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Rare Book Hub: 40 Auctions Archived, another 18 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday 26 July 2019 40 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 5 denominated in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 31 in US dollars.  Total sales were $16,316,656 as 13,616 lots were offered and 10,891 sold for a stellar 80% success rate.  The average lot brought $1,498.-

 

3 auctions saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction on July 20th: $8,337,306 
Sothebys. Space Exploration on July 20th: $2,592,625 
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia on July 21st: $1,934,237 
 

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

Sothebys. Space Exploration on July 20th: 197.84% 
Case Antiques, Inc.. Historic Summer Fine Art, Antique, and Jewelry Auction - Books, Prints, Advertising on July 13th: 167.51% 
Skinner. The Mystic Collection: Early Books on July 23rd: 132.77% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on July 24th: 109.19% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/12 on July 19th: 102.48% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 18th: 101.76% 


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

Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Selections from the Collection of Elaine G. Weitzen on July 18th: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on July 20th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 23rd: 100.00% 
National Book Auctions. Aviation, Easton, Atlases, Socialism, 17th Century, etc. on July 14th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/23 on July 21st: 99.70% 
Heritage Auctions. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction on July 20th: 99.64% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/14 on July 21st: 99.56% 
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 7/16 on July 23rd: 99.43% 
Skinner. The Mystic Collection: Early Books on July 23rd: 98.70% 
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/14 on July 21st: 97.31% 
Case Antiques, Inc.. Historic Summer Fine Art, Antique, and Jewelry Auction - Books, Prints, Advertising on July 13th: 96.67% 
Sothebys. Space Exploration on July 20th: 96.27% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 18th: 90.48% 
Cowans Auctions. American History Timed Online Auction - bidstart 7/11 on July 24th: 90.00% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on July 24th: 87.21% 
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books on July 10th: 85.71% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/12 on July 19th: 85.58% 
Brunk Auctions. Emporium and Premium Auctions on July 19th: 84.85% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/5 on July 15th: 83.64% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 20th: 82.63% 
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books on July 11th: 80.00% 
 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Duane Allman's Circa 1961/1962 Gibson SG, Cherry, Solid Body Electric Guitar, Serial #15263. on July 21st Actual price: USD $591,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions 1953 Topps Mickey Mantle #82 PSA Mint 9. on July 20th Actual price: USD $396,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 150/30 Eddie Plank PSA VG 3. on July 20th Actual price: USD $252,000.
  4. Sothebys FLOWN TO & USED ON THE LUNAR SURFACE DURING APOLLO 11 6 items mounted together on a special presentation board on July 20th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  5. Heritage Auctions 1933 Butter Cream Babe Ruth PSA EX 5 - A Relic of Hobby History. on July 20th Actual price: USD $192,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions 1902-11 W600 Sporting Life - Type 1 Honus Wagner (Street Clothes) PSA VG-EX 4. on July 20th Actual price: USD $180,000.
  7. Sothebys FLOWN APOLLO 11 FLIGHT PLAN SHEET “LIFTOFF” — THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST MISSION TO LAND ON THE MOON on July 20th Actual price: USD $175,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions Graham Nash's Woodstock 1969 Martin D-45 Acoustic Guitar, Serial # 249131. on July 21st Actual price: USD $162,500.
  9. Sothebys FLOWN APOLLO 11 FLIGHT PLAN SHEET “SPLASHDOWN” — THE CREW OF APOLLO 11 MAKES IT HOME ALIVE, on July 20th Actual price: USD $131,250.
  10. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Hindu-Red Ty Cobb (Red Portrait) PSA VG-EX 4 - One of Only Six Known. on July 20th Actual price: USD $126,000.
  11. Heritage Auctions 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle #253 PSA NM-MT 8. on July 20th Actual price: USD $111,000.
  12. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Broad Leaf 460 Walter Johnson (Hands At Chest) PSA VG-EX+ 4.5 - The Only PSA Graded Example! on July 20th Actual price: USD $108,000.
  13. Heritage Auctions 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM 7. on July 20th Actual price: USD $105,000.
  14. Sothebys APOLLO 11 CHECKLIST SHEET USED ON THE LUNAR SURFACE PREPARATIONS TO WALK ON THE MOON LUNAR SURFACE FLOWN on July 20th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  15. Sothebys NEIL ARMSTRONG Six United States Passports issued to Neil Armstrong from 1954 to 1979 on July 20th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  16. Heritage Auctions 1958 Topps Bobby Hull #66 PSA NM-MT 8. on July 20th Actual price: USD $78,000.
  17. Sothebys FLOWN TO THE MOON ON APOLLO 11 BUZZ ALDRIN’S APOLLO 11 FLOWN CREW-SIGNED DOW-UNICOVER “APOLLO XI FIRST STEP” COVER on July 20th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  18. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Drum Walter Johnson (Hands At Chest) PSA VG-EX 4 - Only Two PSA-Graded Examples! on July 20th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  19. Heritage Auctions 1960 Topps Willie Mays #200 PSA Gem Mint 10 - Pop Three. on July 20th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  20. Heritage Auctions 2011 Bowman Sterling Mike Trout Red Refractor Rookie Autograph BGS Gem Mint 9.5 - 10 Autograph - Serial Numbered 1 of 1! on July 20th Actual price: USD $72,000.
  21. Sothebys FLOWN TO THE MOON ON APOLLO 11 BUZZ ALDRIN’S APOLLO 11 FLOWN CREW-SIGNED APOLLO 11 EMBLEM COVER on July 20th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  22. Heritage Auctions 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #144 PSA NM-MT 8. on July 20th Actual price: USD $66,666.
  23. Sothebys THE COMPLETE APOLLO 11 FLIGHT PLAN OUTLINING THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ACCOMPLISH MAN’S FIRST LUNAR LANDING on July 20th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  24. Skinner Registrum huius Operis Libri Cronicarum cum Figuris et Ymaginibus ab Inicio Mundi, [Liber Chronicarum, Nu on July 23rd Actual price: USD $61,500.
  25. Heritage Auctions 1953 Bowman Color Mickey Mantle #59 PSA Mint 9 - Only One Higher. on July 20th Actual price: USD $60,000.



