Auction Update Review: Fifteen Auctions Archived, 11 Upcoming this Week | The Week ending August 26 ,2017 « Rare Book Hub - Rare Books, Book Auctions, Antiquarian Book Collecting

Swann Auction Galleries: Oscar Wilde, “The secret of life is in Art,” autograph quotation dated and signed, 1882. Sold for $15,600.

Swann Auction Galleries: Manhattan Gay Scene Guide 1969, Summer Edition, Mattachine Book Service. Sold for $3,250.

Swann Auction Galleries: Toyen, pen & ink illustration from Marquis de Sade: Justina cili prokletí ctnosti, 1932. Sold for $26,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: Antonio Lopez, 9 men’s fashion studies, graphite, 1974. Sold for $6,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Harvey Milk, 2 autograph letters signed, to Pat Mormon, during US Navy service, 1954. Sold for $2,210.

Swann Auction Galleries: Daniel Abraham, original art for Stonewall Romances, pen, ink & gouache, 1979. Sold for $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Genet with Dog), mixed media collage. Sold for $27,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Susie Gaynes & Amy E. Bartell, March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1987. Sold for $1,188.

Swann Auction Galleries: Paris is Burning, photo offset poster by Anne Dutlinger, signed by film director Jennie Livingston, 1991. Sold for $1,500.
<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 & 10 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Joyce (James), Ulysses, 4to, Paris: (Shakespeare & Co.) 1922, First Edn. €7,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Of the Utmost Rarity with Swift Association. Harward (Michael). Philomath. A New Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, 1666. €6,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Full Complement of Hand Coloured & Other Plates. Rosellini (Ippolito). Monumenti dell Egitto e della Nubia, Vols. I, II, & III Plate Volumes only. €5,000 to €7,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 & 10 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Magnificent Hand Coloured Plates. [Bivort, Debabay, & others] Annales de Pomologie, 8 vols., folio, Brussels, 1853-1861. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Very Fine Coloured Plates & Illustrations. Barbier (George) Vogel (Lucien) & others, Gazette du Bon Ton - Arts-modes et frivolities, 1914 to 1922. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: “I have seen War... I hate War," Signed Presentation Copy to William C. Bullitt, Roosevelt (Franklin D.) August 14, 1936. €3,000 to €4,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 & 10 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Victorian Hostess & Horticulturist. An Important Collection Relating to Lady Dorothy Nevill (1826-1913). €2,500 to €3,200.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Fine Original Portrait Photos of The O'Brien Ladies by Margaret Cameron. Two black and white Photos, each 8" x 10". €1,200 to €1,800.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: James Hume Nesbitt Illustrations: A collection of twelve pen and ink Drawings and Etchings intended for publication as book of illustrations for his thriller novels. €800 to €1,200.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 & 10 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Attributed to Kitagawa Utamavo (1753-1806). A pair of attractive colourful woodblock prints, of Court Ladies in decorative robes with numerous stamps and script. €800 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Contemporaneous Notes from Captain Cook's Voyage Travel: [Anon] Voyage to the South Sea by Mr. Banks, Mr. Parkinson and Dr. Solender, with Capt. Cooke, a 7 page m/ss document. €700 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Very Rare First U.K. Edition with Yellow Paper Band. Herbert (Frank). Dune, 8vo London (Victor Gollancz Ltd.) 1966. €500 to €700.

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Fifteen Auctions Archived, 11 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday, August 26, 2017, fifteen auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; one denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in euros, 3 in British pounds and 10 in US dollars. Turnover was $2,275,211 as 3,765 lots were offered and 3,113 sold for a 82.6% success rate. Summer is over!

For the upcoming Labor Day shortened week 11 sales are scheduled.

