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7 sales Archived, 7 Sales Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 30 July 7 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Database.  All sales this week were denominated in US dollars.  For the week 2,933 lots were offered and 2,721 sold for a 93% success rate.  Turnover was a slim $1,015,788.

2 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Charlton Hall. Six Centuries at Auction - Books, Prints on July 23rd: 113.73% 
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Sporting Sale - Fine Art Prints on July 24th: 110.50% 


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

National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - Hogarth, Egypt, London, Maps, etc. on July 24th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 100.00% 
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Sporting Sale - Fine Art Prints on July 24th: 98.68% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 95.74% 
Charlton Hall. Six Centuries at Auction - Books, Prints on July 23rd: 89.47% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Three Ring Auction! on July 23rd: 85.69% 


7 total sales reported this week: 

National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - Hogarth, Egypt, London, Maps, etc. on July 24th: 100.00% 
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Sporting Sale - Fine Art Prints on July 24th: 98.68% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 95.74% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 100.00% 
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. The Stamps, Manuscripts and Space Memorabilia Sale on July 23rd: 75.76% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Three Ring Auction! on July 23rd: 85.69% 
Charlton Hall. Six Centuries at Auction - Books, Prints on July 23rd: 89.47% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Potter and Potter Auctions Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World.The Duel of the Cannoneers Light Battery Artillery Exercises. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $12,000.
  2. Potter and Potter Auctions Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. U.S.Cavalry Exercises. The Military Marvels of the World. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $12,000.
  3. Potter and Potter Auctions Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. A Group of Wild West Girls and Cowboys – The Virginia Reel on Horseback. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $12,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 on July 24th Actual price: USD $10,158.
  5. Goldberg Coins and Collectibles Tobiasse, Theo. The Pigeon and The Lovers of Notre Dame on July 23rd Actual price: USD $9,600.
  6. Potter and Potter Auctions Al. G. Barnes Wild Animal Circus Wagon Gilt Carving. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $9,600.
  7. Copley Fine Art Auctions Ferruginous Thrush on July 24th Actual price: USD $9,360.
  8. Potter and Potter Auctions Penny Arcade Fortune Teller Machine. Cleopatra.Temple of Fate! Consult the Oracle! on July 23rd Actual price: USD $9,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions Detective Comics #35 on July 24th Actual price: USD $7,170.
  10. Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 on July 24th Actual price: USD $7,170.
  11. Goldberg Coins and Collectibles Lincoln, Abraham on July 23rd Actual price: USD $6,600.
  12. Copley Fine Art Auctions Shoveller Duck on July 24th Actual price: USD $6,480.
  13. Goldberg Coins and Collectibles Bruce Lee Signed Photo from Fist of Fury on July 23rd Actual price: USD $6,300.
  14. Copley Fine Art Auctions Six Federal Duck Stamps and Prints on July 24th Actual price: USD $6,120.
  15. Potter and Potter Auctions Ringling Brothers. The Grand Highway Locomotive “Hercules,” Capacity 120,000 Lbs. Drawing a Section of the Enormous Street Parade. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $6,000.
  16. Charlton Hall WILD TURKEY, on July 23rd Actual price: USD $6,000.
  17. Copley Fine Art Auctions Marsh Gunner, 1918 on July 24th Actual price: USD $5,760.
  18. Copley Fine Art Auctions Brant Goose on July 24th Actual price: USD $5,040.
  19. Potter and Potter Auctions Portrait of John Sitting Bull. Sioux Tribe. on July 23rd Actual price: USD $4,800.
  20. Goldberg Coins and Collectibles 7 Past U.S. Presidents, 1969-2009, Signed Photograph of Air Force One on July 23rd Actual price: USD $4,800.
  21. Goldberg Coins and Collectibles Obama, Barack on July 23rd Actual price: USD $4,800.
  22. Goldberg Coins and Collectibles 1969 Apollo 11 important working documents (x3) on July 23rd Actual price: USD $4,800.
  23. Goldberg Coins and Collectibles 1986 STS-51L Crew Member Signed NASA Color Litho on July 23rd Actual price: USD $4,800.
  24. Heritage Auctions Conan the Barbarian #58 Page 23 Original Art on July 24th Actual price: USD $4,780.
  25. Copley Fine Art Auctions Old Tom, 1926 on July 24th Actual price: USD $4,320.



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

National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - Hogarth, Egypt, London, Maps, etc. on July 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 100.00%
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Sporting Sale - Fine Art Prints on July 24th: 98.68%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 95.74%
Charlton Hall. Six Centuries at Auction - Books, Prints on July 23rd: 89.47%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Three Ring Auction! on July 23rd: 85.69%


14 total sales reported this week:

National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - Hogarth, Egypt, London, Maps, etc. on July 24th: 100.00%
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Sporting Sale - Fine Art Prints on July 24th: 98.68%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 95.74%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 7/17 on July 24th: 100.00%
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. The Stamps, Manuscripts and Space Memorabilia Sale on July 23rd: 75.76%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Three Ring Auction! on July 23rd: 85.69%
Charlton Hall. Six Centuries at Auction - Books, Prints on July 23rd: 89.47%


For the week ahead 7 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 1st
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History - Online bidstart 7/21. 458 lots

Wed. Aug. 3rd
Swann Galleries. New York. Vintage Posters. 582 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Summer Americana Auction. 31 lots

Thu. Aug. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics. 1246 lots

Fri. Aug. 5th
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Americana Exposition Auction - Decorative Prints. 57 lots

Sun. Aug. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 7/31.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. /Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 7/31.

Bruce McKinney

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  • 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
  • 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.