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<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation by the President of the United States, pamphlet, 1862. Sold May 7 for $11,875.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Family papers of the distinguished Ruby-Jackson family, Portland, Maine, 1853-1961. Sold May 7 for $4,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> E. Simms Campbell, A Night-Club Map of Harlem, in inaugural issue of Manhattan, 1933. Sold May 7 for $27,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Papers of the comedian Nipsey Russell, including a letter from MLK, 1929-2000. Sold May 7 for $17,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Edmonia Lewis, prominent sculptor, carte-de-visite by Henry Rocher, c. 1866-71. Sold May 7 for $5,250.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> The Black Panther: Black Community News Service, 44 issues, San Francisco, 1967-1971. Sold May 7 for $6,500.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> Ernest Withers, I Am A Man, Sanitation Workers Strike, silver print, 1968. Sold May 7 for $5,000.<b>Swann Auction Galleries:</b> March For Freedom Now!, poster for a protest on the 1960 Republican Convention. Sold May 7 for $17,500. -
<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 3. Ritter's fascinating sundial world map (1610). $11500 to $13000<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 590. Ruscelli's complete, third edition atlas (1574). $8000 to $10000<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 184. Superb pictorial map of Manhattan (1953). $700 to $850<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 5. Visscher's superb world map in contemporary color (1658). $5500 to $6500<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 48. Sanson's highly desirable atlas of the Americas with 15 maps (1699). $5500 to $6500<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 292. Very rare zoomorphic map of Europe during WWII (1939). $1800 to $2100<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 89. Rare map of the new United States prior to signing of the Treaty of Paris (1783). $3000 to $4000<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 597. Manuscript geography book with 9 maps and colorful commentary (1834). $1500 to $2500<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 588. Land grant signed by Confederate General John Buchanan Floyd (1851). $350 to $425<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 593. First printed atlas to contain a separate map of Texas (1835). $2500 to $3250<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 297. Charming Beatles map of Liverpool (1974). $475 to $600<b>Old World Auctions (June 3-10):</b><br> Lot 591. Miniature atlas with 82 maps based on Duval (1678). $5500 to $6500 -
<b>Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. June 9, 2020</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Newton (Sir Isaac). <i>Opticks…,</i> first edition, presentation copy to Nicolas Fatio de Duillier and with his ink and pencil annotations. £300,000 to £400,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Aliotti (Girolamo). <i>Gratulatio ad Pium II pro foelici, ac secundo ex Mantuana peregrinatione reditu…,</i> illuminated manuscript on fine vellum, in Latin, Florence, 1460. £50,000 to £70,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Sangorski (Alberto).- Keats (John). <i>La Belle Dame sans Merci...,</i> illuminated manuscript on vellum, magnificently bound in morocco elaborately tooled in gilt & inlaid with 137 jewels, 1928. £40,000 to £60,000.<b>Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. June 9, 2020</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Miniature Book.- Taylor (John). <i>Verbum sempiternum [&] Salvator mundi,</i> 2 parts in 1, contemporary embroidered dos a dos binding, 1614. £20,000 to £30,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Bodoni.- Rossi (Giovanni Gherado de). <i>Scherzi Poetici e Pittorici,</i> with original gouache drawings bound in, Neoclassical red straight-grain morocco, gilt, Parma, Bodoni, 1795. £15,000 to £20,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Palladio (Andrea). <i>I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura,</i> first edition, Venice, Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570. £14,000 to £18,000.<b>Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. June 9, 2020</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Voyages.- Lowther (Rear Admiral Marcus, 1820-1908). An album of 166 original watercolours and drawings made on voyages between 1842 and 1853. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Darwin (Charles). <i>On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection,</i> third edition (seventh thousand), presentation copy to Robert Colgate, John Murray, 1861. £10,000 to £15,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Jane Austen's Family - ?C[ooper] (E[dward], married Jane Leigh (1736-83), sister of Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827), married George Austen (1731-1805), parents of Jane Austen. Miscellanies, poems dated btwn. 1750-88.<b>Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper. June 9, 2020</b><b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Americas.- Herrera y Tordesillas (Antonio). <i>Novus orbis, sive descriptio Indiae occidentalis,</i> 4 parts in 1 vol., Amsterdam, Colijn, 1622. £6,000 to £8,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Canada.- Baker (Lt. Col. Sir Edward). An Eye Sketch of the Fall of Niagara, [c. 1795.] £5,000 to £7,000.<b>Forum Auctions, Jun. 9:</b> Dance.- Caroso (Fabrizio). <i>Il Ballarino,</i> first edition, Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1581. £5,000 to £7,000.
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Rare Book Hub: 41 Auctions Archived, another 27 Upcoming this Week
For the week ended Friday, 22 November 2019, 41 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 14 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 22 in US dollars. Turnover was $23,049,421 as 13,968 lots were offered and 11,366 sold for an 81% success rate. It was another strong week.
For the holiday shortened week ahead 22 auctions are scheduled.