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

Northeast Auctions. American Furniture & Folk Art, Marine and China Trade Auction - Day 1 on August 18th: 197.73%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Unreserved Book Stock Sale on August 16th: 187.60%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints, Photographs on August 22nd: 163.56%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Sleight of Hand - The Jeff Busby Collection on August 19th: 150.09%
Northeast Auctions. American Furniture & Folk Art, Marine and China Trade Auction - Day 3 on August 20th: 106.44%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books on August 24th: 104.65%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Summer Sale - Prints on August 23rd: 103.83%

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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 98.82%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Unreserved Book Stock Sale on August 16th: 98.64%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 98.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Sleight of Hand - The Jeff Busby Collection on August 19th: 94.36%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints, Photographs on August 22nd: 91.35%
Northeast Auctions. American Furniture & Folk Art, Marine and China Trade Auction - Day 3 on August 20th: 90.24%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books on August 24th: 86.09%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. August Premier Auction - Books and Prints on August 22nd: 85.71%
Northeast Auctions. American Furniture & Folk Art, Marine and China Trade Auction -Day 2 on August 19th: 84.62%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Summer Sale - Prints on August 23rd: 80.00%

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.

RR Auction Tupac Shakur's 1996 American Motors Hummer H1 on August 17th Actual price: USD $206,531.
Potter and Potter Auctions Important archive of Dai Vernon ? Faucett Ross Letters. on August 19th Actual price: USD $50,400.
Potter and Potter Auctions Important Archive of Correspondence from Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross. on August 19th Actual price: USD $48,000.
Australian Book Auctions SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM. THE EUREKA STOCKADE. THE CONSEQUENCE OF SOME PIRATES WANTING ON QUARTER-DECK A REBELLION. on August 22nd Actual price: USD $37,857.
Northeast Auctions POLITICAL SATIRICAL PRINT "THE BOSTONIANS IN DISTRESS," on August 18th Actual price: USD $36,000.
Australian Book Auctions SLAVERY AND FAMINE, PUNISHMENTS FOR SEDITION; OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE MISERIES AND STARVATION AT BOTANY BAY. on August 22nd Actual price: USD $35,964.
Northeast Auctions CANVAS BACKED DUCK, NO. 61, PLATE CCCI, FROM “THE BIRDS OF AMERICA.” on August 20th Actual price: USD $32,400.
Northeast Auctions POLITICAL SATIRICAL PRINT "THE BOSTONIAN'S PAYING THE EXCISE-MAN, OR TARRING AND FEATHERING," on August 18th Actual price: USD $31,200.
Potter and Potter Auctions The Csuri Notes [Original Typescripts]. on August 19th Actual price: USD $28,800.
RR Auction Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph on August 17th Actual price: USD $23,883.
RR Auction James Dean Signed Oversized Pastel Portrait on August 17th Actual price: USD $17,334.
RR Auction Beatles Set of (5) Prints on August 17th Actual price: USD $17,154.
Northeast Auctions FRAKTUR FOR TRINA HAMMAN, BORN 9 OCTOBER 1790, HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. on August 18th Actual price: USD $15,600.
RR Auction J. K. Rowling Signed 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' Book on August 17th Actual price: USD $13,453.
RR Auction Andy Warhol Set of (10) Signed Mick Jagger Postcard Photographs on August 17th Actual price: USD $13,133.
RR Auction Prince Original Oversized 1977 Photograph by Robert Whitman on August 17th Actual price: USD $12,251.
Northeast Auctions VIEW OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. TAKEN FROM TELEGRAPH HILL, APRIL 1850, BY WM. B. MCMURTRIE, DRAUGHTSMAN OF THE U.S. SURVEYING EXPEDITION. on August 20th Actual price: USD $12,000.
Potter and Potter Auctions Large Archive of Faucett Ross?Frank Csuri Correspondence. on August 19th Actual price: USD $12,000.
RR Auction Beatles Signed 1964 Norman Parkinson Book on August 17th Actual price: USD $11,026.
Northeast Auctions THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. on August 20th Actual price: USD $10,800.
Heritage Auctions The Incredible Hulk #1 on August 20th Actual price: USD $10,158.
RR Auction Beatles Signed 1963 Royal Command Performance Admission Ticket on August 17th Actual price: USD $9,800.
RR Auction Prince 'Purple Rain' Film-Used Clapperboard on August 17th Actual price: USD $9,799.
RR Auction The Sex Pistols 'Never Mind the Bollocks' Signed Album on August 17th Actual price: USD $9,093.
Australian Book Auctions TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR GEORGE MURRAY, K.C.B. HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES… on August 22nd Actual price: USD $8,991.

