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Rare Book Hub: 35 Auctions Archived, another 28 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 20 July 35 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database, 14 denominated in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 17 in US dollars.  Turnover was $6,441,213 as 7,934 lots were offered and 5,944 sold for a 75% success rate.

 

1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Christies. Contemporary Editions - online bidstart 7/9 on July 16th: $1,714,625 


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

Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on July 16th: 224.11% 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on July 11th: 104.57% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 7/9 on July 16th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 6/16 on July 14th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/7 on July 14th: 99.64% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 7/9 on July 16th: 98.60% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/7 on July 14th: 97.60% 
Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on July 16th: 95.85% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 3rd: 93.39% 
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction on July 10th: 89.51% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 6/21 on June 28th: 88.19% 
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on July 11th: 88.03% 
Christies. Contemporary Editions - online bidstart 7/9 on July 16th: 86.30% 
Catawiki B. V.. Book Auction (Old & Rare Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/28 on July 5th: 85.43% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 6/14 on June 24th: 85.00% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 13th: 81.67% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 7/5 on July 12th: 80.77% 
Forum Auctions. Selected 16th and 17th century English books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library on July 10th: 80.62% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies Pergusa Three, State I, from Circuits on July 16th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  2. Christies Men in the Cities: two prints on July 16th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  3. Forum Auctions Atlases.- Saxton (Christopher) [An Atlas of England and Wales], first edition, 34 hand-coloured … on July 10th Actual price: USD $70,313.
  4. Christies FLOWN ON APOLLO 11 – Apollo 11 Flight Plan, pp 3-17/3-18. NASA/MSC, 1 July 1969. on July 18th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  5. Christies Natural History Part II on July 16th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  6. Christies Fiesta Pig on July 16th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  7. Christies Tales of Genji II, from Tales of Genji on July 16th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  8. Forum Auctions America.- Soto (Hernando de) Virginia richly valued, By the description of the maine land of … on July 10th Actual price: USD $59,375.
  9. Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH Thangka mit Darstellung des Buddha Amitâbha im Lotossitz (Vajrâsana). on July 12th Actual price: USD $55,112.
  10. Forum Auctions [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], on July 11th Actual price: USD $53,125.
  11. Christies Mao: one plate on July 16th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  12. Christies Sunflower I, from Sunflower Series on July 16th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  13. RR Auction Benjamin Franklin ALS on July 10th Actual price: USD $50,330.
  14. Christies Rome Pays Off on July 16th Actual price: USD $50,000.
  15. Christies Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus on July 16th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  16. Christies The Witch, from Myths on July 16th Actual price: USD $43,750.
  17. Christies FLIGHT PLAN – Final Apollo 11 Flight Plan, AS-506/CSM-107/LM-5. Houston: NASA/MSC Flight Planning Branch, 1 July 1969. on July 18th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  18. Christies Love on July 16th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  19. Christies Scent on July 16th Actual price: USD $40,000.
  20. Christies LUNAR LANDSCAPE – National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lunar Planning Chart (LOC – 1, 2, 3, and 4). Aeronautical Chart and Information Center of the USAF for NASA, May 1971. on July 18th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  21. Christies Balloon Swan (Magenta), Balloon Monkey (Orange) and Balloon Rabbit (Violet) on July 16th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  22. Christies SP: three plates on July 16th Actual price: USD $37,500.
  23. Christies Two Years and Counting on July 16th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  24. Christies Turtle on July 16th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  25. Christies TRANQUILITY BASE – Photograph signed and inscribed ("Tranquillity Base, July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin"). on July 18th Actual price: USD $32,500.



35 total sales reported this week:

Tooveys. Postcards, Cigarette Cards; Photographs, Autographs, Printed & Manuscript Ephemera on July 16th: 95.85%
Eldreds. The Nantucket Auction on July 13th: 68.75%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on July 13th: 58.33%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Books on July 14th: 68.09%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints, Books on July 13th: 60.53%
Christies. One Giant Leap: Celebrating Space Exploration 50 Years after Apollo 11 on July 18th: 68.71%
Christies. Contemporary Editions - online bidstart 7/9 on July 16th: 86.30%
Freemans. Collector's Sale on July 17th: 73.91%
RR Auction. Fine Autographs & Artifacts - Featuring Animation and Presidents/Founding Fathers - Internet bidstar on July 10th: 55.96%
OSENAT. Books and Manuscripts - Historical Memories on July 6th: 61.54%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction on July 10th: 89.51%
Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH. Precious Books, Decorative Prints, Historical Photographs on July 12th: 46.18%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs - Online bidstart 6/26 on July 17th: 74.03%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 7/9 on July 16th: 98.60%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 7/9 on July 16th: 100.00%
JellyFishTree. Books, Manuscripts, Prints on July 3rd: 25.34%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on June 26th: 66.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 7/5 on July 12th: 80.77%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 6/28 on July 8th: 79.79%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 6/28 on July 7th: 71.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Book Auction (Old & Rare Pre-1800) - bidstart 6/28 on July 5th: 85.43%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 6/21 on July 1st: 77.89%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 6/21 on June 30th: 57.89%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 6/21 on June 28th: 88.19%
Catawiki B. V.. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 6/21 on June 27th: 42.86%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 6/14 on June 24th: 85.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 6/14 on June 23rd: 65.63%
Catawiki B. V.. Photography - Internet bidstart 6/14 on June 22nd: 56.00%
Forum Auctions. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper on July 11th: 88.03%
Forum Auctions. Selected 16th and 17th century English books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library on July 10th: 80.62%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 3rd: 93.39%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 6/16 on July 14th: 100.00%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 13th: 81.67%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/7 on July 14th: 97.60%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/7 on July 14th: 99.64%

 


For the week ahead 28 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jul. 22nd
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/12. 73 lots

Tue. Jul. 23rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 7/16. 348 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 7/16. 175 lots
Skinner. Boston. The Mystic Collection: Early Books. 230 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Eclectic Variety - Books, Prints. 178 lots

Wed. Jul. 24th
Christies. New York. Photographs: New York, New York - Online bidstart 7/16. 34 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps and Documents. 477 lots
Winner's Auctions Ltd. Jerusalem. Seforim, Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Chabad, Manuscripts, Art from Israel, Important historic do. 248 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Select Modern and Contemporary Editions. 199 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Currency, framed prints. 25 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American History Timed Online Auction - bidstart 7/11. 240 lots
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . Railroadiana and Autographs. 131 lots

Thu. Jul. 25th
Copley Fine Art Auctions. Boston. The Sporting Sale. 32 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Art and Illustration. 447 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Artsy: Urban Jungle. 66 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. The Marine Sale - Books and Prints. 35 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Prints, Fur Rondy memorabilia. 26 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Country Americana - Books and Prints. 23 lots

Fri. Jul. 26th
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - internet bidstart 7/19. 104 lots

Sat. Jul. 27th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters. 831 lots
Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. LOS ANGELES. Collectibles. 439 lots
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Pop Culture. 637 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 189 lots

Sun. Jul. 28th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/21.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/21.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 6/30. 229 lots
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Aviation, Catholic, Kennedy, 17th Century, Magazines, etc.. 101 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/19. 60 lots

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