 62.94%
Rossini. The Art of Advertising on May 31st: 73.27%
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/18 on May 26th: 83.67%
Quagga Rare Books and Art. Medals and Stamps of South Africa and the Anglo-Boer War on May 24th: 20.83%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Interiors - Prints on June 2nd: 60.00%
PBA Galleries. Rare Books and Manuscripts on June 2nd: 72.61%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/26 on June 2nd: 38.89%
Ader. Photographs on June 2nd: 37.53%
Auctionata. Prints and Editions on June 1st: 14.36%
Binoche et Giquello. Precious Books - Library of Jean Viardot on June 1st: 60.98%
Galerie Bassenge. 19th - 21st Century Photography on June 1st: 52.49%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts on May 31st: 86.61%
Artcurial. Books and Manuscripts on May 31st: 46.43%
Artcurial. Limited Editions on May 30th: 77.97%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 31st: 73.33%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 5/22 on May 29th: 97.97%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 5/22 on May 29th: 98.97%
OSENAT. Works of Art - Prints on May 29th: 75.00%
Aspire Auctions. Fine Art - Prints -Internet bidstart: 5/20 on May 28th: 100.00%
Jeschke van vliet Buch und Kunstauktionen GmbH. Rare Books, Prints and Historical Photographs on May 27th: 42.98%

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Binoche et Giquello Recueil de 226 dessins originaux. on June 1st Actual price: USD $397,419.
  2. Artcurial Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini Mathematicæ disciplinæ Philosophi doctissimi Geographiæ opus novissima traductione e Græcorum archetypis castigatissime pressum : cæterisante lucubratorum multo præstantius on May 31st Actual price: USD $190,127.
  3. Binoche et Giquello philosophe et scientifique allemand (1646-1716) qui a écrit en latin, allemand et français, il rencontra tous les grands savants de son temps: Huygens, Newton, Spinoza. on June 1st Actual price: USD $180,645.
  4. Artcurial [Aquarelle originale utilisée pour l'illustration du Petit Prince] on May 31st Actual price: USD $149,184.
  5. Binoche et Giquello écrivain et philosophe (1897-1962) - Madame Edwarda.<br/>Manuscrit autographe avec dédicace autographe signée à Paul Eluard, sans lieu ni date (1937, date de sa première publication sous son pseudonyme) 45 pages d’un cahier à reliure cartonnée, 18,5 x 12 on June 1st Actual price: USD $144,516.
  6. Binoche et Giquello Madame Bovary. on June 1st Actual price: USD $144,516.
  7. Binoche et Giquello LIBELLUS DE NATURA ANIMALIUM. on June 1st Actual price: USD $126,451.
  8. Sothebys À L’OMBRE DES JEUNES FILLES EN FLEURS. PLACARD MANUSCRIT. on May 31st Actual price: USD $124,320.
  9. Swann Galleries MAHMUD RAIF EFENDI. on May 26th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  10. Binoche et Giquello Le Premier livre des Instruments mathematiques mechaniques. on June 1st Actual price: USD $97,548.
  11. Binoche et Giquello Il fut aussi dessinateur et graveur, (1873-1907) - Ubu Intime.<br/> Manuscrit autographe signé deux fois: en page de titre et sur la dernière page; Rennes 6 rue de Belair, décembre 1888, sur un cahier de 29 pages in-4 dont les 5 dernières sont détachées. on June 1st Actual price: USD $75,871.
  12. Sothebys EPISTOLA, DOCENS VENAM AXILLAREM DEXTRI CUBITI IN DOLORE LATERALI SECANDAM: & MELANCHOLICUM SUCCUM EX VENAE PORTAE RAMIS AD SEDEM PERTINENTIBUS, PURGARI. on May 31st Actual price: USD $72,800.
  13. Binoche et Giquello Dialogi duo de Fabricii Mordentis Salernitani propè divina adinuentione ad perfectam cosmimetriae praxim. on June 1st Actual price: USD $72,258.
  14. Binoche et Giquello Vues des différents palais et maisons de plaisance des rois d'Espagne. on June 1st Actual price: USD $70,451.
  15. Sothebys DU CÔTÉ DE CHEZ SWANN. on May 31st Actual price: USD $70,000.
  16. Binoche et Giquello Les Liaisons dangereuses, ou Lettres recueillies dans une Société, & publiées pour l'instruction de quelques autres. on June 1st Actual price: USD $68,645.
  17. Artcurial MICK JAGGER - 1975 on May 30th Actual price: USD $64,512.
  18. Skinner On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Strugg on May 26th Actual price: USD $61,500.
  19. Sothebys LA MARQUISE DE GANGE. on May 31st Actual price: USD $58,800.
  20. Binoche et Giquello Traicté de la proportion naturelle et artificielle des choses. on June 1st Actual price: USD $54,193.
  21. Binoche et Giquello De l'Antichita giudaiche. on June 1st Actual price: USD $54,193.
  22. Ader Moscou et ses environs on June 2nd Actual price: USD $53,200.
  23. Sothebys ABZIENS (KASTHEDRALCH). (FACADCH WWWOUEST). on May 31st Actual price: USD $53,200.
  24. Skinner The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. on May 26th Actual price: USD $52,275.
  25. Skinner Washington, George (1732-1799) Document Signed, Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1 February 1789, Membership Certificate in the Society of the C on May 26th Actual price: USD $52,275.

 

For the week ahead 25 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 6th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 84 lots

Tue. Jun. 7th
Bonhams. New York. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples. 127 lots
Tajan. Paris. Ancient and Modern Prints. 332 lots
RJM Autographs and Antiques. Boston. Historic Letters, Documents, and Autographs of the 18th-19th Centuries. 160 lots

Wed. Jun. 8th
Bonhams. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 203 lots
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 185 lots

Thu. Jun. 9th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Vintage Posters, Autographs and Memorabilia. 390 lots
Skinner. Boston. Historic Maritime - Online bidstart 6/1. 143 lots
Skinner. Boston. Gentleman's Auction - Online Bidstart 6/3. 12 lots
Ketterer Kunst . Munich. Modern Art II - Prints. 48 lots
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Books. 453 lots

Fri. Jun. 10th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History. 352 lots
Ketterer Kunst . Munich. Post-War II - Prints. 79 lots

Sat. Jun. 11th
Ketterer Kunst . Munich. Modern Art I - Prints. 17 lots
Ketterer Kunst . Munich. Post War Art I - Prints. 10 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . June Estate Auction. 94 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Books, Prints. 40 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Legends of the West. 276 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Animation Art. 870 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Works on Paper - Prints. 532 lots
Arader Galleries. New York City. Summer Auction. 207 lots
Ketterer Kunst . Munich. Contemporary Art - Prints. 5 lots

Sun. Jun. 12th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 6/5.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 6/5.
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Fine Auction - Books and Prints. 80 lots

Michael Stillman

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • 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