Auction Update Review: Rare Book Hub: 25 Auctions Archived, Another 26 Upcoming this Week | The Week ending March 16 ,2019 « Rare Book Hub - Rare Books, Book Auctions, Antiquarian Book Collecting

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Rare 1778 Engraved map of Colonial Philadelphia after George Heap (1714-1752) and Nicholas Scull (1687-1761). $10,000 to $12,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Author signed and inscribed THE FOUNTAINHEAD, stated First Edition, by Ayn Rand, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, New York, 1943. $2,000 to $2,400.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) hand-colored aquatint engraving, "Yellow-billed Magpie, Stellers Jay, Ultramarine Jay and Clark's Crow," Plate Number CCCLXII. $1,800 to $2,200.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) autograph letter, signed, as President, to Nathan Reid detailing Jackson’s intervention on behalf of Reid's grandson. $1,800 to $2,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Edward Steichen (Luxembourg/American, 1879-1973) portfolio of photographs, "The Early Years 1900-1927, 12 Hand-Gravure Prints" #41/1000, printed in 1981. $1,400 to $1,600.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, TLS, one-page typed letter on The White House, Washington, D.C., stationary to John Marshall Butler. $1,400 to $1,600.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Two Pre-Civil War slave related letters, including one written by Mariah, a female domestic slave of James Vincent Musgrove (1814-1890) to her daughter. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Two author signed and inscribed Ayn Rand related books, including one Rand signed WE THE LIVING, London 1940 edition. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: PLAN DE LA VILLE DE MEMPHIS (ETATS-UNIS) 40,000 HABITANTS pen and ink with watercolor hand drawn drainage system map, circa 1870. $700 to $900.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Auction Jan. 30 & 31, 2021

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: Scarce Mezzotint portrait of Thomas Pownall, Colonial Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1757-1760) and South Carolina (1760). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: VIEW OF NORFOLK FROM COSPORT, VIRGINIA, John Hill, engraver, after John Shaw (U.K., 1776-1832). $600 to $700.

Case Antiques, Jan. 30-31: THE BURNING OF THE MERCHANT'S EXCHANGE, NEW YORK CITY -THE GREAT FIRE OF DECEMBER, 1835. Scarce color lithograph, a 1909 reissue of the original 1836 print. $500 to $700.
<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021

<center>Il Ponte Casa d'Aste Books and Manuscripts 26 January 2021
<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Schedel (Hartmann). Liber Chronicarum, first edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. £30,000 to £50,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Greek Orthodox Church].- Menaion, manuscript in Greek, on paper, in Greek letters, [Eastern Mediterranean], [c. 1400]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: American Revolution.- Loyalist's cow powder horn, engraved with the cypher "GR" for George III surmounted by a crown, an inscription, and on reverse an engraving of the "North River" [Hudson River], 1777. £5,000 to £7,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Illuminated prayer book.- Maria Carcer y Trigueros... Santa Misa y Oraciones, illuminated manuscript in Spanish, on paper, [c. 1850]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Hardy (Thomas). The Mayor of Casterbridge, 2 vol., first edition in book form, original cloth, 1886. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Austen (Jane)]. Emma: A Novel, first edition, Printed for John Murray, 1816. £7,000 to £10,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Brontë (Charlotte). Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, 3 vol., first edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Cruikshank (George). The Road to the Derby, one of two proof copies, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1882. £600 to £800.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Meunier (Charles, binder).- Gruel (Leon). Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures, 2 vol., Paris, 1887.-1905. £3,000 to £4,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). The Work of Edward Burne-Jones, edited by Philip Burne-Jones, one of 200 copies, [c.1900]. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Nazraeli Press.- Six by Six, 36 vol. [a complete set], one of 100 sets, each with signed photograph, Portland, Or., 2010-16. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £6,000 to £8,000.

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Rare Book Hub: 25 Auctions Archived, Another 26 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 16 March 2019 25 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 6 denominated in euros and 19 in US dollars. Turnover was $5,553,139 as 13,605 lots were offered and 8,720 sold for a slim 64% success rate. It was better to be a buyer than seller this past week.

