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<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Autographs<br>December 11, 2019</b><b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Melville (Herman). <i>White Jacket; or, the World in a Man-of-War,</i> 1st edition, London, 1850. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Bracton (Henry de). <i>De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae,</i> 1st edition, 1569. Ex libris Sir Daniel Dun (c.1545-1617). £3,000 to £5,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Edgar (Thomas). <i>The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights,</i> 1st edition, 1632. £2,000 to £3,000.<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Autographs<br>December 11, 2019</b><b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Donne (John). <i>Poems,</i> 3rd edition, 1639. Ex libris Sir Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982). £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Mandeville (Bernard). <i>The Fable of the Bees,</i> 1st edition, 1714. Rare inspiration for the Wealth of Nations. £2,000 to £3,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Honter (Johannes, & others). <i>De Cosmographiae rudimentis,</i> Basel, 1561. Ex libris Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514-1574). £5,000 to £8,000.<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Autographs<br>December 11, 2019</b><b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Lincoln (Abraham). Military commission signed, Washington, 1864, and related documents. £3,000 to £5,000.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Faraday (Michael). Iron filings diagram on waxed blue paper, c.1850. £500 to £800.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Felixmüller (Conrad). <i>ABC,</i> 1st edition, Dresden, 1925. One of 10 hand-coloured copies. Ex libris Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979). £3,000 to £5,000.<center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Autographs<br>December 11, 2019</b><b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Kelmscott Press. <i>The Order of Chivalry,</i> 1893. One of 225 copies; presentation copy from Sydney Cockerell. £800 to £1,200.<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Anna Livia Plurabelle,</i> 1st edition, New York, 1928. One of 50 special copies on green paper. £1,000 to £1,500<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 11:</b> Orwell (George). <i>Homage to Catalonia,</i> 1st edition, 1938. £2,500 to £3,300
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<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> SHAKESPEARE, William. <i>Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies.</i> The second Impression. London, 1632. £120,000 to £180,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. <i>Das Römische Carneval.</i> Berlin and Gotha, 1789. £20,000 to £30,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> [SHAKESPEARE, William]. Manuscript part for a contemporary analogue to <i>Henry IV,</i> part I, n.p. [perhaps Oxford or London], n.d. [c.1580s – before c.1620]. £25,000 to £35,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832). <i>Faust. Ein Fragment... Ächte Ausgabe.</i> Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen, 1790. £3,000 to £5,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> SHAKESPEARE, William. <i>The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre.</i> London, 1683. £60,000 to £90,000.<b>Christie’s London, Dec. 11:</b> [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. <i>Die Leiden des jungen Werthers.</i> Leipzig: Weygand, 1774. £15,000 to £20,000.
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<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Churchill (Winston) & Others. 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, 27 April 1944. £8,000 to £12,000.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses.</i> First English edition, 1922. £800 to £1,200.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Belzoni (Giovanni Battista). <i>Plates Illustrated of the Researches and Operations...in Egypt and Nubia,</i> FIRST EDITION, 1821-1822. £14,375 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Astor (John Jacob). A collection of rare letters, 9 January 1812- 4 September 1837. £26,000 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Rowling (J.K.) <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> FIRST EDITION, first issue, 1997. £27,500 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Royal Family. Photograph of Queen Elizabeth, George VI, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, signed, 1946. £3,640 inc Buyers Premium.<b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Seeking Consignments.</b> Collodi (Carlo). <i>Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino,</i> FIRST EDITION, 1883. £8,401 inc Buyers Premium.
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<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Currier & Ives, <i>The Mississippi in Time of Peace,</i> hand-colored lithograph, 1865. $6,000 to $9,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Hartmann Schedel, <i>Liber Cronicarum...,</i> Nuremberg, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Claudius Ptolemaeus, <i>Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo,</i> Lyons, 1535. $20,000 to $25,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Thomas Jefferys, <i>The American Atlas,</i> London, 1776-77. $10,000 to $15,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> John Speed, <i>A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World,</i> 20 miniature maps, London, 1665. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> <i>Biblia Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Durch D. Martin Luther Verteutscht,</i> illustrated cartographic Bible, Basel, 1665. $1,500 to $2,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Early Hawaiian-language school geography, Lahainaluna Seminary, 1840. $2,500 to $3,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Cornelis de Jode, <i>Africae Vera Forma, et Situs,</i> Antwerp, 1593. $4,000 to $6,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Maria Vincenzo Coronelli, <i>America Settentrionale Colle Nuove Scoperte Sin All Anno,</i> Venice, 1688. $7,000 to $10,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Johann Christoph Volkamer, <i>Nürnbergische Hesperides,</i> Nuremberg, 1708-1714. $12,000 to $18,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Johann Bayer, <i>Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata...,</i> 51 celestial charts, c. 1603. $5,000 to $7,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17:</b> Manuscript map of Commodore Perry’s Black Ship squadron at Edo Bay, with manuscript sketchbook, ink & watercolor, Japan, c. 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
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Twenty-four Auctions Archived, 35 Sales Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Saturday, May 13, 2017, 24 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 6 denominated in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 14 in US dollars. Turnover was $9,003,006 as 8,521 lots were offered and 6,708 lots sold for a 79% success rate. Washington may be in melt-down but the rooms are alive.
