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Rare Book Hub: 38 Auctions Archived, another 25 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 27 October 2019, 38 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 15 denominated in euros, 3 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $31,713,773 as 8,678 lots were offered and 6,308 sold for a 73% success rate. 

 

5 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

ChristiesPrints and Multiples on October 23rd: $10,287,750 
SothebysPrints and Multiples - Prints on October 24th: $6,811,125 
ChristiesFine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana on October 25th: $3,356,625 
SothebysTHE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts on October 23rd: $2,860,729 
BonhamsNatural History, Travel and Americana featuring the Dodge Family Autograph Collection on October 23rd: $1,822,869 

9 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered in the sale: 

PIASADaniel Varenne Collections - Illustrated Books, Books, and Documentation on October 23rd: 173.58% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on October 15th: 165.14% 
Arenberg AuctionsPrints and Drawings (old and modern) on October 19th: 154.71% 
Forum AuctionsOnline sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books, Private Press and Limited Editions on October 17th: 139.11% 
SothebysTHE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts on October 23rd: 132.18% 
ALDEAutographs, Letters and Manuscripts on October 17th: 124.78% 
Swann GalleriesEarly Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books on October 24th: 116.68% 
AderPost-War Prints on October 21st: 113.99% 
Doyle New YorkBank Notes on October 22nd: 106.05% 


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

Doyle New YorkBank Notes on October 22nd: 100.00% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on October 15th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsSunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/13 on October 20th: 97.77% 
Forum AuctionsOnline sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books, Private Press and Limited Editions on October 17th: 96.69% 
PIASADaniel Varenne Collections - Illustrated Books, Books, and Documentation on October 23rd: 94.07% 
Doyle New YorkPrints and Multiples on October 22nd: 93.45% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 10/4 on October 14th: 93.44% 
Swann GalleriesEarly Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books on October 24th: 92.52% 
Robert Siegel GalleriesThe Joseph Antizzo Collection of Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper on October 23rd: 89.35% 
Morphy AuctionsThe John Yarbrough Coca Cola Collection on October 17th: 89.10% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on October 19th: 84.50% 
Rachel Davis Fine ArtsFine Art - Prints on October 19th: 82.14% 
Arenberg AuctionsPrints and Drawings (old and modern) on October 19th: 81.61% 
ChristiesFine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana on October 25th: 80.26% 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys TWO HUMAN BEINGS. THE LONELY ONES (SCHIEFLER 133; WOLL 157) on October 24th Actual price: USD $1,460,000.
  2. Christies Flags I on October 23rd Actual price: USD $1,215,000.
  3. Sothebys FLOWERS (F. & S. II.64-73) on October 24th Actual price: USD $1,100,000.
  4. Sothebys A MAGNIFICENT SAFAVID QUR'AN on October 23rd Actual price: USD $945,749.
  5. Christies The 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to John Forbes Nash, Jr. on October 25th Actual price: USD $735,000.
  6. Sothebys MOONLIGHT I (SCH. 81A; W. 90) on October 24th Actual price: USD $680,000.
  7. Christies Color Numeral Series on October 23rd Actual price: USD $675,000.
  8. Christies Double Mickey Mouse on October 23rd Actual price: USD $615,000.
  9. Sothebys GREEN on October 24th Actual price: USD $548,000.
  10. Sothebys UNTITLED (HEAD; PER CAPITA; ERNOK; AND RINSO) on October 24th Actual price: USD $500,000.
  11. Christies The Fountain on October 23rd Actual price: USD $375,000.
  12. Christies Melancholy III on October 23rd Actual price: USD $287,500.
  13. Bonhams Indian Ornithology. on October 23rd Actual price: USD $275,075.
  14. Christies Retrospect on October 23rd Actual price: USD $275,000.
  15. ALDE Souvenirs du camp de Châlons. on October 17th Actual price: USD $266,000.
  16. Sothebys PORTRAIT DE JACQUELINE AU CHAPEAU DE PAILLE (B. 1067; BA. 1279) on October 24th Actual price: USD $250,000.
  17. Sothebys A LARGE AND FINELY-ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD SHAFI' B. 'ALI ASKAR AL-ARSANJANI, ILLUMINATED BY REZA SANI' HUMAYUN, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED 1283 AH/1866-67 AD on October 23rd Actual price: USD $241,262.
  18. Christies Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium. on October 25th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  19. Christies The 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences awarded to Reinhard Selten for his contributions to Game Theory, namely as the first person to "refine the Nash equilibrium concept for analyzing dynamic strategic interaction." on October 25th Actual price: USD $225,000.
  20. Christies Two Maps I on October 23rd Actual price: USD $218,750.
  21. Bonhams Autograph Letter Signed ("Jesse W. James") denying accusations of being a horse thief, on October 23rd Actual price: USD $212,575.
  22. Christies Roommates, from Nude Series on October 23rd Actual price: USD $212,500.
  23. Bonhams Autograph Letter Signed ("J. Austen"), to her sister Cassandra, discussing intimate affairs, on October 23rd Actual price: USD $200,075.
  24. Sothebys TOTEM on October 24th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  25. Christies Usuyuki on October 23rd Actual price: USD $187,500.