2 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:

Bonhams. The Medical and Scientific Library of W. Bruce Fye on March 11th: $1,470,647
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on February 14th: $1,193,704

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

Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Milford House Sale - Books and Prints on November 20th: 172.66%
Doyle New York. Travel & Sport in India & Asia from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson - bidstart 2/28 on March 14th: 172.16%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 12th: 100.30%

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

Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. House Contents Sale - Books, Prints on March 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 99.70%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 9th: 99.37%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Modern, Modern, Modern! - Prints and Photographs on March 8th: 98.88%
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Milford House Sale - Books and Prints on November 20th: 98.44%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 98.13%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/5 on March 12th: 98.05%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/5 on March 12th: 98.03%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 2/10 on March 10th: 96.94%
Doyle New York. Travel & Sport in India & Asia from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson - bidstart 2/28 on March 14th: 96.13%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 12th: 90.91%
Kedem Auction. Judaica, Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters on March 12th: 85.22%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on March 9th: 80.56%

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.

Bonhams De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. on March 11th Actual price: USD $325,075.
Bonhams APPLE-1 MICROCOMPUTER. on March 12th Actual price: USD $112,575.
Bonhams The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. on March 14th Actual price: USD $75,075.
Bonhams The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. on March 12th Actual price: USD $60,075.
Bonhams The Theory of Moral Sentiments. on March 12th Actual price: USD $56,325.
Bonhams De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. on March 11th Actual price: USD $52,575.
Bonhams Autograph Manuscript of Rhodes C. Allen, being his diary of the Powell Expedition of 1868, on March 14th Actual price: USD $43,825.
Bonhams Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. on March 11th Actual price: USD $43,825.
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Dix recettes d'immortalité. on February 14th Actual price: USD $38,646.
Kedem Auction Two Large Leaves Handwritten by the Chatam Sofer on March 12th Actual price: USD $34,440.
Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG+ 4.5 Off-white to white pages. on March 10th Actual price: USD $32,400.
Bonhams Vischer's Pictorial of California Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic and Customs. on March 12th Actual price: USD $31,325.
Bonhams Letter signed ("Will: Harvey") in English, 1 p, 4to (243 x 141 mm), on March 11th Actual price: USD $31,325.
Bonhams Photographic Review of Medicine and Surgery: a bi-monthly Illustration of interesting Cases, accompanied by Notes. on March 11th Actual price: USD $30,075.
Bonhams Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America ... to which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. on March 11th Actual price: USD $27,575.
Bonhams BARTHOLOMAEUS FONTIUS, Editor. 1445-1513. on March 11th Actual price: USD $27,575.
Bonhams Archive of drawings and letters from Harper Lee to Charles Weldon Carruth, with an inscribed first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird on March 12th Actual price: USD $25,075.
Bonhams Exploration du territoire de L'Oregon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille executee pendant les annees 1840, 1841 et 1842. on March 12th Actual price: USD $23,825.
Bonhams The Principles and Practice of Medicine. on March 11th Actual price: USD $23,825.
Kedem Auction Midrash Rabba on March 12th Actual price: USD $22,140.
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Raccolta di varie decorazioni sceniche inventate e dipinte. per L'I. R. Teatro alla Scala. on February 14th Actual price: USD $21,696.
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Mittelalterliche Handschrift. Sermones dominicales fratris Anthony (Anthonij) Permensis ordine predicatorum. Item sermones quadragesimales per ferias. on February 14th Actual price: USD $21,696.
Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 Jack Kirby and Stan Lee Verified Signature (Marvel, 1962) CBCS VG- 3.5 Off-white to white pages. on March 10th Actual price: USD $21,600.
Bonhams De motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus anatomica exercitatio, cui postremam hac editione accesserunt Johannis Walaei epistolae duae. on March 11th Actual price: USD $21,325.
Bonhams Surgery of the Head. Extracted from Surgery: Its Principles and Practice. on March 11th Actual price: USD $21,325

25 total sales reported this week:

Bonhams. Treasures from the Eric C. Caren Collection - Online bidstart 3/6 on March 14th: 59.55%
Doyle New York. Travel & Sport in India & Asia from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson - bidstart 2/28 on March 14th: 96.13%
Vermot de Pas. Library about Gastronomy - Part 1 on March 13th: 48.77%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Wigwam Auction - session 5 on March 11th: 73.13%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Wigwam Auction - session 4 on March 10th: 67.15%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Wigwam Auction - session 3 on March 9th: 23.81%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Wigwam Auction - session 2 on March 8th: 50.35%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Wigwam Auction - session 1 on March 7th: 53.97%
Binoche et Giquello. BIBLIOTHÈQUE JEAN-PAUL LAURENCHET GASTRONOMY WINE TASTING on March 12th: 65.25%
Heritage Auctions. Vintage Photographs of Norman Seeff - Online bidstart 2/26 on March 13th: 34.00%
Bonhams. Extraordinary Books and Manuscripts on March 12th: 38.60%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/5 on March 12th: 98.05%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/5 on March 12th: 98.03%
Kedem Auction. Judaica, Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters on March 12th: 85.22%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 99.70%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 2/10 on March 10th: 96.94%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on March 12th: 90.91%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on February 14th: 47.60%
Bonhams. The Medical and Scientific Library of W. Bruce Fye on March 11th: 70.79%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on March 9th: 80.56%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Modern, Modern, Modern! - Prints and Photographs on March 8th: 98.88%
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Milford House Sale - Books and Prints on November 20th: 98.44%
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. House Contents Sale - Books, Prints on March 5th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/3 on March 10th: 98.13%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on March 9th: 99.37%

