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Rare Book Hub: 21 Auctions Archived, another 14 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 25 August 2018 21 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 denominated in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 16 in US dollars.  Turnover was $14,630,994 as 4,915 lots were offered and 4,282 sold for an 87% success rate.  As we have come to expect, when the number of lots offered declines the percentage of lots sold rises.  Why?  Because interest in buying is relatively constant so constant interest pursuing fewer lots generates higher bids.  This is the way it works.

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectibles on August 19th: $8,588,130 
Heritage Auctions. ANA WFOM Currency Platinum Night Auction - Philadelphia on August 17th: $1,976,946 
Heritage Auctions. ANA WFOM World Currency Platinum Night Auction - Philadelphia on August 17th: $1,349,640 
Arader Galleries. Select Language?? Arader Galleries Summer Auction on July 28th: $1,226,283 


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

Northeast Auctions. THE SUE MACKAY & PETER FIELD COLLECTION on August 18th: 203.05% 
Northeast Auctions. Summer Auction on August 19th: 120.07% 
Morton Subastas. Cartography, Geography, Science and Religion. on August 21st: 115.89% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/12 on August 19th: 99.80% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 8/14 on August 21st: 97.90% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/12 on August 19th: 97.90% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 18th: 94.61% 
Heritage Auctions. ANA WFOM Currency Platinum Night Auction - Philadelphia on August 17th: 93.86% 
Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectibles on August 19th: 93.56% 
Northeast Auctions. THE SUE MACKAY & PETER FIELD COLLECTION on August 18th: 92.86% 
Northeast Auctions. Summer Auction on August 19th: 92.11% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 23rd: 90.48% 
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera on August 18th: 88.89% 
Alaska Auction. Online only: Prints, Iditarod memorabilia on August 15th: 87.80% 
Eldreds. The Prints of Paul Jacoulet on August 22nd: 87.50% 
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on August 22nd: 85.94% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 21st: 82.81% 
Alaska Auction. Multicultural Auction - Prints, Books on August 16th: 82.61% 
Eldreds. Japanese Art - Prints on August 22nd: 80.23% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions 1964 Mickey Mantle World Series Home Run Record-Setting Game Worn New York Yankees Jersey, MEARS A9. on August 19th Actual price: USD $1,320,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM-MT+ 8.5. on August 19th Actual price: USD $810,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM-MT 8. on August 19th Actual price: USD $420,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions 1916 Indianapolis Brewing Co. Babe Ruth #151 Rookie PSA VG-EX 4. on August 19th Actual price: USD $264,000.
  5. Morton Subastas On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. on August 21st Actual price: USD $246,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions 1930-31 Babe Ruth Signed New York Yankees Player's Contract--The Richest of His Career. on August 19th Actual price: USD $243,600.
  7. Heritage Auctions 1914 Boston Garter Color "Ty" Cobb SGC 50 VG/EX 4. on August 19th Actual price: USD $204,000.
  8. Arader Galleries Mitchell Map of North America, 1755 on July 28th Actual price: USD $201,300.
  9. Heritage Auctions 1927 Babe Ruth Home Run #48 Baseball Signed and Notated in Ruth's Hand! on August 19th Actual price: USD $192,000.
  10. Heritage Auctions 1922 Babe Ruth Game Used & Signed Bat, PSA/DNA GU 9.5. on August 19th Actual price: USD $180,000.
  11. Heritage Auctions 1967-2018 Super Bowl Full Ticket Run of 52--Number One All-Time Finest on the PSA Set Registry! on August 19th Actual price: USD $168,000.
  12. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. on August 17th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  13. Heritage Auctions 1914 Cracker Jack Christy Mathewson #88 PSA EX 5. on August 19th Actual price: USD $144,000.
  14. Arader Galleries Pitt's English Atlas on July 28th Actual price: USD $122,000.
  15. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1078b $100 1914 Red Seal Federal Reserve Note PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ. on August 17th Actual price: USD $120,000.
  16. Arader Galleries Origin of Mason Dixon Line on July 28th Actual price: USD $115,900.
  17. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Piedmont Christy Mathewson Portrait PSA NM-MT+ 8.5. on August 19th Actual price: USD $114,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions Zanzibar Zanzibar Government 20 Rupees 1.1.1908 Pick 4cts Color Trial Specimen. on August 17th Actual price: USD $108,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PCGS Choice About New 58PPQ. on August 17th Actual price: USD $102,000.
  20. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1179 $20 1905 Gold Certificate PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ. on August 17th Actual price: USD $102,000.
  21. Arader Galleries Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum on July 28th Actual price: USD $97,600.
  22. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1072a $100 1914 Red Seal Federal Reserve Note Cut Sheet of Four PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. on August 17th Actual price: USD $96,000.
  23. Heritage Auctions 1964 American League Most Valuable Player Award from The Brooks Robinson Collection. on August 19th Actual price: USD $90,000.
  24. Heritage Auctions 1952 Ted Williams Game Worn Boston Red Sox Jersey, MEARS A10. on August 19th Actual price: USD $90,000.
  25. Heritage Auctions Philadelphia, PA - $100 1882 Brown Back Fr. 520 The Western NB Ch. # 656 on August 17th Actual price: USD $90,000.



