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35 Auctions Archived, 33 Sales Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday, June 10, 2017, 35 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 17 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 13 in US dollars.  Turnover was a robust $13,794,476 as 8,186 lots were offered and 6,029 sold for a 74% success rate.  The average transaction price was $2,288.


3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Sothebys. The Library of William O’Brien: Property of the Milltown Park Charitable Trust on June 7th: $3,585,411 
Arader Galleries. Summer 2017 Sale on June 3rd: $1,511,809 
Galerie Bassenge. 15th-19th Century Prints on May 25th: $1,413,803 

13 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 

Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 1 - Prints, Postal on May 30th: 205.88% 
Sothebys. The Library of William O’Brien: Property of the Milltown Park Charitable Trust on June 7th: 155.00% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Prints - Live auction begins May 30 on June 9th: 143.66% 
Galerie Bassenge. An American Private Collection - From Lesser Ury to Rolf Nesch on May 27th: 135.31% 
Kedem Auction. Jewish and Israeli History and Culture on June 6th: 131.17% 
De Baecque and Associes. A look on the twentieth century # 15 : Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints on June 1st: 122.38% 
Christies. Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints on June 8th: 115.70% 
Galerie Bassenge. 15th-19th Century Prints on May 25th: 115.37% 
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Art, Part 2 - Prints on May 27th: 113.73% 
Purcell Auctioneers. Antiques and Collectables -Books and Prints on June 7th: 110.94% 
ALDE. Autograph Letters and Manuscripts on June 8th: 104.28% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Property from the Camilla and Earl McGrath Collection - Books, Prints and Ephemera on June 3rd: 103.84% 
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on May 31st: 102.86% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/28 on June 4th: 97.93% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/28 on June 4th: 96.06% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Property from the Camilla and Earl McGrath Collection - Books, Prints and Ephemera on June 3rd: 94.03% 
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Signed Prints by Local Artists on May 31st: 93.28% 
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 1 - Prints, Postal on May 30th: 92.86% 
Christies. Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints on June 8th: 92.31% 
Bonhams. Animation Art on June 5th: 92.12% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on June 1st: 88.42% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 6th: 86.79% 
Skinner. Books and Manuscripts - Online bidstart 5/23 on June 2nd: 86.46% 
Sothebys. The Library of William O’Brien: Property of the Milltown Park Charitable Trust on June 7th: 85.75% 
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 2 - Militaria: Books, Prints on May 31st: 83.33% 
Swann Galleries. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books on June 7th: 81.07% 
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on May 31st: 80.43% 
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Art, Part 2 - Prints on May 27th: 80.00% 

 

 

 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Bruun Rasmussen Unique picture book made by Hans Christian Andersen. on June 9th Actual price: USD $546,000.
  2. Arader Galleries MITCHELL, John (1711-1768). on June 3rd Actual price: USD $488,000.
  3. Galerie Bassenge Los Caprichos on May 25th Actual price: USD $192,864.
  4. Sothebys SUMMA THEOLOGIAE: PARS SECUNDA: SECUNDA PARS. on June 7th Actual price: USD $192,000.
  5. Arader Galleries Carolina Parrot, Plate 26. on June 3rd Actual price: USD $170,800.
  6. Sothebys DE CIVITATE DEI [COMMENTARY BY THOMAS WALEYS AND NICOLAUS TRIVET]. on June 7th Actual price: USD $160,000.
  7. Galerie Bassenge Liegender Akt on May 27th Actual price: USD $158,424.
  8. Arader Galleries Pileated Woodpecker, Plate 111. on June 3rd Actual price: USD $146,400.
  9. Sothebys TREATISES AND EPISTLES, IN THE LATIN TRANSLATION OF JOHN SARRAZIN AND WITH THE GLOSSES OF THOMAS GALLUS; on June 7th Actual price: USD $120,000.
  10. Arader Galleries Great American Hen & Young, Plate 6. on June 3rd Actual price: USD $97,600.
  11. Sothebys COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINALL COPIES. THE SECOND IMPRESSION. on June 7th Actual price: USD $96,000.
  12. Sothebys COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINAL COPIES. UNTO WHICH IS ADDED, SEVEN PLAYS, NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN FOLIO... on June 7th Actual price: USD $92,800.
  13. Galerie Bassenge Saatfrüchte sollen nicht vermahlen werden on May 27th Actual price: USD $89,544.
  14. Sothebys COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE TRUE ORIGINAL COPIES. THE THIRD IMPRESSION. AND UNTO THIS IMPRESSION IS ADDED SEVEN PLAYES, NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN FOLIO... on June 7th Actual price: USD $88,000.
  15. Arader Galleries Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Plate 66. on June 3rd Actual price: USD $85,400.
  16. Sothebys EGYPT AND NUBIA. on June 7th Actual price: USD $80,000.
  17. Sothebys TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD... BY LEMUEL GULLIVER... on June 7th Actual price: USD $76,800.
  18. Galerie Bassenge Dodo mit aufgestützten Armen on May 27th Actual price: USD $75,768.
  19. Bonhams An illuminated manuscript on vellum, being Byron's Ode to Napoleon, on June 7th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  20. Sothebys LA COMMEDIA [COMMENTARY BY JACOPO DELLA LANA, EDITED BY CHRISTOFAL BERARDI]. JACOPO DELLA LANA: CREDO; BOSONE DE GUBBIO: SOPRA LA COMMEDIA; JACOPO ALIGHIERI: SOPRA LA COMMEDIA; PSEUDO-DANTE ALIGHIERI: IL CREDO; GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO: VITA DI DANTE. on June 7th Actual price: USD $67,200.
  21. Sothebys PARADOXA STOICORUM. on June 7th Actual price: USD $67,200.
  22. Bonhams One Plate, from Mick Jagger on June 6th Actual price: USD $65,000.
  23. Sothebys LIBER CHRONICARUM. on June 7th Actual price: USD $64,000.
  24. Sothebys COMMENTARY ON THE PAULINE EPISTLES (‘MAGNA GLOSSATURA’), IN LATIN on June 7th Actual price: USD $60,800.
  25. Sothebys COMMENTARII. on June 7th Actual price: USD $57,600.