For the week ahead 26 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Mar. 18th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History: Timed Online Auction - Internet bidstart 3/7. 332 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 93 lots

Tue. Mar. 19th
Chiswick Auctions. London. Photographica. 180 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 3/12. 489 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 3/12. 161 lots

Wed. Mar. 20th
Sothebys. London. Made in Britain - Prints, Photographs. 109 lots
ALDE. Paris. Modern Bindings and Modern Illustrated Books. 298 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Monthly Photographs Online - bidstart 2/27. 62 lots
Bonhams. New York. FINE JAPANESE PRINTS, INCLUDING PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE BERTRAM AND RUTH MALENKA. 184 lots

Thu. Mar. 21st
Christies. London - King Street. Prints and Multiples. 197 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Maps and Atlases. 155 lots
Swann Galleries. New York. Autographs. 259 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Emporium and Premium Auctions. 47 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Rare Books and Manuscripts. 366 lots
Sothebys. London. Original Film Posters - Online bidstart 3/11. 175 lots
Bonhams. New York. The Medical and Scientific Library of W. Bruce Fye - Online, bistart 3/12. 340 lots

Fri. Mar. 22nd
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Before Guards Surrealism Books. 56 lots
Brunk Auctions. Asheville, NC . Premium Auction. 9 lots

Sat. Mar. 23rd
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Fine Art at Auction - Prints. 191 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters. 766 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 168 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. March Gallery Auction - Prints, Books. 93 lots

Sun. Mar. 24th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/17.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/17.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 2/24. 178 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

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Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph F. Kernan, College Football, oil on canvas, The Saturday Evening Post cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph C. Leyendecker, Golfer Lighting a Cigarette, oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Howard Chandler Christy, In the Field, charcoal & watercolor, published in Scribner’s, 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: N.C. Wyeth, Standish Reading, pen & ink, for The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Johnanna Stewart Mapes, A Fairy Book, conté crayon, for St. Nicholas Magazine, 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for The Frog & Toad Coloring Book, 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Antonio Lopez, Today’s Fashions, study for The New York Times, 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Charles Schulz, “I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…” pen & ink, original 4-panel Peanuts comic, 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Constantin Alajalov, Family Tree, watercolor and gouache, cover for The New Yorker, 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021

<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021

<center>Christie’s Paul Destribats: Une Bibliothèque des Avant-gardes Part III 2-3 and 4 February 2021
<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Carolina Parrot, Plate 26. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $125,000 to $175,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $145,000 to $175,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Brown Pelican, Plate 421. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $75,000 to $100,000.

<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: DE BRY, Johann Theodore, attributed to. Pair of Watercolor studies of Tulips. $40,000 to $60,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: FUERTES, Louis Agassiz. Alaskan Brown Bear. Watercolor and gouache on board. $10,000 to $15,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: HILL, Thomas. Big Trees. Oil on canvas. c. 1903. $40,000 to $60,000.

<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of Kangaroos. London: by the author, August 1st 1841-May 1st 1842. $40,000 to $60,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America. London: Richard and John E. Taylor for the Author, [1844]-1850. $15,000 to $20,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: JANSSONIUS, Joannes. Atlantis majoris quinta pars, orbem maritimum seu omnium marium… Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1652. $50,000 to $80,000.

<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: DONCKER, Hendrik. De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Waereld, vertoonende alle de Zee-Kusten van het bekende deel des Aerd-Bodems. Amsterdam: Henrick Doncker, [1658-1665]. $80,000 to $120,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: BURR, David. Map of the City and County of New York with the Adjacent Country. Engraved map with original hand color. Ithaca, NY: Stone & Clark, 1839. $9,000 to $12,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: CURRIER, Nathaniel and IVES, James Merritt. The City of New York. Lithograph with original hand color. New York: Currier & Ives, 1884. $15,000 to $20,000.