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Seventeen Auctions Archived, 11 Sales this Week

For the week ended Saturday, July 29, 2017, 17 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; six denominated in euros and 11 in US dollars.  Turnover was $1,904,954 as 4,581 lots were offered and 3,625 sold for a 79% success rate.  It’s summer and every week is quite different.

  

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

Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Children's and Illustrated Books, Modern Literature, and First Editions on July 20th: 136.93% 
Eldreds. The Marine Sale - Books and Prints on July 20th: 120.32% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on July 19th: 105.86% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/16 on July 23rd: 99.64% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Children's and Illustrated Books, Modern Literature, and First Editions on July 20th: 93.78% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/16 on July 23rd: 92.77% 
Skinner. Country Americana - Pribnts on July 20th: 91.67% 
Brunk Auctions. July Sale - Day 2 - Books and Prints on July 22nd: 90.77% 
Brunk Auctions. July Sale - Day 1 - Books and Prints on July 21st: 89.80% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on July 19th: 84.21% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 20th: 80.88% 
Eldreds. The Marine Sale - Books and Prints on July 20th: 80.00% 


17 total sales reported this week: 

Bloomsbury Auctions. Rare Books and Works on Paper, including Photographs and Autographs on July 27th: 62.09% 
PBA Galleries. Fine Literature and Fine Books on July 27th: 77.21% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 20th: 80.88% 
Brunk Auctions. July Sale - Day 2 - Books and Prints on July 22nd: 90.77% 
Brunk Auctions. July Sale - Day 1 - Books and Prints on July 21st: 89.80% 
Skinner. Country Americana - Pribnts on July 20th: 91.67% 
Charlton Hall. Estate and Private Collections on July 22nd: 65.38% 
RR Auction. Olympic Memorabilia - Internet bidstart 7/13 on July 20th: 55.26% 
Eldreds. The Marine Sale - Books and Prints on July 20th: 80.00% 
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Fine Sale - Day 3: Books on July 20th: 53.23% 
Trafford Books. Books on July 19th: 73.65% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Children's and Illustrated Books, Modern Literature, and First Editions on July 20th: 93.78% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on July 19th: 84.21% 
JellyFishTree. Books on July 5th: 20.47% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/16 on July 23rd: 92.77% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/16 on July 23rd: 99.64% 
Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 6/7 on June 14th: 69.84% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Dominic Winter Book Auctions On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life on July 19th Actual price: USD $86,996.
  2. Bloomsbury Auctions Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, on July 27th Actual price: USD $61,727.
  3. Eldreds NATHAN YOUNG'S JOURNAL OF FOUR WHALING VOYAGES FROM PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS on July 20th Actual price: USD $57,000.
  4. Dominic Winter Book Auctions A complete set of all 14 James Bond novels on July 20th Actual price: USD $41,945.
  5. Bloomsbury Auctions The Repository of Arts on July 27th Actual price: USD $21,117.
  6. Dominic Winter Book Auctions The Power and the Glory on July 20th Actual price: USD $13,360.
  7. Dominic Winter Book Auctions Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1803 on July 19th Actual price: USD $10,564.
  8. Bloomsbury Auctions You Only Live Twice on July 27th Actual price: USD $10,559.
  9. Dominic Winter Book Auctions A Murder of Quality on July 20th Actual price: USD $10,253.
  10. Dominic Winter Book Auctions Robert Morden Miniature Map Playing Cards. [The 52 Counties of England and Wales, Geographically Described in a Pack of Cards on July 20th Actual price: USD $10,098.
  11. Dominic Winter Book Auctions Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants &c..., on July 19th Actual price: USD $9,942.
  12. PBA Galleries Moby-Dick; or, the Whale on July 27th Actual price: USD $9,600.
  13. RR Auction Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics Official Olympic Report on July 20th Actual price: USD $7,963.
  14. Bloomsbury Auctions Psalter (The) or Psalmes of David, on July 27th Actual price: USD $7,797.
  15. Dominic Winter Book Auctions A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, on July 19th Actual price: USD $7,768.
  16. Dominic Winter Book Auctions Severn & Somme on July 20th Actual price: USD $6,835.
  17. Dominic Winter Book Auctions Kinder- und Haus-Märchen. Gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm, on July 20th Actual price: USD $6,525.
  18. PBA Galleries The Catcher in the Rye on July 27th Actual price: USD $6,000.
  19. Old World Auctions Maris Pacifici, (quod Vulgo Mar del Zur) cum Regionibus Circumiacentibus, Insulisque in Eodem Passim Sparsis, Novissima Descriptio Abraham Ortelius on June 14th Actual price: USD $5,750.
  20. Dominic Winter Book Auctions Notes on Nursing, What it is, and What it is not on July 19th Actual price: USD $5,593.
  21. Dominic Winter Book Auctions The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccas. on July 19th Actual price: USD $5,593.
  22. PBA Galleries The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on July 27th Actual price: USD $5,400.
  23. PBA Galleries The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War on July 27th Actual price: USD $5,400.
  24. Heritage Auctions Iron Man #54 Story Page 14 Namor and Moondragon Original Art on July 23rd Actual price: USD $5,258.
  25. Dominic Winter Book Auctions The Illustrated London News, 102 volumes, a broken run, volumes 4-104 on July 19th Actual price: USD $5,127.



For the week ahead 11 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jul. 31st
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints and Photographs. 50 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . A Century of World's Fairs. 85 lots

Wed. Aug. 2nd
Swann Galleries. New York. Vintage Posters. 610 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Americana and Paintings - Books, Prints. 44 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books. 99 lots

Sat. Aug. 5th
Case Antiques, Inc.. Knoxville. Live Auction - Books, Prints. 134 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. August Gallery Auction. 76 lots
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Americana and English - Prints. 63 lots

Sun. Aug. 6th
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Cowboy Con Auction. 43 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/30.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/30.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.