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art on May 12th: $1,719,985
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on May 9th: $1,268,316
Swann Galleries. Contemporary Art on May 11th: $1,231,379
8 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Arts of the American West Spring Auction on May 7th: 199.21%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Motoring Literature, Automobilia, Early Cycling and Railwayana on May 11th: 185.58%
Robert Siegel Galleries. Deane R. Briggs, M.D. Collection of Florida in the Civil War on May 9th: 177.63%
Ferraton. Prints, Books on May 6th: 132.30%
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Posters on May 5th: 123.02%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Travel & Atlases including a Private Library of Polar Exploration on May 10th: 121.94%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art on May 12th: 108.59%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Military and Aviation History on May 12th: 101.61%
12 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Theology, Signed, 16th Century, Mystery, West, etc. on April 29th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/30 on May 7th: 99.07%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art on May 12th: 95.80%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/30 on May 7th: 93.83%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Arts of the American West Spring Auction on May 7th: 92.86%
Heritage Auctions. Manuscripts on May 11th: 89.91%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 9th: 89.06%
Robert Siegel Galleries. U.S. and Confederate States Postal History on May 10th: 87.73%
Robert Siegel Galleries. Deane R. Briggs, M.D. Collection of Florida in the Civil War on May 9th: 86.41%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Military and Aviation History on May 12th: 86.03%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Travel & Atlases including a Private Library of Polar Exploration on May 10th: 85.37%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Post War and Contemporary - Prints, Internet bidstart 4/14 on May 6th: 80.31%
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24 total sales reported this week:
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art on May 12th: 95.80%
ALDE. Antiquarian and 19th Century Books on May 11th: 74.70%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Military and Aviation History on May 12th: 86.03%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Motoring Literature, Automobilia, Early Cycling and Railwayana on May 11th: 79.58%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Travel & Atlases including a Private Library of Polar Exploration on May 10th: 85.37%
Swann Galleries. Contemporary Art on May 11th: 69.57%
Heritage Auctions. Manuscripts on May 11th: 89.91%
Robert Siegel Galleries. U.S. and Confederate States Postal History on May 10th: 87.73%
Robert Siegel Galleries. Deane R. Briggs, M.D. Collection of Florida in the Civil War on May 9th: 86.41%
Alexander Historical Auctions. Autograph Auction Spring Sale on May 9th: 64.56%
Kedem Auction. Rare and Important Items; some Numismatic Items on May 9th: 58.33%
National Book Auctions. Books and Ephemera – Theology, Signed, 16th Century, Mystery, West, etc. on April 29th: 100.00%
Sothebys. Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History on May 9th: 67.19%
Vermot de Pas. Cinema Posters on May 7th: 29.86%
Ferraton. Prints, Books on May 6th: 75.78%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 9th: 89.06%
Dorotheum . Charity Auction - Graphic Prints on May 7th: 70.00%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Post War and Contemporary - Prints, Internet bidstart 4/14 on May 6th: 80.31%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Arts of the American West Spring Auction on May 7th: 92.86%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/30 on May 7th: 93.83%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/30 on May 7th: 99.07%
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Posters on May 5th: 55.19%
Eldreds. Spring Asian Art - Prints on May 5th: 70.31%
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Maps, Periodicals, Postcards, banknotes, Eretz on May 3rd: 65.80%
For the week ahead 7 sales are scheduled:
Mon. May. 15th
Rossini. Paris. Lithographs, Aquatints, Posters, Engravings - Online bidstart 4/26. 427 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 98 lots
Tue. May. 16th
Swann Galleries. New York. 19th and 20th Century Literature. 292 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Limited Editions. 41 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera. 228 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs. 72 lots
Archives International Auctions. FORT LEE,. U.S. & Worldwide Scripophily, Banknotes, Historic Ephemera & Security Printing Ephemera. 1193 lots
Wed. May. 17th
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photography. 310 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Prints. 23 lots
Tajan. Paris. Manuscripts and Autographs. 199 lots
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. PHOTOGRAPHS : ADOLPHE BRAUN – Fifty five Views of the Alps. 55 lots
Sothebys. Paris. Design - Prints, Photographs. 5 lots
Thu. May. 18th
Christies. London - King Street. Photographs. 97 lots
Heritage Auctions. New York. Comics. 1344 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Spring Evening Sale. 15 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Literature. 428 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Fine Photographs and Photobooks. 175 lots
Heritage Auctions. New York. Photographs, Internet Auction - Session 1. 664 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. John F. Kennedy - Online bidstart 5/11. 178 lots
Fri. May. 19th
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Posters. 358 lots
Sothebys. London. Photographs. 99 lots
Skinner. Boston. Fine Prints and Photographs. 169 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Space Exploration. 599 lots
Sothebys. London. The Discerning Eye: Property from the Collection of Eric Franck, Part I. 119 lots
Sat. May. 20th
Christian Hesse Auktionen. Hamburg. Spring Auction - Prints, Photographs, Books. 857 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Live Auction - Books, Prints. 104 lots
Marc van de Wiele Auctions. Brugge. Books. 470 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Furniture, Art, Jewelry, Asian - Prints. 132 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. THE SOLANA COLLECTION OF LALIQUE GLASS - Catalogues, prints. 7 lots
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . Sam Norkin Collection of Illustration and Caricature - Day 1. 575 lots
Sun. May. 21st
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints. 53 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/14.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/14.
Mid Hudson Auction Galleries. Cornwall-on-Hudson, . The Sam Norkin Collection of Illustration and Caricature - Day 2. 797 lots
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