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Rare Book Hub: 23 Auctions Archived, 29 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 14 April 2018 23 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 2 in euros, 3 in British pounds, and 18 in US dollars.  Turnover was $11,543,765 as 6,779 lots were offered and 5,399 sold for an 80% success rate.  It was another strong week in the rooms.

 

For the week ahead 29 auctions in the books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera categories are scheduled.

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Sothebys. Photographs on April 10th: $3,126,750 
Sothebys. A Beautiful Life: Photographs from the Collection of Leland Hirsch on April 10th: $2,002,750 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on April 8th: $1,932,067 
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on April 12th: $1,068,305 



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

Northeast Auctions. Fall Portsmouth Auction - Prints, Books on October 25th: 480.86% 
Northeast Auctions. Portsmouth Weekend Auction - Books and Prints on April 8th: 170.30% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on April 11th: 147.49% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 10th: 105.64% 
Rago Arts and Auctions. Remix Sale - Prints, Books on April 7th: 104.03% 


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

Alaska Auction. April Auction online - Prints, Books on April 7th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/1 on April 8th: 98.58% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 4/3 on April 10th: 98.09% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on April 8th: 96.83% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/11 on April 8th: 96.79% 
North American Auction Company. Native American and Western Auction - Advertising on April 7th: 96.69% 
Northeast Auctions. Fall Portsmouth Auction - Prints, Books on October 25th: 94.87% 
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on April 12th: 91.98% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 10th: 91.86% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on April 11th: 90.96% 
Alaska Auction. April Auction online - Prints, Books on April 6th: 90.00% 
Rago Arts and Auctions. Remix Sale - Prints, Books on April 7th: 88.57% 
Northeast Auctions. Portsmouth Weekend Auction - Books and Prints on April 8th: 84.85% 
Sothebys. A Beautiful Life: Photographs from the Collection of Leland Hirsch on April 10th: 84.31% 
Eldreds. Spring Americana - Books, Prints, Ephemera on April 7th: 83.33% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys DOVIMA WITH ELEPHANTS, EVENING DRESS BY DIOR, CIRQUE D’HIVER, PARIS on April 10th Actual price: USD $375,000.
  2. Sothebys 'THE PENCIL OF NATURE' on April 10th Actual price: USD $275,000.
  3. Sothebys 'HOG RANCH FRONT LAWN, NIGHT FEEDER (2:00 AM) WITH MAUREEN GALLAGHER & MBUNO, FEB. 1987' on April 10th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  4. Sothebys NEW ORLEANS (TROLLEY) on April 10th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  5. Sothebys MINOTAUR on April 10th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  6. Sothebys PERU on April 10th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  7. Sothebys 'STEPHANIE, CINDY, CHRISTY, TATJANA, NAOMI, HOLLYWOOD' on April 10th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  8. Sothebys EQUIVALENT 227 on April 10th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  9. Heritage Auctions Casablanca (Warner Brothers, 1947). First Post-War French Release Double Grande (63" X 90") Artwork Attributed to Hervé Morvan. on April 8th Actual price: USD $143,400.
  10. RR Auction John F. Kennedy Map on April 11th Actual price: USD $138,799.
  11. Sothebys 'CHILD WITH A TOY HAND GRENADE IN CENTRAL PARK, N. Y. C.' on April 10th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  12. Sothebys 'MAN LIGHTING GIRL'S CIGARETTE (NEW YORK)' on April 10th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  13. Sothebys 'HOBOKEN' (PARADE, NEW JERSEY) on April 10th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  14. Binoche et Giquello LES JEUX DE LA POUPÉE on April 6th Actual price: USD $106,985.
  15. Sothebys 'BRAS' (ARM) on April 10th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  16. Sothebys THE WOLF OF MAIN STREET on April 10th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  17. Sothebys UNTITLED (SUMNER, MISSISSIPPI, CASSIDY BAYOU IN THE BACKGROUND) on April 10th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  18. Sothebys UNTITLED (NEAR MINTER CITY AND GLENDORA, MISSISSIPPI) on April 10th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  19. Sothebys NASTASSJA KINSKI AND THE SERPENT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA on April 10th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  20. Swann Galleries The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. on April 12th Actual price: USD $77,500.
  21. Sothebys JAY N. Y. (FOURTH OF JULY) on April 10th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  22. Sothebys DOUBLE JACK IN THE PULPIT on April 10th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  23. Sothebys LISA MARIE on April 10th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  24. Sothebys 'PANORAMIC NUDE - THE SCHOOL TEACHER, LAKE COMO' on April 10th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  25. Sothebys 'KEITH HARING, NEW YORK' on April 10th Actual price: USD $60,000.



