• Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • 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

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Rare Book Hub: 33 Auctions Archived, another 22 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 6 October 2018 33 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hib Transaction Database; 3 in Swiss francs, 6 in euros, 6 in British pounds, and 18 in US dollars.  Turnover was $16,610,438 as 9,477 lots were offered and 7,861 sold for an extraordinary 83% success rate.  Many are the recent comments of bidders that it’s taking higher bids to win lots this fall.

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Arader GalleriesArader Galleries' Fall 2018 Auction on September 29th: $4,240,625 
SothebysPhotographs on October 3rd: $2,764,875 
SothebysContemporary Photographs on October 3rd: $1,252,750 
Leslie Hindman AuctioneersFine Prints on October 2nd: $1,173,708



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

TooveysAntiquarian and Collectors Books on October 2nd: 272.45% 
Koller AuctionsOld Master Prints on September 28th: 208.97% 
Koller AuctionsAutographs on September 24th: 150.32% 
SothebysCreating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams on October 4th: 146.16% 
PIASATribute to Joy Henderiks and his commitment to Restos du Coeur - Prints on October 2nd: 134.10% 
Dominic Winter Book AuctionsPrinted Books, Maps and Documents on October 3rd: 129.92% 
TooveysPrints and Maps on October 3rd: 127.85% 
ALDEAntiquarian Books from the 15th to the 19th Century on September 27th: 115.91% 
Forum Auctions in ItalyAntiquarian Books including a Collection of Agriculture and Equestrian Books on October 3rd: 107.13% 
Forum AuctionsFine Books and Works on Paper on September 27th: 101.55% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys GIRL WITH A LEICA (DEVUSHKA S LEIKOI) on October 3rd Actual price: USD $519,000.
  2. Sothebys UNTITLED (PHOTOGRAM WITH CIRCULAR SHAPES AND DIAGONAL LINE) on October 3rd Actual price: USD $447,000.
  3. Arader Galleries Banana (Musa Paradisiaca) on September 29th Actual price: USD $362,500.
  4. Arader Galleries Hooping Crane, Plate 226. on September 29th Actual price: USD $266,500.
  5. Arader Galleries Blush-Colored Crinum (Crinum Erubrscens) on September 29th Actual price: USD $262,500.
  6. Arader Galleries The Birds of Australia & The Birds of Australia, Supplement. on September 29th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  7. Arader Galleries The Birds of Asia. on September 29th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  8. Arader Galleries Golden Hurricane (Amaryllis Autea) on September 29th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  9. Arader Galleries Tiger Lily / Devil Lily. on September 29th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  10. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Superman, 1981 on October 2nd Actual price: USD $200,000.
  11. Arader Galleries R. Bowdler SHARPE. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds. [And] A Monograph of the Trochilidae or family of Hummingbirds Completed after the author's death Supplement. on September 29th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  12. Arader Galleries VOYAGE DANS L'AMÉRIQUE SEPT NORD, OU DESCRIPTION DES PAYS ARROSÉS PAR LE MISSISSIPI, OHIO, MISSOURI ET AUTRES RIVIÈRES AFFLUENTES [...] AVEC UN ATLAS DE 36 CARTES, PLANS, VUES ET FIGURES [...]. on September 29th Actual price: USD $168,750.
  13. Sothebys SONYA, POLES (MONTAUK) on October 3rd Actual price: USD $168,750.
  14. Arader Galleries Flabby-Leaved Canna (Canna Flaccida) on September 29th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  15. Arader Galleries Canvas backed Duck, Plate 301.Canvasback, Aythya valisineria. on September 29th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  16. Sothebys 'LE ROSE' on October 3rd Actual price: USD $137,500.
  17. Sothebys 'STEPHANIE, CINDY, CHRISTY, TATJANA, NAOMI' on October 3rd Actual price: USD $125,000.
  18. Sothebys 'CAVIAR, NEW YORK, JAN 18, 2001' on October 3rd Actual price: USD $125,000.
  19. Sothebys 'GARDASEE' (LAKE GARDA, PANORAMA) on October 3rd Actual price: USD $125,000.
  20. Sothebys 'UNTITLED #5 (ICEHOUSES)' on October 3rd Actual price: USD $125,000.
  21. Arader Galleries The Birds of Great Britain. on September 29th Actual price: USD $118,750.
  22. Arader Galleries Bird of Paradise (Strelitz Reginae) on September 29th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  23. Sothebys ARAB WOMAN on October 4th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  24. Arader Galleries Botany-Bay Lily (Crinum Taitense) on September 29th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  25. Sothebys CHRIST WITH SHOPPING BAGS on October 4th Actual price: USD $100,000.

