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Christie’s London, Dec. 11: AN EARLY DUTCH POCKET GLOBE ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM BLAEU, AFTER C.1618. £70,000 to £100,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673). £50,000 to £70,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: BLAEU, Johannes. Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii principis, ... pars prima, exhibens Pedemontium ... Amsterdam, 1682. £70,000 to £100,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: DUDLEY, Sir Robert, self-styled Duke of Northumberland and Earl of Warwick. Arcano del Mare. Florence, 1661. £500,000 to £700,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: The Mainz Psalter: Psalterium Benedictinum cum canticis et hymnis, for Bursfeld use. [Mainz:] Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 29 August 1459. £5,000 to £10,000.
Christie’s London, Dec. 11: ALBUM AMICORUM OF SCHELOMITH FLAUM. Autograph album containing drawings, autograph quotations and signatures from over 47 contributors, India, Europe, America, Israel and elsewhere, 1923–50. £40,000 to £60,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: FLEMING, Ian (1908–1964). Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. £15,000 to £20,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: HISTORY OF CINEMA. Animal Farm (1954), an animation archive from the Halas and Batchelor studios, [c.1954]. £20,000 to £30,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: LE HAY, Jacques – [Charles de FERRIOL]. Recueil de Cent Estampes representant differentes Nations du Levant... Paris, 1714. [With:] Explication des cents Estampes. Paris, 1715. £25,000 to £35,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: THE LAST JUDGEMENT, historiated initial 'A' on a leaf from an Antiphonal on vellum illuminated by Nikolaus Bertschi [Augsburg, first quarter 16th century]. £7,000 to £10,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: VALTURIUS, Robertus (1413–1484). De re militari. [Verona:] Johannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472. £170,000 to £250,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Macbeth: A Tragedy. London, 1673. FIRST SEPARATE AND FIRST QUARTO EDITION. THE CHARLTON HESTON COPY. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. In Our Time. Paris, 1924. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Fanshawe, A Tale. Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for The Agony in the Kindergarten, one of Steig's most important books. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: VERNE, JULES. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. New York & London, 1872. FIRST EDITION, RARE AMERICAN ISSUE, with Scribner & Welford cancel title. $5,000 to $8,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: KING, STEPHEN. Carrie. New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $1,200 to $1,800.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: PLATO. Timaeus [AND] Critias [from Ficini's 1484 Opera]. A LANDMARK OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. $15,000 to $20,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. $200,000 to $300,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection. London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. $80,000 to $120,000.

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Twelve Auctions Archived, 22 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday, August 19th, 2017, twelve auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; one denominated in euros and 11 denominated in US dollars. Sales totaled $7,067,878 as 3,024 lots were offered and 2,905 sold for a 96% success rate.

1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Heritage Auctions. Comics on August 11th: $6,277,230

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

Skinner. August Americana - Prints on August 13th: 147.84%
Skinner. August Americana Online - bidstart 8/4 on August 14th: 131.13%
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fine Art, Asian and Antiques - session 3 - Decorative Prints and Books on August 18th: 109.03%

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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 99.66%
Heritage Auctions. Comics on August 11th: 99.12%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 97.77%
Skinner. August Americana - Prints on August 13th: 94.12%
Skinner. August Americana Online - bidstart 8/4 on August 14th: 87.80%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on August 12th: 86.36%
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fine Art, Asian and Antiques - session 2 - Decorative Prints and Books on August 17th: 84.21%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on August 13th: 82.98%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 15th: 81.91%

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.

Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb Zap Comix #1 Unused Cover Original Art (1967). on August 11th Actual price: USD $525,800.
Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb The People's Comics Complete 4-Page Story Original Art (Golden Gate Publishing Company, 1972). on August 11th Actual price: USD $203,150.
Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb Weirdo #22 Complete 4-Page Story Original Art (Last Gasp, 1988). on August 11th Actual price: USD $131,450.
Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb ID #2 Cover Original Art (Eros/Fantagraphics, 1991). on August 11th Actual price: USD $101,575.
Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb Your Hytone Comics #nn Complete 9-Page Story "Pete the Plumber" Original Art (Apex Novelties, 1971). on August 11th Actual price: USD $89,625.
Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb Mr. Natural #2 Complete 6-Page Story Original Art (San Francisco Comic Book Co., 1971). on August 11th Actual price: USD $77,675.
Heritage Auctions Fred Ray Superman #12 Cover Original Art (DC, 1941). on August 11th Actual price: USD $77,675.
Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb Snoid Comics One-Shot Complete 9-Page Story Original Art (Kitchen Sink Press, 1980). on August 11th Actual price: USD $74,688.
Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (Marvel, 1964) CBCS NM/MT 9.8 White pages. on August 11th Actual price: USD $71,700.
Heritage Auctions Steve Ditko Strange Tales #141 Story Page 8 Doctor Strange Original Art (Marvel, 1966). on August 11th Actual price: USD $65,725.
Heritage Auctions The Amazing Spider-Man #1 Stan Lee Verified Signature (Marvel, 1963) CBCS VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages. on August 11th Actual price: USD $65,725.
James D Julia Auctioneers BOOK: LES ROSES, BY PIERRE-JOSEPH ROUDOUTE (1759-1840) AND CLAUDE ANTOINE THORY (1759-1827), PUBLISHED IN PARIS BY FIRMIN DIDOT (1817-1824). on August 17th Actual price: USD $65,340.
Heritage Auctions Detective Comics #35 (DC, 1940) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white pages. on August 11th Actual price: USD $56,165.
Heritage Auctions All Star Comics #8 (DC, 1942) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages. on August 11th Actual price: USD $53,775.
Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb Weirdo #23 Cover Original Art (Last Gasp, 1988). on August 11th Actual price: USD $52,580.
Heritage Auctions Barry Windsor-Smith Marvel Comics Presents #83 Cover Wolverine/ Weapon X Original Art (Marvel, 1991). on August 11th Actual price: USD $52,580.
Heritage Auctions Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #22 Story Page 17 Original Art (Marvel, 1965). on August 11th Actual price: USD $52,580.
Heritage Auctions Robert Crumb American Splendor Complete 6-Page Story Original Art (Harvey Pekar, 1979). on August 11th Actual price: USD $43,020.
Heritage Auctions Bob Powell and Wally Wood Daredevil #10 Story Page 14 Original Art (Marvel, 1965). on August 11th Actual price: USD $40,630.
Heritage Auctions John Buscema and Vince Colletta Thor #197 Complete 21-Page Story Original Art (Marvel, 1972). on August 11th Actual price: USD $40,630.
Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG/FN 5.0 Cream to off-white pages. on August 11th Actual price: USD $38,240.
Heritage Auctions Dave Cockrum and Bob McLeod X-Men #94 Story Page 3 Original Art (1975). on August 11th Actual price: USD $35,850.
Heritage Auctions EC Horror and Crime Comics Bound Volumes Group of 7 (EC, 1950s). on August 11th Actual price: USD $35,850.
Heritage Auctions Hal Foster Tarzan Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 8-14-32 (United Feature Syndicate, 1932). on August 11th Actual price: USD $33,460.
Heritage Auctions Science Comics #2 Mile High Pedigree (Fox, 1940) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages. on August 11th Actual price: USD $33,460.

12 total sales reported this week:

James D Julia Auctioneers. Fine Art, Asian and Antiques - session 3 - Decorative Prints and Books on August 18th: 75.00%
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fine Art, Asian and Antiques - session 2 - Decorative Prints and Books on August 17th: 84.21%
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fine Art, Asian and Antiques - session 1 - Decorative Prints and Books on August 16th: 69.64%
Skinner. August Americana Online - bidstart 8/4 on August 14th: 87.80%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 15th: 81.91%
Skinner. August Americana - Prints on August 13th: 94.12%
Michaans Auctions. August Estate Sale - Books and Prints on August 12th: 71.43%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on August 13th: 82.98%
Clars Auction Gallery. Antiques, Asian and Fine Arts: Prints on August 12th: 86.36%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 99.66%
Heritage Auctions. Comics on August 11th: 99.12%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/6 on August 13th: 97.77%

