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29 Auctions Archived, 32 Sales Upcoming

For the week ended Saturday, October 29th, 2016, 29 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 6 in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 18 in US dollars.  Turnover was $15,796,375 as 8,977 lots were offered and 6,474 sold for a 72% success rate.  We’re in the high season.

 

3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Christies. The Golden Age of Baseball: Selections of Works from the National Pastime Museum on October 20th: $7,118,250 
Swann Galleries. Fine and Vernacular Prints on October 25th: $1,881,950 
Sothebys. Selections from the Fox Pointe Manor Library on October 26th: $1,870,625 

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

Swann Galleries. Rare Window Cards from the Julius Paul Collection on December 18th: 635.16% 
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Literature and Art Documentation, Design, Avantgarde on October 14th: 116.54% 
Australian Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera in All Fields from the Collection of the Late Paul Dwyer on October 18th: 102.85% 


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

National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - Canada, Egypt, Polar, West, etc. on October 22nd: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 10/16 on October 23rd: 99.87% 
Heritage Auctions. The Edgar Rice Burroughs Collection of Roy and Dela White Internet Rare Books and Autographs on October 27th: 99.60% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 10/16 on October 23rd: 98.23% 
Christies. The Golden Age of Baseball: Selections of Works from the National Pastime Museum on October 20th: 91.53% 
Christies. Old Masters - Prints on October 26th: 90.00% 
Australian Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera in All Fields from the Collection of the Late Paul Dwyer on October 18th: 85.53% 
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Arts: Prints on October 22nd: 84.33% 
Swann Galleries. Rare and Important Travel Posters on October 27th: 81.98% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on October 25th: 80.90% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies SHOELESS JOE JACKSON PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $583,500.
  2. Christies ADRIAN "CAP" ANSON PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $427,500.
  3. Christies LOU GEHRIG PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $415,500.
  4. Christies JOSH GIBSON PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $319,500.
  5. Christies JACKIE ROBINSON PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $295,500.
  6. Christies 1952 TOPPS #261 WILLIE MAYS on October 20th Actual price: USD $247,500.
  7. Christies MIKE "KING" KELLY SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH on October 20th Actual price: USD $199,500.
  8. Christies 1955 TOPPS #123 SANDY KOUFAX on October 20th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  9. Christies GEORGE SISLER PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  10. Christies WALTER JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  11. Swann Galleries Portrait of Kate Keown. on October 25th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  12. Christies MICKEY MANTLE PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  13. Swann Galleries DEWAR'S / THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH. on December 18th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  14. Christies JOSH GIBSON SIGNED CONTRACT on October 20th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  15. Christies GEORGE "BABE" RUTH PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  16. Christies JIMMIE FOXX PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  17. Swann Galleries Karsh--Fifteen Portraits. on October 25th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  18. Sothebys PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES ... [WITH] PURCHASE HIS PILGRIMAGE.  on October 26th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  19. Christies HANK GREENBERG PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  20. Christies MARTIN DIHIGO PROFESSIONAL MODEL BAT on October 20th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  21. Christies JOE JACKSON SIGNED BILL OF SALE on October 20th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  22. Australian Book Auctions VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, on October 18th Actual price: USD $72,838.
  23. Swann Galleries Political Rally, Chicago. on October 25th Actual price: USD $67,500.
  24. Swann Galleries At the Time of the Louisville Flood, Kentucky. on October 25th Actual price: USD $65,000.
  25. Christies 1954 TOPPS #94 ERNIE BANKS on October 20th Actual price: USD $62,500.