38 total sales reported this week:

Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/13 on October 20th: 97.77%
Christies. Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana on October 25th: 80.26%
Swann Galleries. Early Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books on October 24th: 92.52%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - Prints on October 24th: 60.61%
Morton Subastas. Books and Documents, Photographs and Prints on October 24th: 21.88%
PBA Galleries. Americana - Yosemite - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography on October 24th: 73.75%
Bonhams. Natural History, Travel and Americana featuring the Dodge Family Autograph Collection on October 23rd: 66.04%
ALDE. Modern Illustrated Books and Original Bindings on October 24th: 57.19%
Lion Heart Autographs. 150 MAGNIFICENT AUTOGRAPHS – INCLUDING HISTORY OF ISRAEL COLLECTION – NO BUYERS’ PREMIUM on October 23rd: 54.36%
PIASA. Daniel Varenne Collections - Illustrated Books, Books, and Documentation on October 23rd: 94.07%
Robert Siegel Galleries. The Joseph Antizzo Collection of Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper on October 23rd: 89.35%
Sothebys. THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts on October 23rd: 69.15%
Artcurial. Outsider(s) - A History of Beautiful Losers on October 22nd: 66.99%
Christies. Prints and Multiples on October 23rd: 73.49%
Tajan. Prints on October 21st: 27.96%
Ader. Post-War Prints on October 21st: 77.53%
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on October 22nd: 93.45%
Doyle New York. Bank Notes on October 22nd: 100.00%
Aguttes. Photography on October 20th: 37.59%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on October 22nd: 79.31%
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Fine Art - Prints on October 19th: 82.14%
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Mars and Neptune Sale on October 19th: 74.47%
Artoria S.A.. Autographs, Manuscripts and Books on October 15th: 65.22%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. The Collection of Jim Richards, Duck Creek Books -Online bidstart 10/7 on October 17th: 79.55%
Chiswick Auctions. Autographs and Memorabilia on October 16th: 50.59%
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Rare Books - Internet Bidstart 10/10 on October 17th: 31.34%
Arenberg Auctions. Prints and Drawings (old and modern) on October 19th: 81.61%
Eldreds. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. on October 18th: 53.57%
Forum Auctions. Online sale: Modern Literature, Children’s and Illustrated Books, Private Press and Limited Editions on October 17th: 96.69%
Morphy Auctions. The John Yarbrough Coca Cola Collection on October 17th: 89.10%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on October 12th: 50.00%
ALDE. French Classics on October 18th: 69.37%
ALDE. Autographs, Letters and Manuscripts on October 17th: 79.47%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 10/11 on October 18th: 78.18%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 9/27 on October 15th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 10/4 on October 14th: 93.44%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 10/4 on October 13th: 72.97%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on October 19th: 84.50%

For the week ahead 25 sales are listed:

Mon. Oct. 28th
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Voyages, Travels and Australiana - Including books from the estate of the late James Oswald Fairfax. 272 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 10/18. 50 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 69 lots

Tue. Oct. 29th
Swann Galleries. New York. Old Master Through Modern Prints. 446 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Books and Documents, Lithographs and Engravings. 222 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 10/18. 19 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs. 34 lots
Robert Siegel Galleries. New York. The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History. 563 lots

Wed. Oct. 30th
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books. 30 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports Cards, etc.. 59 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. The Collection of Robert J. Morrison. 211 lots
Mirabaud-Mercier Auctioneers. PARIS . Furniture, Art Boards, Objects - Books, Prints. 46 lots

Thu. Oct. 31st
Bonhams. Edinburgh. The Sporting Sale - Books, Prints. 30 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 200 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Sports Cards, etc.. 14 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Online Bidstart 10/25. 45 lots

Fri. Nov. 1st
Bonhams. New York. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples. 178 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 10/25. 143 lots

Sat. Nov. 2nd
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Fine Art - Prints - Online bidstart 10/25. 58 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Lincoln and His Times Americana & Political Signature Auction. 335 lots

Sun. Nov. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 10/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 10/27.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 10/6. 225 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 10/25. 23 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.