35 total sales reported this week:

Bruun Rasmussen. Books and Prints - Live auction begins May 30 on June 9th: 79.07%
ALDE. Autograph Letters and Manuscripts on June 8th: 73.05%
Christies. Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints on June 8th: 92.31%
Skinner. Books and Manuscripts - Online bidstart 5/23 on June 2nd: 86.46%
Sothebys. The Library of William O’Brien: Property of the Milltown Park Charitable Trust on June 7th: 85.75%
Chiswick Auctions. General - Books and Prints on June 6th: 42.31%
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on May 31st: 80.43%
Kedem Auction. Jewish and Israeli History and Culture on June 6th: 64.43%
Purcell Auctioneers. Antiques and Collectables -Books and Prints on June 7th: 77.14%
Treadway Toomey Auctions. 20th Century Art and Design - Prints on June 3rd: 74.16%
Swann Galleries. Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books on June 7th: 81.07%
Bonhams. Fine Books and Manuscripts on June 7th: 49.44%
Bonhams. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples on June 6th: 46.11%
Bonhams. Animation Art on June 5th: 92.12%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 6th: 86.79%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Property from the Camilla and Earl McGrath Collection - Books, Prints and Ephemera on June 3rd: 94.03%
Vermot de Pas. Cinema Posters on June 1st: 44.00%
Arader Galleries. Summer 2017 Sale on June 3rd: 52.03%
Winner's Auctions and Exhibitions. Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Maps, Periodicals, Postcards, banknotes, Eretz on May 3rd: 63.18%
De Baecque and Associes. Marine and Science - Globes, Prints on July 8th: 60.00%
De Baecque and Associes. A look on the twentieth century # 15 : Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints on June 1st: 77.61%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Signed Prints by Local Artists on May 31st: 93.28%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature on June 1st: 88.42%
Binoche et Giquello. Ancient and Modern Books - Travel on June 1st: 42.07%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art, Decorative Art - Prints on May 31st: 48.65%
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 3 - Modern Art, Prints on June 1st: 74.02%
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 1 - Prints, Postal on May 30th: 92.86%
Il Ponte. Interior Decorations - Day 2 - Militaria: Books, Prints on May 31st: 83.33%
Galerie Bassenge. Photography on May 31st: 52.07%
Galerie Bassenge. An American Private Collection - From Lesser Ury to Rolf Nesch on May 27th: 78.43%
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Art, part 1 - Prints on May 27th: 67.88%
Galerie Bassenge. 15th-19th Century Prints on May 25th: 66.47%
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Art, Part 2 - Prints on May 27th: 80.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 5/28 on June 4th: 96.06%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 5/28 on June 4th: 97.93%


For the week ahead 33 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 12th
Dorotheum . Vienna. Autographs. 364 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 91 lots

Tue. Jun. 13th
Swann Galleries. New York. Art, Press & Illustrated Books. 286 lots
Sothebys. New York. Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. 126 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Fine Art - Prints. 22 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Sporlympique III: 100% Sport Sale. 647 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. NASA Photographs. 150 lots

Wed. Jun. 14th
Bonhams. London. Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs. 236 lots
Artcurial. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 259 lots
Old World Auctions. Glen Allen. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 6/7. 441 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 664 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Art Photography. 189 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Modern and Contemporary Prints. 232 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 5/19. 822 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Fine Art and Antiques - Prints. 135 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7Co. 117 lots

Thu. Jun. 15th
Christies. New York. Books and Manuscripts. 246 lots
Minerva Auctions Roma. Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints. 674 lots
Christies. New York. Musical Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Opera Guild Collection. 52 lots
Christies. New York. Ornithology Library of Gerald Dorros. 39 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 97 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Books and Manuscripts. 240 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Vintage Posters. 213 lots
PIASA. Paris. Engravings, etc.. 35 lots
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Children Books - Jean-Jacques Loup Original Drawings. 326 lots

Fri. Jun. 16th
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 355 lots

Sat. Jun. 17th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Entertainment. 812 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints. 134 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Contemporary Prints and Photographs from the Davidson Art College Collection - Online bidstart 6/7. 24 lots
Christies. Paris. Comic Strips and Illustrations. 163 lots

Sun. Jun. 18th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/11.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/11.
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints. 51 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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