 

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


Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/23 on September 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Feeling Good Collection, Part I Currency Auction Monthly Auction - Internet bidstart 9/1 on September 30th: 97.18%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/23 on September 30th: 96.40%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 9/25 on October 2nd: 96.16%
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors Books on October 2nd: 96.08%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/2 on September 30th: 95.61%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 29th: 92.90%
Koller Auctions. Old Master Prints on September 28th: 92.11%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. The Poster Sale on September 28th: 92.05%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on October 3rd: 91.98%
Sothebys. Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams on October 4th: 91.46%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Prints, Photographs, Books on September 28th: 84.66%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Lithographs on September 29th: 84.66%
Dorotheum . Prints Before 1900 on October 2nd: 84.09%
Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 8/29 on September 12th: 81.90%
Freemans. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on September 27th: 80.79%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Prints on October 2nd: 80.63%


33 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Fine Literature on October 4th: 73.35%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on October 3rd: 91.98%
Forum Auctions in Italy. Antiquarian Books including a Collection of Agriculture and Equestrian Books on October 3rd: 73.52%
Sothebys. Creating a Stage: The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams on October 4th: 91.46%
Sothebys. Photographs on October 3rd: 60.00%
Sothebys. Contemporary Photographs on October 3rd: 50.00%
Lyon and Turnbull. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs on October 2nd: 78.52%
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Fine Prints on October 2nd: 80.63%
PIASA. Tribute to Joy Henderiks and his commitment to Restos du Coeur - Prints on October 2nd: 75.76%
Tooveys. Prints and Maps on October 3rd: 78.07%
Tooveys. Antiquarian and Collectors Books on October 2nd: 96.08%
Bonhams. Photographs on October 2nd: 55.07%
Dorotheum . Prints Before 1900 on October 2nd: 84.09%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 9/25 on October 2nd: 96.16%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on October 2nd: 77.97%
Il Ponte. Interior Decoration - Prints, Photographs, Books on September 28th: 84.66%
Potomack Company. September 2018 Live Auction on September 29th: 65.22%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. The Poster Sale on September 28th: 92.05%
Koller Auctions. Books on September 24th: 72.33%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/2 on September 30th: 95.61%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books and Works on Paper on September 27th: 71.90%
Forum Auctions. Editions and Works on Paper on September 26th: 62.78%
Arader Galleries. Arader Galleries' Fall 2018 Auction on September 29th: 71.66%
Old World Auctions. Antique Maps, Globes, Charts, Atlases & Vintage Graphics - online bidstart 8/29 on September 12th: 81.90%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Coin-Op and Advertising - Posters and Lithographs on September 29th: 84.66%
Freemans. Books, Maps and Manuscripts on September 27th: 80.79%
ALDE. Antiquarian Books from the 15th to the 19th Century on September 27th: 63.49%
Koller Auctions. Old Master Prints on September 28th: 92.11%
Koller Auctions. Autographs on September 24th: 60.87%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 9/23 on September 30th: 96.40%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 9/23 on September 30th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. The Feeling Good Collection, Part I Currency Auction Monthly Auction - Internet bidstart 9/1 on September 30th: 97.18%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on September 29th: 92.90%  

 


For the week ahead 22 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Oct. 8th
James D Julia Auctioneers. Fairfield. Automobilia and Petroliana. 635 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 74 lots

Tue. Oct. 9th
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. BIBLIOTHÈQUE R. ET B. L., ORIGINAL PRINTS FROM XIXTH C.. 313 lots
Sothebys. Paris. Library R. & BL VII, 19th century (1840-1898). Original editions - Journals - Letters and autograph. 312 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 10/2. 719 lots

Wed. Oct. 10th
Chiswick Auctions. London. Autographs and Memorabilia. 314 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Illustration Art. 398 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Chatsworth Fine Art Sale - Prints. 30 lots
Forum Auctions in Italy. Roma. NO RESERVE Online Sale: A Bibliophile's Bibliographic Library. 198 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Autographs and Artifacts - Internet bidstart 9/26. 1051 lots
Trafford Books. Manchester. Postal history, Photographs, Books, Postcards, and Ephemera.. 77 lots

Thu. Oct. 11th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Golf Books & Memorabilia. 234 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Maps and Atlases. 184 lots
Dorotheum . Salzburg. October Auction - Modern Prints. 51 lots

Fri. Oct. 12th
Arenberg Auctions. BRUSSEL. Books. 1216 lots
Heritage Auctions. New York. Photographs. 430 lots

Sat. Oct. 13th
Michaans Auctions. Alameda, CA . Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs. 45 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art - Prints.

Sun. Oct. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 10/7.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 9/16. 227 lots
Clars Auction Gallery. Oakland. Fine Art - Prints. 42 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas