• Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas

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Rare Book Hub: 21 Auctions Archived, another 16 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 23 August 2019, 21 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database;  4 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 16 in US dollars.  Turnover was $3,545,685 as 5,366 lots were offered and 4,503 sold for an 84% success rate.  Buyers increasingly buy right through the doldrums because collecting has become a matter of what rather than when.

 

1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage AuctionsANA World's Fair of Money Currency Platinum Night Auction on August 15th: $1,909,980 


1 auction saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered: 

Bruun RasmussenPrints on August 20th: 100.78% 


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

Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 100.00% 
Alaska AuctionPrints on August 21st: 100.00% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsEclectic Variety - Books, Prints on August 20th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsU.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 99.63% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/11 on August 18th: 99.57% 
Heritage AuctionsANA World's Fair of Money Currency Platinum Night Auction on August 15th: 98.37% 
Alaska AuctionAntique Books on August 22nd: 95.35% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/11 on August 18th: 95.19% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 17th: 93.19% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on August 20th: 88.46% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/19 on July 29th: 86.27% 


21 total sales reported this week: 

Alaska AuctionAntique Books on August 22nd: 95.35% 
Alaska AuctionPrints on August 21st: 100.00% 
Kestenbaum and CompanyPrinted Books and Posters on August 20th: 71.53% 
PBA GalleriesAmericana, Travel & Cartography with Material from the Warren Heckrotte Collection on August 22nd: 75.25% 
Trafford BooksBooks, Photos & Ephemera, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History. on August 14th: 77.46% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and AppraisalsEclectic Variety - Books, Prints on August 20th: 100.00% 
EldredsJapanese Art and the Prints of Paul Jacoulet on August 21st: 71.84% 
Heritage AuctionsMonthly Photographs - Internet bidstart 7/31 on August 21st: 70.10% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on August 20th: 88.46% 
Addison and SarovaRare Books and Ephemera on August 17th: 79.80% 
North American Auction CompanyAugust Classic Car, Western Antiques and Collectors Sale on August 3rd: 33.00% 
Purcell AuctioneersAntiques and Collectables -Books and Prints, Advertising Signs on August 14th: 60.42% 
Heritage AuctionsU.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 99.63% 
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 8/13 on August 20th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/11 on August 18th: 95.19% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 7/19 on July 29th: 86.27% 
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 7/19 on July 28th: 76.67% 
RR AuctionPop Culture, Featuring Woodstock - Online bidstart 8/8 on August 15th: 55.54% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on August 17th: 93.19% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/11 on August 18th: 99.57% 

Heritage AuctionsANA World's Fair of Money Currency Platinum Night Auction on August 15th: 98.37% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2220-F $5,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Very Fine 30 EPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $117,000.
  2. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2211-L $1,000 1934 Light Green Seal Federal Reserve Note. PMG Very Fine 25. on August 15th Actual price: USD $114,000.
  3. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1216 $500 1882 Gold Certificate PCGS About New 50. on August 15th Actual price: USD $93,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Fr. 326 $50 1880 Silver Certificate PMG Very Fine 20. on August 15th Actual price: USD $84,000.
  5. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45. on August 15th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1220 $1,000 1922 Gold Certificate PCGS Extremely Fine 40. on August 15th Actual price: USD $52,800.
  7. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1133-C $1,000 1918 Federal Reserve Note PMG About Uncirculated 53 EPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $48,000.
  8. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2210-J $1,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $39,600.
  9. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1216a $500 1882 Gold Certificate PMG Very Fine 30. on August 15th Actual price: USD $30,000.
  10. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2308* $10 1934 Mule North Africa Silver Certificate. PMG Very Fine 30. on August 15th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  11. Heritage Auctions T2 $500 1861 PF-1 Cr. 2 PMG Very Fine 25. on August 15th Actual price: USD $28,800.
  12. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2201-K* $500 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 53. on August 15th Actual price: USD $25,200.
  13. Heritage Auctions Fr. 824 $20 1915 Federal Reserve Bank Note PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $25,200.
  14. RR Auction Led Zeppelin Signed Album on August 15th Actual price: USD $22,956.
  15. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1219e $1,000 1907 Gold Certificate PMG Very Fine 25. on August 15th Actual price: USD $22,800.
  16. RR Auction James Dean Crash Site Photograph Collection on August 15th Actual price: USD $22,499.
  17. Heritage Auctions Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel, 1962) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages. on August 18th Actual price: USD $22,200.
  18. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2408 $1,000 1928 Gold Certificate. PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45. on August 15th Actual price: USD $21,600.
  19. Heritage Auctions Fr. 268 $5 Silver Certificate Face Proofs Four Examples. on August 15th Actual price: USD $21,600.
  20. Heritage Auctions Fr. 178 $100 1880 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 25. on August 15th Actual price: USD $20,400.
  21. Heritage Auctions Fr. 97 $10 1875 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 30. on August 15th Actual price: USD $20,400.
  22. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2211-K $1,000 1934 Light Green Seal Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  23. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2211-K $1,000 1934 Mule Federal Reserve Note. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. on August 15th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  24. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1535* $5 1953C Legal Tender Notes. Original Pack of 100. Very Choice Crisp Uncirculated. on August 15th Actual price: USD $19,200.
  25. Heritage Auctions Fr. 1220 $1,000 1922 Gold Certificate PMG Very Fine 20. on August 15th Actual price: USD $19,200.

 


For the week ahead 16 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Aug. 26th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 48 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 8/16. 41 lots

Tue. Aug. 27th
Lark Mason Associates. New York. Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Stamps - online bidstart 8/8. 138 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/20. 554 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 8/20. 190 lots

Wed. Aug. 28th
University Archives. Westport. Rare Autographs, Books. 257 lots
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art - Prints. 90 lots

Thu. Aug. 29th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Maps and Atlases. 241 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Book Sale - Day 1. 706 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Papers: World Travelers and Explorers. 280 lots

Fri. Aug. 30th
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Book Sale - Day 2. 139 lots

Sat. Aug. 31st
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots

Sun. Sep. 1st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles Auction - online bidstart 8/4. 136 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 8/25.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 8/25.
National Book Auctions. Ithaca. Books and EphemeraTurkish Manuscript, Hunt & Fish, Catholic. 108 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

 

  • Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Alken (Henry). Sporting Notions, first edition, T.McLean, 1832-33. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Bardi (Lorenzo). Nuova Raccolta delle piu interessanti Vedute della Citta di Firenze…, Florence, Lorenzo Bardi, [c.1840]. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Crawfurd (John). Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava..., first edition, 1829. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Dawe (George, engraver). The Life of a Nobleman, first edition, Geo. Henderson, [c.1825]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: [Doyle (John)], "H.B.". Political Sketches &c., 10 vol. including The Descriptive Key to H.B., Thomas McLean, [1829-51]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen…, 4 parts in 1, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Hunt (Charles). Portraits of Winning Horses...of the Derby, Oaks, & St. Leger, from the Year 1842 to 1849…, Rock Brothers & Payne, 1849. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Kunike (Adolf Friedrich). Zwey hundert und sechzig Donau-Ansichten nach dem Laufe des Donaustromes…, Vienna, Leopold Grund, 1826. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Colour Plate Books from the Library of Norman Bobins
    Part 2
    27th March 2024
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Lasinio (Carlo). [Matrimony], Florence, 1790. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Reinhardt (Joseph). A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, second English edition, James Goodwin, [1828]. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions, Mar. 27: Wengen (Gottfried Durst von). Die Öffentliche Maskerade Bamberg am Fastnachts-Montage 1833…, Bamberg, [1833]. £2,000 to £3,000.
  • 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