23 total sales reported this week:

RR Auction. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Internet bidstart 3/16 on April 11th: 63.99%
Christies. Interiors including Faringdon House, Oxfordshire on April 12th: 72.92%
PBA Galleries. Rare Golf Books, Clubs & Memorabilia on April 12th: 64.73%
Swann Galleries. Printed and Manuscript Americana on April 12th: 91.98%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on April 11th: 90.96%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 11th: 76.62%
Northeast Auctions. Fall Portsmouth Auction - Prints, Books on October 25th: 94.87%
Northeast Auctions. Portsmouth Weekend Auction - Books and Prints on April 8th: 84.85%
North American Auction Company. Native American and Western Auction - Advertising on April 7th: 96.69%
Alaska Auction. April Auction online - Prints, Books on April 7th: 100.00%
Alaska Auction. April Auction online - Prints, Books on April 6th: 90.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Entertainment Memorabilia on April 7th: 60.33%
Rago Arts and Auctions. Remix Sale - Prints, Books on April 7th: 88.57%
Sothebys. A Beautiful Life: Photographs from the Collection of Leland Hirsch on April 10th: 84.31%
Sothebys. Photographs on April 10th: 67.48%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 10th: 91.86%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 4/3 on April 10th: 98.09%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/11 on April 8th: 96.79%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on April 7th: 59.32%
Binoche et Giquello. Surrealism - Books on April 6th: 37.39%
Eldreds. Spring Americana - Books, Prints, Ephemera on April 7th: 83.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/1 on April 8th: 98.58%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters on April 8th: 96.83%


For the week ahead 29 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 16th
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . April Premier Auction - Books, Prints. 7 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . World's Fair Memorabilia and Collectibles. 59 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 63 lots

Tue. Apr. 17th
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Valuable Books. 223 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera. 161 lots
Il Ponte. Milan. Photographs. 255 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Forum Auctions @ Artsy: Select Contemporary Editions. 39 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Auction of Printed Documents and Manuscripts, Brochures, Autographs and Dedicated Books. 311 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - Internet bidstart 4//10. 350 lots

Wed. Apr. 18th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/30. 375 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Decorative Pictures - Prints. 10 lots
Christies. New York. Japanese and Korean Art - Prints. 32 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Thur Collection. 391 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Autographs. 424 lots

Thu. Apr. 19th
Swann Galleries. New York. Images and Objects: Photographs and Photobooks. 328 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . ANCIENT & MANUSCRIPTED BOOKS. 276 lots
Christies. New York. Prints and Multiples. 171 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Fine Illustrated Books: Oriental & Occidental - Art & Art Reference – Books about Books. 350 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Space - Internet bidstart 4/12. 719 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. 2018 April 19-20 Spring Sports Card Catalog Auction. 1973 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Literature and Art Documentation. 616 lots

Fri. Apr. 20th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Modern and Contemporary Art and Design - Prints, Posters. 21 lots

Sat. Apr. 21st
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art - Prints. 122 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 165 lots

Sun. Apr. 22nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 4/15.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/15.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/25. 271 lots
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. Spring Potpourri Antique Auction. 22 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art and Antiques - Books, Prints. 46 lots

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
  • 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.