9 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars:
Aguttes. Aristophil - 22 • BRITANNICA-AMERICANA on November 18th: $4,208,432
Arader Galleries. November Sale on November 16th: $2,906,834
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration Auction Featuring The Armstrong Family Collection Part IV on November 16th: $2,558,101
Sothebys. Library of Jean-Francois Chopin on November 18th: $1,981,755
Sothebys. The Cottesloe Military Library on November 19th: $1,913,583
Sothebys. Sacred Splendor: Books and Manuscripts on November 20th: $1,673,438
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia on November 17th: $1,379,573
Cowans Auctions. American History: Premier Auction on November 15th: $1,131,346
Artcurial. French Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries on November 19th: $1,065,231
9 auctions saw total sales exceed 100% of the high estimates of all lots offered:
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on November 17th: 182.61%
Aguttes. Aristophil - 22 • BRITANNICA-AMERICANA on November 18th: 160.97%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Books on November 13th: 160.60%
Sothebys. The Cottesloe Military Library on November 19th: 138.97%
Doyle New York. Fine Modern Art - Prints on November 19th: 120.89%
Sothebys. Library of Jean-Francois Chopin on November 18th: 120.25%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 12th: 112.85%
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 11/11 on November 17th: 104.58%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 11th: 102.78%
21 sales saw at least 80% of their lots sell:
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Book Auction on November 8th: 99.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 98.97%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/10 on November 17th: 98.81%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 98.42%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/10 on November 17th: 97.40%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration Auction Featuring The Armstrong Family Collection Part IV on November 16th: 96.61%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 10/20 on November 17th: 95.34%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 12th: 94.44%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on November 17th: 91.67%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Circus - Side Show - Oddities on November 16th: 90.25%
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 11/11 on November 17th: 88.54%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Books on November 13th: 88.48%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 16th: 87.00%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 12th: 86.90%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 11th: 86.36%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on November 14th: 85.59%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on November 19th: 83.58%
OSENAT. Books and Manuscripts on November 16th: 82.31%
Winter Associates. Prints on November 18th: 81.82%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 14/1 on November 10th: 81.25%
Cowans Auctions. American History: Premier Auction on November 15th: 81.22%
41 total sales reported this week:
Artcurial. French Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries on November 19th: 52.63%
Potomack Company. Online Auction - Books, Prints on November 19th: 64.10%
Soler Y Llach. Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Collectibles on November 21st: 40.45%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Fine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. on November 19th: 75.00%
Winter Associates. Prints on November 18th: 81.82%
PosterConnection Inc.. Posters on November 16th: 64.25%
Skinner. Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 11/11 on November 17th: 88.54%
Aguttes. Aristophil - 22 • BRITANNICA-AMERICANA on November 18th: 76.38%
Aguttes. Aristophil 26 • History; Pages of History on November 18th: 54.46%
Sothebys. Sacred Splendor: Books and Manuscripts on November 20th: 46.33%
Sothebys. The Cottesloe Military Library on November 19th: 77.92%
Doyle New York. Fine Modern Art - Prints on November 19th: 75.00%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on November 19th: 83.58%
Sothebys. Artists and Bindings: Books and Manuscripts on November 18th: 68.09%
Sothebys. Library of Jean-Francois Chopin on November 18th: 75.44%
Bruun Rasmussen. Books on November 17th: 91.67%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 98.42%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/12 on November 19th: 98.97%
OSENAT. Books and Manuscripts on November 16th: 82.31%
Cowans Auctions. American History: Premier Auction on November 15th: 81.22%
Potomack Company. American, European & Asian Historic to Modern Auction on November 16th: 68.18%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Circus - Side Show - Oddities on November 16th: 90.25%
Trafford Books. Books, Photos & Ephemera, Postcards, and Postage Stamps. on November 13th: 71.98%
Chiswick Auctions. Photographica on November 14th: 45.50%
Vermot de Pas. Library on Gastronomy and Oenology on November 13th: 40.82%
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Book Auction on November 8th: 99.00%
Forum Auctions. Banksy X Editions on November 13th: 46.70%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on November 14th: 85.59%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine Books and Manuscripts on October 18th: 75.16%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/10 on November 17th: 98.81%
Arader Galleries. November Sale on November 16th: 56.47%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/10 on November 17th: 97.40%
Burgersdijk and Niermans. Books on November 13th: 88.48%
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia on November 17th: 79.61%
Heritage Auctions. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 10/20 on November 17th: 95.34%
Heritage Auctions. Space Exploration Auction Featuring The Armstrong Family Collection Part IV on November 16th: 96.61%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on November 12th: 86.90%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 12th: 94.44%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/1 on November 11th: 86.36%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 14/1 on November 10th: 81.25%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on November 16th: 87.00%
For the week ahead 27 sales are scheduled:
Mon. Nov. 25th
Dorotheum . Vienna. Autographs, Manuscripts, Certificates. 301 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books - Evening Sale. 92 lots
Ketterer Kunst Doerling. Hamburg. Rare Books - Main Sale. 248 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 113 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 11/15. 42 lots
Tue. Nov. 26th
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books. 5383 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Book and Document Auction of the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution. 423 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 11/19. 717 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 11/19. 198 lots
Christies. Paris. Library of Martine de Behague and the Counts of Ganay - Part One. 187 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 11/15. 29 lots
Wed. Nov. 27th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 201 lots
Christies. London - King Street. Russia: Important Books and Manuscripts. 188 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Mickey Mouse and Friends - Animation Art. 289 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Prints of the 15th-19th Century. 678 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . A Passion for Prints - A Collection of Classic Printmaking. 112 lots
Thu. Nov. 28th
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Cape Town. Rare Books - Internet bidstart 11/21. 610 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Online Bidstart 11/22. 50 lots
Fri. Nov. 29th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. 59th Annual Thanksgiving Americana & Fine Art. 20 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art Part 2 - Prints. 343 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 11/22. 158 lots
Sat. Nov. 30th
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art Part 1 - Prints. 164 lots
Sun. Dec. 1st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Comics - bidstart 11/24.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Movie Posters - bidstart 11/24.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sunday Internet Sports Collectibles - Internet bidstart 11/2. 289 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 11/22. 42 lots
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