29 total sales reported this week:

National Book Auctions. Books, Art and Ephemera - Canada, Egypt, Polar, West, etc. on October 22nd: 100.00%
Christies. The Golden Age of Baseball: Selections of Works from the National Pastime Museum on October 20th: 91.53%
Auctionata. Post War and Contemporary Art - Prints on October 27th: 29.09%
One Of Kind Collectibles. Autographs,& Manuscripts and Sports on October 27th: 77.38%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Travel, Natural History and Colour Plate Books on October 27th: 51.05%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Books and Works on Paper on October 27th: 64.90%
Swann Galleries. Rare and Important Travel Posters on October 27th: 81.98%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs on October 27th: 53.39%
Heritage Auctions. The Edgar Rice Burroughs Collection of Roy and Dela White Internet Rare Books and Autographs on October 27th: 99.60%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on October 26th: 51.35%
Christies. Old Masters - Prints on October 26th: 90.00%
Sothebys. Collections - Prints, Books on October 26th: 60.00%
Sothebys. Selections from the Fox Pointe Manor Library on October 26th: 67.71%
Swann Galleries. Fine and Vernacular Prints on October 25th: 73.99%
Swann Galleries. Rare Window Cards from the Julius Paul Collection on December 18th: 77.27%
Bonhams. Photographs on October 25th: 44.44%
Quagga Rare Books and Art. Photographs and Photobooks - Part 1 - Internet bidstart 10/18 on October 25th: 44.44%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Interiors - Prints on October 25th: 70.83%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on October 25th: 80.90%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Arts: Prints on October 22nd: 84.33%
Grogan and Company. The October Auction on October 23rd: 70.59%
Galerie Bassenge. Autograph Letters on Literature, Science, Art and Music on October 15th: 46.87%
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Literature and Art Documentation, Design, Avantgarde on October 14th: 69.55%
Galerie Bassenge. Literature, Illustrated Books, Philosophy, Abecedaria on October 14th: 50.91%
Galerie Bassenge. Manuscripts, Incunables, Theology, Books on Art, Juridica on October 13th: 61.00%
Galerie Bassenge. Rare Books, Geography, Medicine, Science, Music, Politics on October 13th: 49.73%
Australian Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera in All Fields from the Collection of the Late Paul Dwyer on October 18th: 85.53%
Heritage Auctions. Comics - Internet bidstart 10/16 on October 23rd: 99.87%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 10/16 on October 23rd: 98.23% 

 

For the week ahead 32 sales are scheduled: 

Mon. Oct. 31st 
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Antiques and Interiors - Books and Pictures. 21 lots 
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 69 lots 

Tue. Nov. 1st 
Swann Galleries. New York. Autographs. 285 lots 
Tooveys. West Sussex. Ephemera. 208 lots 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Autumn Auction - Prints, Books. 21 lots 

Wed. Nov. 2nd 
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 476 lots 
Christies. New York. Prints and Multiples. 369 lots 
Dorotheum . Vienna. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 178 lots 
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints. 24 lots 

Thu. Nov. 3rd 
Swann Galleries. New York. Old Master Through Modern Prints. 544 lots 
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Photography. 229 lots 
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Press Books. 301 lots 
RJM Autographs and Antiques. Boston. Distinguished Historical Documents, Letters. 157 lots 

Fri. Nov. 4th 
Bonhams. London. Automobilia. 25 lots 
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. ANCIENT AND MODERN PRINTS - MAPS. 324 lots 
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Rare Books and Prints. 508 lots 
John McInnis Auctioneers. Amesbury. November Fine Arts Sale - Prints. 45 lots 

Sat. Nov. 5th 
Nosbüsch & Stucke. Berlin. Rare Books and Prints. 982 lots 
OSENAT. FONTAINEBLEAU. Automobilia. 24 lots 
Potomack Company. Alexandria. November Presidential & Political Auction.. 71 lots 
Addison and Sarova. Macon. Rare and Fine Books. 315 lots 
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comic Strips, Albums, Original Boards, Japanese Objects & Animation - Day 1. 716 lots 
Arader Galleries. New York City. Fine Prints, including Audubon Prints from "Birds of America". 223 lots 
Knotty Pine Auction Service. West Swanzey. Main Ephemera and Book Auction. 159 lots 
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Automobilia. 78 lots 
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books. 
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. 19th and 20th Century Art - Prints. 36 lots 
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Adriana Williams Collection - Fine Art Prints. 11 lots 
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Post War and Contemporary Art - Prints. 111 lots 

Sun. Nov. 6th 
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comic Strips, Albums, Original Boards, Japanese Objects & Animation - Day 2. 352 lots 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics - Internet bidstart 10/30. 
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 10/30. 

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

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  • 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.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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.
  • 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
  • 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.