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16 Auctions Archived, 21 Sales Upcoming

For the week ended Saturday 3 September 2016 16 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 2 denominated in euros, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 13 in US dollars.  Sales totaled $1,279,737 as 4,278 lots were offered and 3,324 sold for a 78% success rate.


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

Northeast Auctions. Summer Weekend Auction - Prints, Books on August 20th: 137.56%
Eldreds. September Evening Sale - Prints on September 1st: 107.19%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Magic, Old and New on August 27th: 100.08%


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

Alaska Auction. Prints on September 1st: 100.00%
National Book Auctions. Books on August 27th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 99.67%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 98.23%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Prints on August 27th: 97.83%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Magic, Old and New on August 27th: 95.30%
Northeast Auctions. Summer Weekend Auction - Prints, Books on August 20th: 94.44%
Alaska Auction. Prints and Books on August 31st: 90.32%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 30th: 89.74%


16 total sales reported this week:

Alaska Auction. Prints on September 1st: 100.00%
Alaska Auction. Prints and Books on August 31st: 90.32%
Eldreds. September Evening Sale - Prints on September 1st: 71.43%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Modern First Editions on September 1st: 36.03%
Rossini. 19th Century Posters, Prints, Lithographs on August 31st: 26.67%
National Book Auctions. Books on August 27th: 100.00%
Morton Subastas. Books and Manuscripts on August 30th: 28.34%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Making and Breaking Records: Entertainment and Sports Memorability on August 30th: 44.07%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 30th: 89.74%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 99.67%
Alexander Historical Auctions. Militaria - Documents, Books, letters, photos on August 25th: 68.16%
Michaans Auctions. Prints on August 21st: 75.00%
Northeast Auctions. Summer Weekend Auction - Prints, Books on August 20th: 94.44%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 8/21 on August 28th: 98.23%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Prints on August 27th: 97.83%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Magic, Old and New on August 27th: 95.30%

 


Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Alexander Historical Auctions ADOLF HITLER WATERCOLOR PAINTING on August 25th Actual price: USD $24,300.
  2. AntiquarianAuctions.com ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES on September 1st Actual price: USD $20,000.
  3. AntiquarianAuctions.com EGYPT, NUBIA, PALESTINE AND SYRIA on September 1st Actual price: USD $12,390.
  4. Northeast Auctions RARE SATIRICAL PRINT "A NEW METHOD OF MACARONY MAKING, AS PRACTICED AT BOSTON," 1774. on August 20th Actual price: USD $11,520.
  5. Northeast Auctions RARE ALLEGORICAL ENGRAVING "AMERICA" MEMORIALIZING REVOLUTIONARY WAR HEROES, CIRCA 1781. on August 20th Actual price: USD $10,560.
  6. Potter and Potter Auctions Silhouette of Harry Houdini Cut by Dai 398 Vernon. on August 27th Actual price: USD $10,200.
  7. Potter and Potter Auctions Program of Magician Dr. Lynn. on August 27th Actual price: USD $9,000.
  8. Northeast Auctions AMERICAN BLACK OR SILVER FOX, NO. 24, PLATE CXVI FROM "THE VIVIPAROUS QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA." on August 20th Actual price: USD $8,880.
  9. Northeast Auctions BOUND GROUP OF LEDGER SHEETS FOR THE SHIPS "ALFRED" AND "TRUMBULL," 1775-1777. on August 20th Actual price: USD $8,880.
  10. Alexander Historical Auctions OMAHA BEACH INVASION PLANS AND MAP OVERLAYS, USED BY AN OFFICER WHO LANDED ON D-DAY on August 25th Actual price: USD $8,505.
  11. Alexander Historical Auctions BAND OF BROTHERS POSTER on August 25th Actual price: USD $8,505.
  12. Northeast Auctions JOHN HANCOCK, PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. SIGNED NAVAL COMMISSION FOR DUDLEY SALTONSTALL, PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 7, 1775. on August 20th Actual price: USD $8,400.
  13. Alexander Historical Auctions WAFFEN-SS OFFICER'S VISOR HAT BY EREL on August 25th Actual price: USD $7,898.
  14. Alexander Historical Auctions SS M1940 DOUBLE DECAL HELMET BY QUIST on August 25th Actual price: USD $6,683.
  15. Alexander Historical Auctions ALLGEMEINE-SS OFFICER'S VISOR HAT on August 25th Actual price: USD $6,683.
  16. Alexander Historical Auctions ADOLF HITLER'S N.S.D.A.P. SWASTIKA ARMBAND FOUND IN HIS MUNICH HEADQUARTERS on August 25th Actual price: USD $6,075.
  17. Potter and Potter Auctions Dai Vernon’s Linking Rings. on August 27th Actual price: USD $6,000.
  18. Alexander Historical Auctions FALLSCHIRMJAGER M38 HELMET WITH SWIRL PATTERN CAMO on August 25th Actual price: USD $5,771.
  19. Potter and Potter Auctions Autograph Letter of Alexander Herrmann. on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,760.
  20. Potter and Potter Auctions Dramatic Cabinet Photograph of Magician Servais LeRoy. on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,280.
  21. Potter and Potter Auctions Professor Herrmann Program and Press Notice at Egyptian Hall. on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,280.
  22. Northeast Auctions BRITISH REVOLUTIONARY WAR LETTER OF MARQUE (PRIVATEERING COMMISSION) ISSUED TO RICHARD RIDDLE, CAPTAIN OF THE SCHOONER "ARBUTHNOT," 7 JULY, 1781. on August 20th Actual price: USD $5,280.
  23. Potter and Potter Auctions Houdini Packing Case Escape Challenge. on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,040.
  24. Potter and Potter Auctions L’Escamoteuse. on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,040.
  25. Potter and Potter Auctions Dr. Lynn’s Anglo-Indian Entertainment Program Booklet. on August 27th Actual price: USD $5,040.


For the week ahead 21 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Sep. 5th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 67 lots

Tue. Sep. 6th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Morningthorpe Manor Country House Sale - Day 2 - Prints. 119 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Books and Manuscripts. 190 lots

Wed. Sep. 7th
Rossini. Paris. Posters, Prints, Lithographs. 235 lots
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Jerusalem. Rare Latin Hebraica books and maps, Zionism, Numismatics and Jewellery. 537 lots

Thu. Sep. 8th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Books & Manuscripts. 218 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Morningthorpe Manor Country House Sale - Day 3 - The Library. 619 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. CollectioMania - Posters, Prints. 110 lots
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Rare Books. 400 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. Wall Art: Photographs and Posters of the 20th and 21st Centuries. 81 lots

Fri. Sep. 9th
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Lancaster. Rare, Out of Print and Used Books. 474 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Morningthorpe Manor Country House Sale - Day 4 - The Library. 733 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints. 65 lots
Auctionata. Berlin. Abstract Art in Focus. 82 lots

Sat. Sep. 10th
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Prints - Internet bidstart 9/2. 134 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Estates Sale. 61 lots
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Estates Sale - Prints. 32 lots
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . Americana - Books and Prints. 27 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

Sun. Sep. 11th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 9/4.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 9/4.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • 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.