21 total sales reported this week:


Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on August 23rd: 90.48%
Forum Auctions. Artsy: Color Theory on August 22nd: 78.57%
Chiswick Auctions. Printed Books and Manuscripts on August 22nd: 85.94%
Northeast Auctions. Summer Auction on August 19th: 92.11%
Eldreds. The Prints of Paul Jacoulet on August 22nd: 87.50%
Addison and Sarova. Rare Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera on August 18th: 88.89%
Eldreds. Japanese Art - Prints on August 22nd: 80.23%
Northeast Auctions. THE SUE MACKAY & PETER FIELD COLLECTION on August 18th: 92.86%
Morton Subastas. Cartography, Geography, Science and Religion. on August 21st: 33.43%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on August 21st: 82.81%
Alaska Auction. Online only: Prints, Iditarod memorabilia on August 15th: 87.80%
Alaska Auction. Multicultural Auction - Prints, Books on August 16th: 82.61%
Arader Galleries. Select Language?? Arader Galleries Summer Auction on July 28th: 48.89%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 18th: 94.61%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 8/14 on August 21st: 97.90%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectibles on August 19th: 93.56%
Heritage Auctions. ANA WFOM Currency Platinum Night Auction - Philadelphia on August 17th: 93.86%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. 20th Century Pop Culture and Animation Art - Online bidstart 7/24 on August 8th: 50.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/12 on August 19th: 99.80%
Heritage Auctions. ANA WFOM World Currency Platinum Night Auction - Philadelphia on August 17th: 78.28%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/12 on August 19th: 97.90%  

 


For the week ahead 14 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 27th
Winter Associates. Plainville, CT . Prints. 38 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints, Photographs. 43 lots

Tue. Aug. 28th
Jacksons Auction. Cedar Falls, Iowa . World Treasures Featuring a Variety of Exceptional Fine Art & Antiques From a Multitude of Worldwide. 18 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 8/21. 529 lots
Kedem Auction. Jerusalem . Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art. 401 lots

Wed. Aug. 29th
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fairfield. Fine Art, Asian and Antiques. 100 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. Online Sale: A Bibliophile's Bibliographic Library - Part II. 376 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Books. 261 lots
Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC. Timonium. BOOKS! MAPS! and MORE! ….. LIVE and Online Auction!. 410 lots

Thu. Aug. 30th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Books, Maps, Prints and Ephemera. 1280 lots

Sat. Sep. 1st
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

Sun. Sep. 2nd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 8/5. 240 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/26.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/26.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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.