15 total sales reported this week:

William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. August Premier Auction - Books and Prints on August 22nd: 85.71%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books on August 24th: 86.09%
PBA Galleries. Miniature Books: Library of A Gentleman's Collection on August 24th: 53.94%
Eldreds. Japanese Art on August 23rd: 72.00%
Bloomsbury Auctions. Summer Sale - Prints on August 23rd: 80.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints, Photographs on August 22nd: 91.35%
Northeast Auctions. American Furniture & Folk Art, Marine and China Trade Auction - Day 3 on August 20th: 90.24%
Northeast Auctions. American Furniture & Folk Art, Marine and China Trade Auction - Day 1 on August 18th: 59.24%
Northeast Auctions. American Furniture & Folk Art, Marine and China Trade Auction -Day 2 on August 19th: 84.62%
RR Auction. Pop Culture - Internet Bidstart 8/10 on August 17th: 63.87%
Australian Book Auctions. Important Books, Voyages and Travels, Literature and Art, Fishing, &c. on August 22nd: 71.18%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Sleight of Hand - The Jeff Busby Collection on August 19th: 94.36%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Unreserved Book Stock Sale on August 16th: 98.64%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 98.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 98.82%

For the week ahead 11 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 28th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . ANTIQUES; PAINTINGS; ASIAN; SCULPTURE; GLASS; PORCELAIN; SILVER; FURNITURE; ETC.. 40 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 64 lots

Tue. Aug. 29th
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. MONCLAU Eclectic Collection Auction: Books, Brochures and Documents on the History of Constitutional. 164 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture. 488 lots

Wed. Aug. 30th
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books. 295 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art, Furniture and Decorative Arts - Prints. 29 lots

Thu. Aug. 31st
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Books - Internet Bidstart 8/24. 396 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Art and Illustration. 478 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. No Reserve Online Sale: Antiquarian and Rare Books. 70 lots

Sun. Sep. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/27.

Bruce McKinney

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<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts 24 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2020 Online

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: F. Schubert. Autograph letter to his brother Ferdinand, 4 pages, Zseliz, 1818. £80,000 to £120,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: L. v. Beethoven. Fine autograph letter to his librettist Friedrich Treitschke, about their planned opera, 1815. £70,000 to £90,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: Hermann Hesse, Highly important series of 62 letters and postcards to Stefan Zweig, 1903-1938. £60,000 to £80,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts 24 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2020 Online

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: Book of Hours, Use of Reims, illuminated manuscript on vellum [France, late 15th century]. £40,000 to £60,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: Armenian gospel book, illuminated manuscript on vellum, seventeenth century, tooled calf binding. £7,000 to £10,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: C. Goldoni. Ten autograph letters signed to the Genoese nobleman Cristoforo Spinola, Venice 1742-1743. £7,000 to £9,000.
<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: SHERBURNE, BRANTZ, and WIRGMAN. The Original Drawings of the First Modern Scientific Survey of the Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay. $350,000 to $500,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: LAFON, Barthelemy. The Earliest Comprehensive Survey of Louisiana and its Adjacent Regions. $350,000 to $450,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Giacomo GASTALDI. The Most Important Renaissance Wall Map of Asia Published in the 16th Century – with all four sheets having full margins. $300,000 to $400,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: CAO, Junyi. The Most Important Map of China to Come to Market in 50 Years. One of only three known copies of the last Ming Dynasty world map. $325,000 to $375,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: ORTELIUS, Abraham. Ortelius Atlas Spanish 1588 Magnificently Rich Original Hand Color in Full. $225,000 to $350,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: An Exceptionally Fine and Historically Important Manuscript Map Showing the Origins of Texas in the 19th Century. $250,000 to $350,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: PRICE, William and BONNER, John. Map of Boston 1769. $225,000 to $325,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: John James AUDUBON. Audubon’s Brilliant Icon, That Has Never Been Equaled for Drama. $150,000 to $250,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Pierre-Joseph REDOUTE. Original Watercolor, Red Lily. $175,000 to $250,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: John James AUDUBON. The Most Famous Image of a Bird in All of History. $150,000 to $200,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Martin WALDSEEMULLER. The Finest Example in Existence of Martin Waldseemuller’s Map of the New World, with Spectacular Full Original Color. $150,000 to $200,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: GORDON, Peter. The First State of the First View of Savannah: The Template for American Urban Planning. $100,000 to $150,000.
<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper Live Online 2 December 2020

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Rackham (Arthur). 'The Skein', original pen, ink and watercolour drawing. £4,000 to £6,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Vico (Giambattista). Principj di una scienza nuova, FIRST EDITION, Felice Mosca, Naples,1725. £8,000 to £12,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Bauerkeller's New Embossed Plan of London, first edition, Ackermann & Co., 1841. £1,800 to £2,200.

