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Rare Book Hub: 36 Auctions Archived, another 32 Upcoming this Week

Apologies for the delay in thie week's mailing folks!

 

For the week ended  Saturday 13 April 2019 36 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database, 14 denominated in euros, 2 in British pounds, and 20 in US dollars.  Turnover was $17,792,210 as 9,865 lots were offered and 7,867 sold for an 80% success rate.  These days bidders are plentiful and, for the field, it’s encouraging.

 

For the week ahead 32 auctions are scheduled.

 

 

4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Sothebys. Photographs on April 5th: $4,036,875 
Ader. Aristophil 18 - Historical Documents on April 4th: $1,685,160 
Arader Galleries. Spring 2019 Auction on April 6th: $1,594,033 
Aguttes. Aristophil 18 - Famous Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries on April 3rd: $1,203,283 


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

Beaussant Lefevre. Ancient and Modern Books on April 5th: 183.72% 
Eldreds. The Spring Sale on April 6th: 167.13% 
Ferraton. Modern and Contemporary Works of Art - Prints on March 30th: 154.34% 
OSENAT. The Empire at Fontainebleau - Books and Manuscripts on April 6th: 146.46% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on April 10th: 117.84% 
Ader. Aristophil 18 - Historical Documents on April 4th: 105.20% 
Charlton Hall. 90TH ANNIVERSAY AUCTION on April 5th: 104.76% 
Dorotheum . Prints Before 1900 on April 10th: 104.74% 


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

National Book Auctions. Modern 1sts, Limited Editions Club, Hemingway on April 7th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/10 on April 7th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/31 on April 7th: 99.60% 
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/2 on April 9th: 99.56% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/2 on April 9th: 99.45% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/31 on April 7th: 97.74% 
Beaussant Lefevre. Ancient and Modern Books on April 5th: 96.15% 
James D Julia Auctioneers. Automobilia and Petroliana on April 4th: 95.91% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 6th: 94.80% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety on April 9th: 93.88% 
Ferraton. Modern and Contemporary Works of Art - Prints on March 30th: 91.81% 
Eldreds. The Spring Sale on April 6th: 91.16% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Gambling Memorabilia, featuring the Collection of Tom Blue on March 30th: 90.51% 
OSENAT. The Empire at Fontainebleau - Books and Manuscripts on April 6th: 88.95% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on April 10th: 88.29% 
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books on March 27th: 85.71% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 9th: 81.94% 
Heritage Auctions. Photographs on April 6th: 81.53% 
 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys PELIKAN TINTE on April 5th Actual price: USD $462,500.
  2. Ader L.A.S. « Bonaparte », Millesimo 29 germinal [18 avril 1796], à SA FEMME JOSÉPHINE, « A la citoyenne Bonaparte Rue Chantrene N° 6 Paris »  on April 4th Actual price: USD $247,520.
  3. Arader Galleries Snowy Owl, Plate 121. on April 6th Actual price: USD $227,500.
  4. Ader L.A.S. « BP », Quartier Général Milan 28 floréal IV (17 mai 1796), à SA FEMME JOSÉPHINE, « La Citoyenne Bonaparte Rue Chanterelle [sic] N° 6 Paris »  on April 4th Actual price: USD $189,280.
  5. Sothebys ASPENS, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO on April 5th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  6. Sothebys 'BLACK AND WHITE VOGUE COVER' (JEAN PATCHETT, NEW YORK) on April 5th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  7. Venator and Hanstein Vitas patrum (dt.) – Leben der heiligen Altväter. on March 29th Actual price: USD $159,839.
  8. Sothebys ORCHID CACTUS (CACTUS BLOSSOM) on April 5th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  9. Ader Portraits de l’Empereur Napoléon et de l’Impératrice Eugénie, en pied. Paire d’huiles sur toile, réentoilées, avec cadres en bois et stuc doré (accidents), 298 x 211 cm on April 4th Actual price: USD $138,320.
  10. Ader L.A.S. « NPB », Pont-de-Briques 2 thermidor [XII] (21 juillet 1804), à SA FEMME JOSÉPHINE  on April 4th Actual price: USD $138,320.
  11. Aguttes L.A.S. «Vincent v. Gogh», [Saint-Rémy de Provence 9 ou 10 février 1890], à Albert AURIER on April 1st Actual price: USD $120,848.
  12. Arader Galleries Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, Plate 66. on April 6th Actual price: USD $113,750.
  13. Sothebys 'WOMAN IN CHICKEN HAT (LISA FONSSAGRIVES-PENN) (A)' on April 5th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  14. Aguttes Le Livre Ouvert III, manuscrit autographe avec gouaches originales [ on April 3rd Actual price: USD $110,175.
  15. Sothebys AMBOSELI KENYA on April 5th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  16. Sothebys 'ASPENS, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO' on April 5th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  17. Arader Galleries Summer or Wood Duck, Plate 206. on April 6th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  18. Aguttes Correspondance autographe signée adressée à Théodore FRAENKEL on April 3rd Actual price: USD $99,892.
  19. Sothebys WASHINGTON COLUMN, 208 FEET, YOSEMITE on April 5th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  20. Aguttes Lettre autographe signée à sa femme illustrée d'un dessin original on April 3rd Actual price: USD $82,264.
  21. Sothebys '"TIED UP TORSO," RAMATUELLE' on April 5th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  22. Sothebys 'BATHING NUDE: SOAPING REAR (A)' (NEW YORK) on April 5th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  23. Sothebys FACE, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND on April 5th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  24. Sothebys 'CALLA LILY' on April 5th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  25. Arader Galleries North American Indian Portfolio.. on April 6th Actual price: USD $81,250.