For the week ahead 22 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 21st
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . August Premier Auction - Books and Prints. 42 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints, Photographs. 104 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Important Books, Voyages and Travels, Literature and Art, Fishing, &c.. 458 lots

Tue. Aug. 22nd
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Japanese Art. 125 lots

Wed. Aug. 23rd
Eldreds. East Dennis,. The Prints of Paul Jacoulet. 87 lots
Bloomsbury Auctions. London. Summer Sale - Prints. 5 lots

Thu. Aug. 24th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books - Day 1. 802 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Miniature Books: Library of A Gentleman's Collection. 317 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Asian Art. 50 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books. 115 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Princess Diana Tribute - Online bidstart 8/18. 47 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. 20th Century Design - prints. 10 lots
Waverly Auctions. Falls Church. Quinn Books: Shelf lots. 286 lots

Fri. Aug. 25th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books - Day 2. 253 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Unreserved - Session 1. 46 lots

Sat. Aug. 26th
Addison and Sarova. Macon. Rare Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera. 211 lots
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Unreserved - Session 2. 104 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Customer Appreciation Gallery Auction. 51 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

Sun. Aug. 27th
Rago Arts and Auctions. Lambertville. Unreserved - Session 3. 62 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/20.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/20.

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<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Rare Books & Literature Sale December 10, 2019

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Archive of almost 500 Quaker letters written between leading members of the Society of Friends in Ireland between about 1770 and 1830. €10,000 to €15,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Heraldic Grants to the Delaval Family of Northumberland Manuscripts: 9 May 1761. Patent of Stephen Martin Leake. €2,000 to €3,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Unique Manuscript – Miniature Book by Seamus Heaney. Holograph manuscript copy by Heaney of his poem Mad Sweeney’s Praise of Trees. €2,000 to €3,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Rare Books & Literature Sale December 10, 2019

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Yeats, Mangan and John McCall, with an ALS Yeats [W.B.]. The Wanderings of Ossian and other Poems. London, 1889. €2,000 to €3,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Heaney (Seamus). Toome, illustrated by Jane Proctor. National College of Art and Design 1980. Extremely rare Heaney title limited to 15 copies. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Young (Ella). Celtic Wonder Tales, illustrated by Maud Gonne (four colour plates and other decorations). 1910. Signed by Gonne with an original sketch. €1,000 to €1,500.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Rare Books & Literature Sale December 10, 2019

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: The Yeats Brothers “Jack & William” Yeats (Jack B.) RHA (1839-1922). An attractive small pencil portrait of his son Jack Yeats, aged perhaps 10-12, drawing of a bearded man on rear [with] a second drawing. €1,000 to €1500.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: 18th c. Manuscript Volumes on French Peerage Manuscript: “Recueil de tous les actes concernant les Ducs & Pairs de France… Depuis l’an 900 jusqu’en 1660.” €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Churchill (Winston Spencer). The River War, An Historical Account of The Reconquest of the Soudan. 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1899. First Edn. €800 to €1200.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Rare Books & Literature Sale December 10, 2019

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Important Scientific Association Presentation Copy - Tyndall (John). Heat considered as A Mode of Motion… 1863. €600 to €800.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Receipt Signed by Chippewa Chiefs Document dated 24 May 1845 signed by five “Chippewa chiefs on the River Thames.” €400 to €600.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 10: Bury (Lady Charlotte). The Three Great Sanctuaries of Tuscany, Valombrosa, Camaldoli, Laverna. Lg. oblong folio L. (J. Murray) 1833. First Edn. €250 to €350.
Sotheby’s: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations. Online now through December 10

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: Adam Smith. The Wealth of Nations. First edition, 1776. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: William Shakespeare. Comedies, Histories, Tragedies. 1632, the Second Folio. £70,000 to £100,000.