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper Live Online 2 December 2020

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Bible, English, Coverdale's Version, J. Nycolson, Southwark, [1535]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Langauge, 2 vol., fourth edition revised by the author, folio, 1773. £800 to £1,200.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Orwell (George). The Road to Wigan Pier, first public edition, 8vo., Victor Gollancz, 1937. £1,500 to £2,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Rowling (J. K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, first printing 1997. £6,000 to £8,000.
<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: All-Negro Comics Issue #1, 1947. $4,000 to $6,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Early Memoir of a Black Hairdresser, 1859. $3,000 to $4,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: First Edition Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African, 1782. $2,500 to $3,500.

<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Bessie Coleman Aero News Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1930, Signed by William J. Powell. $2,000 to $3,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Book of Poetry and Music by Formerly Illiterate Author Thomas Young, 1897. $6,000 to $8,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Cabinet Card of 24th Infantryman, Tombstone, Arizona Territory, circa 1882. $8,000 to $12,000.

<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: James Baldwin Portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1955. $3,500 to $4,500.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: The Pacific Appeal Newspaper, San Francisco, 1877. $3,000 to $5,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Only Known Copy Spreading Joy, Uplift History of African Americans in Los Angeles, 1937. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: 1940 Los Angeles The Official Central Avenue District Directory. $2,000 to $3,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: GRÉGOIRE, Henri (French, 1750-1831). An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes, First American Edition, 1810. $1,500 to $2,500.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: 1893 Indian Territory Album with Images of Tacky Grayson. $4,000 to $6,000.
<center>Gonnelli December 1st Antique and modern prints, drawings and paintings

<center>Gonnelli December 2nd Photographs, autographs, musical works and manuscripts

<center>Gonnelli December 3rd Books from XV to XX Century

<center>Gonnelli December 3rd Mathematics books

<center>Gonnelli December 3rd Art books from Salvador Dalí & others
<center>Sotheby’s English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations 1 – 8 December, 2020

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: JAMES OF MILAN | Pricking of love, illuminated manuscript in Middle English [England, fifteenth century]. £60,000 to £80,000.

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: BEARDSLEY | The Toilet of Helen, original ink drawing for Savoy, 1895. £30,000 to £50,000.

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: DICKENS | A Christmas Carol, 1844, seventh edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author. £20,000 to £30,000.

<center>Sotheby’s English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations 1 – 8 December, 2020

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: DARWIN | For Private Distribution... Extracts from Letters addressed to Professor Henslow..., 1835, original wrappers. £70,000 to £90,000.

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: DEFOE | Autograph manuscript poem, 'Resignation', 1708. £20,000 to £30,000.

Sotheby’s, 1-8 Dec.: GRAHAME | The Wind in the Willows, 1908, first edition, dust-jacket. £12,000 to £16,000.
<center>Firsts Online Rare Book Fair 27 November to 2 December Presented by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association
<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1490. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: P. Goos, Le Grand Miroir de la Mer, 1669. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: L. Feininger, Letter with woodcuts, 1920. Est: € 25,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: Latin Bible manuscript, 12th century. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: M. E. Bloch, Naturgeschichte der Fische, 1782-95. Est: € 40,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: M. Chagall, Daphnis & Chloé, 1961. Est: € 90,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: L. J. Waghenaer, Speculum nauticum, 1586. Est: € 180,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: P. J. de Pannemaeker, Collection of orig. watercolors, 1878-1887. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: G. Klimt, Das Werk, 1918. Est: € 15,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: Livro dos prestimonios, Manuscript, 1665. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: J. Miró in J. Cassou, Vingt-deux poémes, 1978. Est: € 8,000