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Rare Book Hub: 26 Auctions Archived, 29 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 26 January 26 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 6 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 18 in US dollars.  Turnover was $11,796,461 as 7,673 lots were offered and 5,757 sold for a 75% success rate.  We are off to  the races.

 

2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Sothebys. Fine Manuscripts and Printed Americana on January 24th: $4,258,875 
Heritage Auctions. 1933 Goudey PSA Set Registry Catalog on January 24th: $3,650,622 



2 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 

Sothebys. The Collection of Anne H. & Frederick Vogel III on January 19th: 119.32% 
Christies. Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver and Prints - Prints on January 19th: 115.80% 

  

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


Sothebys. The Collection of Anne H. & Frederick Vogel III on January 19th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. 1933 Goudey PSA Set Registry Catalog on January 24th: 100.00% 
Christies. Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver and Prints - Prints on January 19th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/13 on January 20th: 99.51% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 12/23/18 on January 20th: 99.12% 
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 1/15 on January 22nd: 98.92% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/13 on January 20th: 98.44% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/15 on January 22nd: 98.14% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 19th: 92.90% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on January 20th: 90.48% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Rare Books & Fine Prints on January 22nd: 83.21% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 22nd: 82.86% 
University Archives. Rare Autographs, Books on January 23rd: 82.69% 
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on January 22nd: 81.25% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys THE ONLY KNOWN PRIVATELY HELD COPY OF THE CELEBRATED WILLIAM J. STONE FACSIMILE FOR WHICH PROVENANCE CAN BE TRACED BACK TO A DIRECT ANCESTOR WHO RECEIVED IT IN 1824 on January 24th Actual price: USD $975,000.
  2. Sothebys BY THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, A PROCLAMATION … on January 24th Actual price: USD $855,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig #160 PSA Mint 9 - Pop Two, None Higher! on January 24th Actual price: USD $576,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #144 PSA Mint 9. on January 24th Actual price: USD $528,000.
  5. Sothebys THE FIRST BOOK-FORM PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE on January 24th Actual price: USD $471,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #181 PSA Mint 9. on January 24th Actual price: USD $456,000.
  7. Sothebys THE BLOODY MASSACRE PERPETRATED IN KING-STREET BOSTON ON MARCH 5TH 1770 BY A PARTY OF THE 29TH REG.  on January 24th Actual price: USD $362,500.
  8. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Napoleon Lajoie #106 PSA Mint 9. on January 24th Actual price: USD $264,000.
  9. Sothebys GEORGE CLINTON’S LETTERBOOK AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, RECORDING HIS ACTS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE LEGISLATURE on January 24th Actual price: USD $200,000.
  10. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #53 PSA NM-MT 8. on January 24th Actual price: USD $168,000.
  11. Sothebys AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("R E LEE") AS CONFEDERATE COMMANDER, TO RABBI MAX MICHELBACHER, DECLINING TO FURLOUGH JEWISH CONFEDERATE TROOPS FOR THE HIGH HOLY DAYS on January 24th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  12. Sothebys AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GO: WASHINGTON") AS CONTINENTAL COMMANDER TO BRYAN FAIRFAX "AT TOWLSTON IN VIRGINIA," EXPRESSING HIS EAGERNESS TO RESIGN HIS COMMISSION AND RETIRE TO MOUNT VERNON on January 24th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  13. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #149 PSA NM-MT 8. on January 24th Actual price: USD $144,000.
  14. Christies Snowy Owl (Plate CXXI) Strix nyctea on January 19th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  15. University Archives Bob Dylan "Like A Rolling Stone" Handwritten Signed Lyrics, Voted #1 Song of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine! on January 23rd Actual price: USD $96,000.
  16. Sothebys AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("TH: JEFFERSON"), TO ROBERT S. GARNETT, MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1817-1827), ON LIMITING GOVERNMENT’S HAND IN THE ECONOMY  on January 24th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  17. Christies Great American cock Male (Plate I) Meleagris gallopavo Variant 1 on January 19th Actual price: USD $87,500.
  18. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Mel Ott #127 PSA Mint 9 - None Higher! on January 24th Actual price: USD $84,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Benny Bengough #1 PSA NM-MT 8 - Only Two Higher. on January 24th Actual price: USD $66,000.
  20. Christies Iceland or Jer Falcon (Plate CCCLXVI) Falco Islandicus on January 19th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  21. Sothebys FISH HAWK (PLATE 81) on January 19th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  22. Sothebys SUMMER OR WOOD DUCK (PLATE CCVI) on January 19th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  23. Sothebys IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER (PLATE 66) on January 19th Actual price: USD $56,250.
  24. Sothebys AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SURVEY SIGNED (IN TEXT TWICE, “T. JEFFERSON ESQ.?? AND “JEFFERSON"), REGARDING 1,043 ACRES BORDERING MONTICELLO on January 24th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  25. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Red Faber #79 PSA Mint 9 - Pop One, None Higher! on January 24th Actual price: USD $50,400.