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: The Saint Albans Chronicle.] Here begynneth a shorte & a breue table on these cronycles. Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde, 1497. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s: English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations. Online now through December 10

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: E.H. Shepherd. “A Very Grand Thing – The Trouble at Owl’s House”. Original ink and watercolour. £40,000 to £60,000.

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species. First edition, 1859. £15,000 to £20,000.

Sotheby’s, now to Dec. 10: William Blake. Illustrations of the Book of Job. 1825 [but 1826]. £10,000 to £15,000.
Christie’s London, Dec. 11: SHAKESPEARE, William. Comedies, Histories and Tragedies. Published according to the true Originall Copies. The second Impression. London, 1632. £120,000 to £180,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. Das Römische Carneval. Berlin and Gotha, 1789. £20,000 to £30,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: [SHAKESPEARE, William]. Manuscript part for a contemporary analogue to Henry IV, part I, n.p. [perhaps Oxford or London], n.d. [c.1580s – before c.1620]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832). Faust. Ein Fragment... Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen, 1790. £3,000 to £5,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. London, 1683. £60,000 to £90,000.

Christie’s London, Dec. 11: [GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)]. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers. Leipzig: Weygand, 1774. £15,000 to £20,000.
Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Currier & Ives, The Mississippi in Time of Peace, hand-colored lithograph, 1865. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Hartmann Schedel, Liber Cronicarum..., Nuremberg, 1493. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Claudius Ptolemaeus, Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, Lyons, 1535. $20,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Thomas Jefferys, The American Atlas, London, 1776-77. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: John Speed, A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, 20 miniature maps, London, 1665. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Biblia Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Durch D. Martin Luther Verteutscht, illustrated cartographic Bible, Basel, 1665. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Early Hawaiian-language school geography, Lahainaluna Seminary, 1840. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Cornelis de Jode, Africae Vera Forma, et Situs, Antwerp, 1593. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Maria Vincenzo Coronelli, America Settentrionale Colle Nuove Scoperte Sin All Anno, Venice, 1688. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nürnbergische Hesperides, Nuremberg, 1708-1714. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: Johann Bayer, Uranometria, Omnium Asterismorum Continens Schemata..., 51 celestial charts, c. 1603. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 17: 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.
<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Autographs December 11, 2019

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Melville (Herman). White Jacket; or, the World in a Man-of-War, 1st edition, London, 1850. £10,000 to £15,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Bracton (Henry de). De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae, 1st edition, 1569. Ex libris Sir Daniel Dun (c.1545-1617). £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Edgar (Thomas). The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, 1st edition, 1632. £2,000 to £3,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Autographs December 11, 2019

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Donne (John). Poems, 3rd edition, 1639. Ex libris Sir Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982). £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Mandeville (Bernard). The Fable of the Bees, 1st edition, 1714. Rare inspiration for the Wealth of Nations. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Honter (Johannes, & others). De Cosmographiae rudimentis, Basel, 1561. Ex libris Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514-1574). £5,000 to £8,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Autographs December 11, 2019

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Lincoln (Abraham). Military commission signed, Washington, 1864, and related documents. £3,000 to £5,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Faraday (Michael). Iron filings diagram on waxed blue paper, c.1850. £500 to £800.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Felixmüller (Conrad). ABC, 1st edition, Dresden, 1925. One of 10 hand-coloured copies. Ex libris Eduard Rosenbaum (1887-1979). £3,000 to £5,000.

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Autographs December 11, 2019

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Kelmscott Press. The Order of Chivalry, 1893. One of 225 copies; presentation copy from Sydney Cockerell. £800 to £1,200.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Joyce (James). Anna Livia Plurabelle, 1st edition, New York, 1928. One of 50 special copies on green paper. £1,000 to £1,500

Dominic Winter, Dec. 11: Orwell (George). Homage to Catalonia, 1st edition, 1938. £2,500 to £3,300