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Twenty-four Auctions Archived, 19 Sales Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday, March 11, 2017, 24 auctions in the rare books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera categories were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 3 in Danish krona, 1 in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $6,939,173 as 11,574 lots were offered and 7,951 sold for a 69% success rate.

3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Books on March 9th: $1,880,620 
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on March 9th: $1,463,494 
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on February 18th: $1,382,915 

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

Cowans Auctions. Advertising and Toys: Books and Prints - Internet bidstart 2/20 on March 6th: 293.31% 
Moreshet Auctions. Books and Manuscripts on March 7th: 162.57% 
Charlton Hall. ARTURO PERALTA-RAMOS ESTATE on March 4th: 154.69% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 8th: 113.31% 
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books on March 9th: 111.27% 


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

National Book Auctions. Colonial, Hemingway, Civil War, etc. on March 4th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 99.86% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 96.59% 
Cowans Auctions. Advertising and Toys: Books and Prints - Internet bidstart 2/20 on March 6th: 96.15% 
Heritage Auctions. Books on March 9th: 95.15% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on February 18th: 94.35% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 7th: 91.67% 
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books on March 9th: 91.36% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on February 19th: 84.13% 
Charlton Hall. ARTURO PERALTA-RAMOS ESTATE on March 4th: 82.88% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Bonhams Autograph Manuscript, being a draft of her revised translation of the Aeschelus play Prometheus Bound, for publication in her 1850 work Poems, on March 9th Actual price: USD $215,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions The Joan Anderson Letter to Jack Kerouac (1922-1969). on March 9th Actual price: USD $206,250.
  3. Bonhams Two leaves, pp 31-34, from the first appearance of The Picture of Dorian Gray in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine for July, 1890, with Wilde's autograph revisions toward the book-version published in April 1891, on March 9th Actual price: USD $185,000.
  4. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Le Cirque, Lithographies originales de Marc Chagall. on February 18th Actual price: USD $171,720.
  5. Bonhams A Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers, from the End of the Year 1777, to the Conclusion of the Late American War. Exeter: Printed for the Author, [1787]. on March 9th Actual price: USD $161,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions Original Typescript of The Dharma Bums (published October 2, 1958), typed by Kerouac himself from his original scroll manuscript. on March 9th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  7. Bonhams Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Jules Verne"), being the complete short story "Une fantaisie de docteur Ox," on March 9th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  8. Bonhams Printed Broadside Signed ("Th: Jefferson") as Secretary of State, 1 p, folio (9 7/8 x 15 1/8 inches), Philadelphia, February 12, 1793, on March 9th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  9. Heritage Auctions The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Newly Translated out of the Original Greek; And with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. on March 9th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  10. Bonhams Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton. English School, c.1715 - 1720, on March 9th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  11. Heritage Auctions De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. on March 9th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  12. Bonhams A Book of Cats. New York: Covici Friede, 1930. on March 9th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  13. Swann Galleries (BIBLE IN LATIN.) Single leaf from a paper copy of the Gutenberg Bible, with the text of Ecclesiasticus 16:14-18:29. on March 9th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  14. Heritage Auctions Collection of Twenty-Eight Early United States Government Publications. on March 9th Actual price: USD $47,500.
  15. Bruun Rasmussen 'La femme toupie" on March 8th Actual price: USD $46,375.
  16. Bonhams Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Emile Zola"), being the manuscript of the short story "Le Capitaine Burle," on March 9th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  17. Clars Auction Gallery "Blue with Red on February 19th Actual price: USD $42,350.
  18. Heritage Auctions Pair of Hermes 3000 Typewriters. on March 9th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  19. Leland Little Auctions Complete First American Octavo Edition of Audubon's Birds of America... on March 4th Actual price: USD $35,400.
  20. Heritage Auctions Stagecoach Trunk once owned by Samuel L. Clemens. on March 9th Actual price: USD $31,250.
  21. Heritage Auctions The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. on March 9th Actual price: USD $31,250.
  22. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Poèmes. on February 18th Actual price: USD $30,528.
  23. Charlton Hall Japanese woodblock folding book depicting the conquest of Korea Edo period, brocade-covered orihon on March 4th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  24. Bruun Rasmussen 'Le cracheur de flammes'' on March 8th Actual price: USD $29,750.
  25. Leland Little Auctions A 17th Century State 9 Edition of John Smith's Virginia Map on March 4th Actual price: USD $29,500.


24 total sales reported this week:

Treadway Toomey Auctions. The Butch McGuire’s Collection - and - 20th Century Art and Design - Prints on March 4th: 78.75%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on March 9th: 55.38%
Eldreds. Antiques and Accessories - Books and Prints on March 9th: 45.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 8th: 75.00%
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books on March 9th: 91.36%
PBA Galleries. Art and Illustration on March 9th: 77.29%
Moreshet Auctions. Books and Manuscripts on March 7th: 76.12%
Heritage Auctions. Books on March 9th: 95.15%
National Book Auctions. Colonial, Hemingway, Civil War, etc. on March 4th: 100.00%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on February 18th: 50.84%
Cowans Auctions. Advertising and Toys: Books and Prints - Internet bidstart 2/20 on March 6th: 96.15%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 7th: 91.67%
Alaska Auction. Iditarod Posters and Fine Art Prints on March 3rd: 76.79%
Charlton Hall. ARTURO PERALTA-RAMOS ESTATE on March 4th: 82.88%
Potomack Company. Creek Sculptor, Retha Walden Gambaro's Studio/Collections with Other Estates - Prints, Books on March 1st: 55.22%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 99.86%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on February 19th: 84.13%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on February 18th: 94.35%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 2/26 on March 5th: 96.59%


For the week ahead 19 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 13th
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, Louisiana Purchase Exposition - Prints and Books. 26 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 113 lots

Tue. Mar. 14th
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History - Day 1Autographs (letters. 534 lots

Wed. Mar. 15th
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood. Exeter. Books, Maps, Prints. 607 lots
JA Stargardt Autographenhandlung. Berlin. Autographs (letters, manuscripts, documents, photographs): Music, History. 430 lots

Thu. Mar. 16th
Swann Galleries. New York. Vintage Posters. 507 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 126 lots
Kestenbaum and Company. New York. Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Art. 239 lots

Fri. Mar. 17th
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Great Estates Auction - Books and Prints. 33 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Cleveland Springs Live Auction - Prints. 17 lots

Sat. Mar. 18th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment. 672 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Comics and Original Plates. 995 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art - Prints and Photography. 95 lots
Sothebys. New York. Saturdays at Sotheby's: Asian Art - Prints, Books. 10 lots
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Photographs, Prints. 379 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books, Art and Ephemera - Civil War, Life, Emblems, Derriere.

Sun. Mar. 19th
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints. 61 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 3/12.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/12.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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.