26 total sales were reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Art & Illustration, Children's Books & Miscellanea on January 24th: 67.64%
Sothebys. Fine Manuscripts and Printed Americana on January 24th: 57.30%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Rare Books & Fine Prints on January 22nd: 83.21%
Heritage Auctions. 1933 Goudey PSA Set Registry Catalog on January 24th: 100.00%
University Archives. Rare Autographs, Books on January 23rd: 82.69%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints on December 11th: 44.59%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Books, Autographs and Prints on December 10th: 61.60%
Minerva Auctions Roma. Prints and Multiples on December 13th: 63.33%
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on January 22nd: 81.25%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on January 22nd: 82.86%
Vermot de Pas. History and Regions of France on January 21st: 21.39%
Artcurial. MORE Design, Prints, Limited Edition, Urban, Photographs ... on January 20th: 59.30%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on January 20th: 90.48%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on January 19th: 77.37%
Sothebys. The Collection of Anne H. & Frederick Vogel III on January 19th: 100.00%
Eldreds. Antiques and Accessories - Books and Prints on January 19th: 53.01%
Christies. Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver and Prints - Prints on January 19th: 100.00%
Kestenbaum and Company. PRINTED BOOKS, HOLY LAND MAPS, POSTERS, & JEWISH GRAPHIC ART on January 17th: 75.44%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 1/15 on January 22nd: 98.92%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/15 on January 22nd: 98.14%
Morton Subastas. Books and Historical Documents on January 22nd: 34.35%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 12/23/18 on January 20th: 99.12%
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. Collectibles on December 9th: 72.91%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/13 on January 20th: 99.51%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/13 on January 20th: 98.44%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on January 19th: 92.90%

 

For the week ahead 29 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jan. 28th
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Treasures Galore - Day 5. 952 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 114 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Property from Aristocratic Estates and Important Provenance. 17 lots

Tue. Jan. 29th
PosterConnection Inc.. Clayton. Affordable Posters. 383 lots
Christies. New York. Old Master Prints. 164 lots
Doyle New York. New York. Americana from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson. 312 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Editions and Works on Paper. 272 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Fine Illustrated Books and Graphics. 201 lots
Tajan. Paris. Rare and Precious Books. 79 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 1/22. 701 lots
Couton Veyrac Jamault. Nantes. Ancient paintings, modern and contemporary - maps and prints. 28 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 1/22. 334 lots

Wed. Jan. 30th
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 576 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Private Press, Illustrated Books, and Modern First Editions. 568 lots
Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers. Carlisle. Antiquarian and Collectible Books Auction. 251 lots
Bonhams. London. The Gentleman's Library Sale - Books and Prints. 9 lots

Thu. Jan. 31st
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photography. 470 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books, Maps and Manuscripts. 414 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Modern First Editions - Preview - Internet Bidstart 1/24. 404 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Artsy: The Master and the Muse.
De Baecque and Associes. Lyon. Books.

Sat. Feb. 2nd
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 786 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Live Auction - Books, Prints. 15 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.

Sun. Feb. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 1/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 1/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/6. 170 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.
Michael Treloar. Adelaide SA. Signed Modern Firsts, and Australia - Online bidstart 1/25.

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.
  • 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