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Twenty-eight Auctions Archived, 18 Sales this Week

For the week ended Saturday, July 1, 2017, 28 Auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 9 denominated in euros, 6 in British pounds, 1 in Swedish krona, and 12 in US dollars.  Turnover was $11,912,875 as 7,098 lots were offered and 5,573 sold for a 79% success rate.  Average lot value was $2,138.

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Sothebys. Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints on June 29th: $2,005,250 
Pierre Berge and Associes. LIBRARY OF PIERRE BERGÉ '' MUSIC BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE ... '' MUSICIANS AND POETS IN ASSOCIATION WIT on June 28th: $1,890,880 
Sothebys. Contemporary Art Evening Auction - Prints on June 28th: $1,597,440 
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on June 27th: $1,312,228 


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

Dorotheum . Books and Decorative Prints on June 28th: 195.63% 
Cowans Auctions. An Eclectic Collection: the Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus, Ohio: Timed Bidsquare on June 26th: 141.28% 
Ferraton. Books, Prints, Photographs on June 24th: 137.03% 
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts on June 20th: 136.83% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Prints on June 24th: 126.19% 
Sothebys. Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints on June 29th: 109.17% 
Jacksons Auction. World Treasures: Important Russian, European, Asian & American Works on June 27th: 108.51% 
Ader. Letters and Autographs on June 20th: 104.73% 


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

National Book Auctions. Books on June 24th: 100.00% 
Forum Auctions in Italy. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books on June 28th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/18 on June 25th: 99.45% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/18 on June 25th: 95.65% 
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Prints on June 24th: 91.67% 
Jacksons Auction. World Treasures: Important Russian, European, Asian & American Works on June 27th: 91.67% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. June Quarterly Fine and Decorative Arts Catalogue on June 27th: 90.91% 
Dorotheum . Books and Decorative Prints on June 28th: 82.08% 
Cowans Auctions. An Eclectic Collection: the Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus, Ohio: Timed Bidsquare on June 26th: 81.97% 
Ferraton. Books, Prints, Photographs on June 24th: 80.17% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys CAGE GRID (COMPLETE SET) on June 29th Actual price: USD $1,181,375.
  2. Sothebys RIMINI on June 28th Actual price: USD $748,480.
  3. Sothebys FREISCHWIMMER #81 on June 28th Actual price: USD $640,960.
  4. Dorotheum De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. on June 28th Actual price: USD $395,500.
  5. Sothebys ANDY WARHOL, ‘ELVIS’, 1964  on June 29th Actual price: USD $227,500.
  6. Sothebys ANONYMOUS on June 28th Actual price: USD $208,000.
  7. Bonhams Le Cirque on June 27th Actual price: USD $189,230.
  8. Stockholms Auktionsverk New Kreüterbuch, in welchem nit allein die gantz histori, das ist, namen, gestalt, statt vnd zeit der wachsung, natur, krafft vnd würckung, … on June 20th Actual price: USD $168,438.
  9. Pierre Berge and Associes Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [Livret annoté par Wagner]. on June 28th Actual price: USD $142,147.
  10. Sothebys LIGHTER GREEN/RED III on June 29th Actual price: USD $105,625.
  11. Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions Civitates Orbis Terrarum. on June 22nd Actual price: USD $103,395.
  12. Dorotheum De historia stirpium commentarii insignes. on June 28th Actual price: USD $98,875.
  13. Sothebys FALTENWURF (GREY) on June 29th Actual price: USD $94,250.
  14. Bonhams Balloon Girl on June 27th Actual price: USD $82,550.
  15. Pierre Berge and Associes Un couPde dés jamais n'abolira le hasard. Épreuves corrigées. on June 28th Actual price: USD $82,525.
  16. Sothebys THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING IN WOLDGATE, EAST YORKSHIRE IN 2011 (TWENTY ELEVEN) - 1 APRIL, 2011 on June 29th Actual price: USD $73,125.
  17. Sothebys MISSING LEBANESE WARS on June 29th Actual price: USD $71,500.
  18. Pierre Berge and Associes Le Cimetière marin. on June 28th Actual price: USD $71,432.
  19. Pierre Berge and Associes Musurgia Universalis sive Ars Magna Consoni et Dissoni in X. Libros digesta. on June 28th Actual price: USD $71,432.
  20. Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions De re militari. on June 22nd Actual price: USD $68,930.
  21. Pierre Berge and Associes The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted. on June 28th Actual price: USD $60,003.
  22. Pierre Berge and Associes La Gierusalemme liberata (...) con le figure di Bernardo Castello; e le Annotationi di Scipio<br/>Gentili, e di Giulio Guastavini. on June 28th Actual price: USD $53,574.
  23. Pierre Berge and Associes Calligrammes. Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre. (1913-1916). Ondes - Étendards - Case d'Armons - Lueurs des tirs - Obus couleur de lune - La Tête étoilée. on June 28th Actual price: USD $50,003.
  24. Bonhams Flowers on June 27th Actual price: USD $47,625.
  25. Pierre Berge and Associes Le Blason des fleurs où sont contenus plusieurs secrets de medecine. Dédié à tres-illustre Princesse, Marguerite de France, Royne de Navarre. on June 28th Actual price: USD $44,288.



28 total sales reported this week:

Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints and Photography on June 28th: 62.71%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. June Quarterly Fine and Decorative Arts Catalogue on June 27th: 90.91%
Pierre Berge and Associes. LIBRARY OF PIERRE BERGÉ '' MUSIC BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE ... '' MUSICIANS AND POETS IN ASSOCIATION WIT on June 28th: 64.62%
PBA Galleries. Americana - World History & Exploration - Natural History on June 29th: 66.82%
Bloomsbury Auctions. The Erotica Sale: Books, Works on Paper, Photographs on June 29th: 73.04%
Sothebys. Contemporary Art Day Auction - Prints on June 29th: 76.19%
Ferraton. Books, Prints, Photographs on June 24th: 80.17%
National Book Auctions. Books on June 24th: 100.00%
Forum Auctions in Italy. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books on June 28th: 100.00%
Chiswick Auctions. Modern & Contemporary Art from A Distinguished Private Collection, Part One on June 27th: 12.50%
Dorotheum . Books and Decorative Prints on June 28th: 82.08%
Jacksons Auction. World Treasures: Important Russian, European, Asian & American Works on June 27th: 91.67%
Bonhams. Entertainment Memorabilia on June 28th: 63.78%
Bolaffi Ambassador Auctions. Rare Books and Autographs on June 22nd: 71.99%
RR Auction. Bonnie and Clyde - Online bidstart 6/15 on June 23rd: 65.65%
Sothebys. Contemporary Art Evening Auction - Prints on June 28th: 75.00%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Fine Auction - Prints on June 24th: 91.67%
Bonhams. Prints and Multiples on June 27th: 68.07%
Stockholms Auktionsverk. Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts on June 20th: 77.06%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on June 27th: 79.12%
Cowans Auctions. An Eclectic Collection: the Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus, Ohio: Timed Bidsquare on June 26th: 81.97%
Pandolfini. Books, Manuscripts and Autographs on June 20th: 63.93%
Pandolfini. Prints and Drawings from the 16th to the 20th Century on June 20th: 56.99%
Skinner. Discovery - Online Auction - Prints Bidstart 6/15 on June 27th: 62.50%
Ader. Letters and Autographs on June 20th: 68.47%
Eldreds. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. on June 23rd: 57.66%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 6/18 on June 25th: 95.65%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 6/18 on June 25th: 99.45%


For the week ahead 18 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jul. 3rd
Neret Minet and Tessier. Paris. Benjamin Rabier. 311 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 75 lots

Tue. Jul. 4th
Rossini. Paris. Engravings, etc.. 9 lots

Wed. Jul. 5th
Bonhams. London. Prints and Multiples. 364 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Cricket Books and Works on Paper. 83 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Post Cards and Posters. 86 lots
Sothebys. London. Treasures: Lot 19, Adolph Menzel Book. 1 lots

Thu. Jul. 6th
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures. 175 lots

Fri. Jul. 7th
Vermot de Pas. Paris. Cinema Posters.
Skinner. Marlborough. Irresistible. Unreserved. - Books, Prints - bidstart 6/21. 79 lots

Sat. Jul. 8th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 569 lots
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. LOS ANGELES. Collectibles and Space Memorabilia. 391 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Great American July Auction - Session one: prints, books, ephemera. 234 lots
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Books, Prints. 106 lots

Sun. Jul. 9th
Neal Auction Company. New Orleans. Summer Estates Auction. 31 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Great American July Auction - Session two: prints, books, ephemera. 185 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/2.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/2.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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.