40 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Art and Illustration on July 25th: 65.55%
Forum Auctions. Artsy: Urban Jungle on July 25th: 54.55%
Cowans Auctions. American History Timed Online Auction - bidstart 6/13 on June 24th: 74.25%
Cowans Auctions. American History Timed Online Auction - bidstart 7/11 on July 24th: 90.00%
Forum Auctions. Select Modern and Contemporary Editions on July 24th: 59.80%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps and Documents on July 24th: 87.21%
Christies. Photographs: New York, New York - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 24th: 64.71%
Skinner. The Mystic Collection: Early Books on July 23rd: 98.70%
Vermot de Pas. 50th Anniversary Sale of the First Man on the Moon on July 21st: 21.55%
OSENAT. Automobilia Online Sale - bidstart 7/11 on July 18th: 39.47%
Bonhams. Stonewall@50 - Online bidstart 6/27 on July 19th: 47.24%
Heritage Auctions. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 7/16 on July 23rd: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 7/16 on July 23rd: 99.43%
National Book Auctions. Aviation, Easton, Atlases, Socialism, 17th Century, etc. on July 14th: 100.00%
Leland Little Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on July 20th: 100.00%
Brunk Auctions. Emporium and Premium Auctions on July 19th: 84.85%
Case Antiques, Inc.. Historic Summer Fine Art, Antique, and Jewelry Auction - Books, Prints, Advertising on July 13th: 96.67%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on July 18th: 90.48%
RR Auction. Olympics - online bidstart 7/11 on July 18th: 51.28%
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Selections from the Collection of Elaine G. Weitzen on July 18th: 100.00%
Sothebys. Contemporary Prints and Multiples - online bidstart 7/11 on July 19th: 77.78%
Winter Associates. Estate Items from Old Lyme and Massachusetts - Prints, Books on July 15th: 75.00%
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. Numismatic Literature on July 13th: 73.95%
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books on July 11th: 80.00%
Alaska Auction. Prints, Books on July 10th: 85.71%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Summer Americana Auction - Session 5: Bargains and Dealer Specials on July 15th: 67.39%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Summer Americana Auction - Session 4: Mining, Pt.2; Railroad, Transportation on July 14th: 64.01%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Summer Americana Auction - Session 3: Minerals, Mining on July 13th: 65.35%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Summer Americana Auction - Session 2: General Americana Pt.2; Numismatics on July 12th: 54.52%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Summer Americana Auction - Session 1: Native Americana, General Americana on July 11th: 50.38%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/12 on July 19th: 85.58%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/5 on July 15th: 83.64%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/5 on July 14th: 51.43%
Heritage Auctions. Summer Sports Card Catalogue Auction on July 20th: 99.64%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on July 20th: 82.63%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 7/14 on July 21st: 99.56%
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia on July 21st: 78.92%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 7/14 on July 21st: 97.31%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 1/23 on July 21st: 99.70%
Sothebys. Space Exploration on July 20th: 96.27% 

 


For the week ahead 18 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jul. 29th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 46 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/19. 51 lots

Tue. Jul. 30th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Tuesday Internet Currency Auction - bidstart 7/23. 392 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Weekly World Currency Internet Auction - Online bidstart 723. 182 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Intervention Documents. 275 lots
Alexander Historical Auctions. Chesapeake City. Summer Auction offering WWII/WWI and historical autographs and ephemera.. 1473 lots
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Prints and Books - online only. 22 lots

Wed. Jul. 31st
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books. 91 lots
Moreshet Auctions. Jerusalem. Jewish Books and Manuscripts. 174 lots

Thu. Aug. 1st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics. 1468 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. The Summer Sale. 44 lots

Fri. Aug. 2nd
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Animation Art: Walt Disney’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit. 20 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800).

Sat. Aug. 3rd
Stair Auctioneers and Appraisers. Hudson. Americana - Books, Prints. 32 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 190 lots
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. August Classic Car, Western Antiques and Collectors Sale. 100 lots

Sun. Aug. 4th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 7/7. 187 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts.

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.
  • 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.