36 total sales reported this week:

RR Auction. April Fine Autograph and Artifact Sale - online bidstart 3/15 on April 10th: 60.07%
James D Julia Auctioneers. Automobilia and Petroliana on April 4th: 95.91%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on April 10th: 88.29%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Eclectic Variety on April 9th: 93.88%
Dorotheum . Prints Before 1900 on April 10th: 74.12%
OSENAT. The Empire at Fontainebleau - Books and Manuscripts on April 6th: 88.95%
Aguttes. Aristophil 21 - Mailing History on April 5th: 73.21%
Aguttes. Aristophil 20 - History, Famous Historical Characters on April 4th: 64.60%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/2 on April 9th: 99.56%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/2 on April 9th: 99.45%
Venator and Hanstein. Modern and Contemporary Prints - Contemporary Books on March 30th: 61.36%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 9th: 81.94%
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books on March 27th: 85.71%
Ferraton. Modern and Contemporary Works of Art - Prints on March 30th: 91.81%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Gambling Memorabilia, featuring the Collection of Tom Blue on March 30th: 90.51%
Venator and Hanstein. Book - Prints - Autographs on March 29th: 47.97%
Dorotheum . Globes on April 8th: 77.78%
Aguttes. Aristophil 18 - Famous Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries on April 3rd: 59.74%
Beaussant Lefevre. Ancient and Modern Books on April 5th: 96.15%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 3/31 on April 7th: 99.60%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs on April 6th: 81.53%
Eldreds. The Spring Sale on April 6th: 91.16%
Ader. Aristophil 18 - Historical Documents on April 4th: 67.49%
National Book Auctions. Modern 1sts, Limited Editions Club, Hemingway on April 7th: 100.00%
Trafford Books. Books on April 3rd: 79.73%
Charlton Hall. 90TH ANNIVERSAY AUCTION on April 5th: 78.57%
Kestenbaum and Company. Passover Haggadot - Online Auction on April 4th: 59.47%
Aste Bolaffi. Works of Art - Prints on April 2nd: 77.78%
Aguttes. Aristophil 16 - Fine Arts, Writings on April 1st: 59.02%
Sothebys. Photographs on April 5th: 69.31%
Bonhams. Photographs on April 5th: 55.40%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/10 on April 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - Internet bidstart 3/31 on April 7th: 97.74%
Arader Galleries. Spring 2019 Auction on April 6th: 46.23%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 6th: 94.80%
University Archives. Outstanding Selection of Autographed Documents, Manuscripts, Books & Relics on March 27th: 75.00%

 


For the week ahead 32 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 15th
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Timed - Bidstart 4/4. 120 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Americana Online - bidstart 4/1. 74 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 74 lots

Tue. Apr. 16th
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript Americana. 356 lots
Tooveys. West Sussex. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, & Ephemera. 59 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Valuable Books (Varia). 271 lots
PosterConnection Inc.. Clayton. Spring Sale - Affordable Posters. 412 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 4/9. 487 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 4/9. 249 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . History, Geography and Travel Books. 219 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Literature and Book Illustrations. 275 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Manuscripts and Old Prints. 177 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Fortgranite Baltinglass Wicklow Country House Sale - Books and Prints. 172 lots

Wed. Apr. 17th
Doyle New York. New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps. 351 lots
Old World Auctions. Glen Allen. Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 4/3. 751 lots
Christies. New York. Prints and Multiples. 324 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. April Fine Art And Collectors' Passion. 50 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Japanese Print Collection: Estate of Frances & Philip H. Bradley. 89 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Monthly Photographs Online - bidstart 3/27. 100 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Bibliotecha Scholastica. 284 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Autographs. 394 lots

Thu. Apr. 18th
Swann Galleries. New York. Classic and Contemporary Photographs. 314 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 212 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography. 312 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Space and Aviation - Internet bidstart 4/11. 405 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Spring Sports Card Catalogue. 2037 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Literature and Art Documentation. 688 lots

Sat. Apr. 20th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 160 lots

Sun. Apr. 21st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 4/14.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 4/14.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 3/24. 255 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books.

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.