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Rare Book Hub: 33 Auctions Archived, another 29 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 10 April 2020, 33 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 15 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 17 in US dollars as 9,473 lots were offered and 7,370 sold for a 78% success rate.  Given that the world is in the grip of both financial and health anxieties the auctions component of the rare book, manuscript, map and ephemera fields are holding up well.  For the houses, consignors and bidders this is an inspiring demonstration.  Their success is well earned.  In this market it takes both brains and guts.  History will will remember you in a favorable light.

 

 

1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia on April 5th: $1,682,472 

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

Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on April 1st: 119.08% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/31 on April 7th: 119.03% 
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Literature and Art Documentation on April 9th: 115.59% 
Bruneau & Co. . Comic Books on April 4th: 113.17% 
Galerie Bassenge. Valuable Books (Varia) on April 7th: 108.22% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 7th: 106.16% 


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/31 on April 7th: 100.00% 
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Part of the Library of Decorative Arts - online on April 6th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 10/13/31 on April 7th: 99.69% 
Bruneau & Co. . Comic Books on April 4th: 99.41% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/22 on April 5th: 99.33% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on April 6th: 98.86% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on April 5th: 96.32% 
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. April Eclectic on April 10th: 96.00% 
Charlton Hall. Three Day Auction - Prints, Books, etc. on April 4th: 95.24% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 4th: 95.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia on April 5th: 88.13% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/20 on March 29th: 87.18% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/27 on April 3rd: 85.50% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 7th: 83.51% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on April 1st: 83.08% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on March 30th: 80.00% 


Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Galerie Bassenge Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica on April 7th Actual price: USD $187,694.
  2. Heritage Auctions The Beatles 1966 Genuine Shea Stadium NY Concert Poster, Long-Lost Original Just Found. on April 5th Actual price: USD $137,500.
  3. Heritage Auctions Buddy Holly & The Crickets Stunningly Rare 1959 Winter Dance Party Concert Poster. on April 5th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  4. Heritage Auctions Michael Jackson Personally Owned Crystal-Studded Glove Worn on Stage During the HIStory World Tour (1996/97). on April 5th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  5. Galerie Bassenge Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa ra... on April 7th Actual price: USD $100,550.
  6. Heritage Auctions Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, California, 1944 on April 4th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  7. Galerie Bassenge Von Tod zu Tod on April 9th Actual price: USD $49,635.
  8. Galerie Bassenge Das Werk von Gustav Klimt on April 9th Actual price: USD $48,293.
  9. Heritage Auctions Whitney Houston Stage-Worn Dolce & Gabbana Multi-Colored Fur Coat, 1999. on April 5th Actual price: USD $42,500.
  10. Galerie Bassenge Heym, Georg - Konvolut Manuskripte on April 8th Actual price: USD $40,220.
  11. Kedem Auctions Ltd. Avot DeRabbi Natan on March 31st Actual price: USD $36,900.
  12. Heritage Auctions Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in their rue de Fleurus Drawing Room, 1922 on April 4th Actual price: USD $35,000.
  13. RR Auction Wilbur Wright Manuscript on April 8th Actual price: USD $34,769.
  14. Arader Galleries White-Headed Eagle (Male), Plate 31. on April 4th Actual price: USD $31,200.
  15. Galerie Bassenge Stadler, Ernst - Signiertes Manuskript mit 24 Gedichten on April 8th Actual price: USD $24,132.
  16. Heritage Auctions Demain, 1932 on April 4th Actual price: USD $22,500.
  17. Kedem Auctions Ltd. Leaf Handwritten by the Chatam Sofer - Homily on Parashiot Yitro, Mishpatim and Teruma (Homily on the Verse "And He will Bless Your Food and Your Drink, and I will Remove Illness from Your Midst") on March 31st Actual price: USD $22,140.
  18. Heritage Auctions Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958 on April 4th Actual price: USD $21,875.
  19. Arader Galleries La Descrittione dell'Africa. on April 4th Actual price: USD $21,600.
  20. RR Auction Bob Marley Signed Photo on April 8th Actual price: USD $20,335.
  21. Heritage Auctions The Beatles Yesterday and Today "Butcher" Cover Stereo First State Album Cover Prototype With Queens Litho Envelope, Delivery Receipt, Capitol Office Memos, File Folder, Proof Sheets, and Vinyl LP (1966). on April 5th Actual price: USD $20,000.
  22. Heritage Auctions Elvis Presley - George Klein Personally Owned and Worn "TCB" Necklace and Gifted By Elvis. on April 5th Actual price: USD $18,750.
  23. Heritage Auctions The Steerage, 1907 on April 4th Actual price: USD $17,500.
  24. Heritage Auctions Grateful Dead 1966 "Skeleton & Roses" Concert Poster FD-26 Signed by Mouse & Kelley. on April 5th Actual price: USD $17,500.
  25. Kedem Auctions Ltd. The Complutensian Polyglot Bible on March 31st Actual price: USD $17,220.



33 total sales reported this week:

Chiswick Auctions. Books and Works on Paper on March 31st: 58.84%
Arader Galleries. Audubons, Natural History Watercolors, Rare Maps, Asian Art, Rare Books, & Globes. on April 4th: 21.51%
Potomack Company. Jiao Bingzhen (1689-1728) Album: with Gong Qin Wang Yixin seals on April 8th: 0.00%
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. April Eclectic on April 10th: 96.00%
Galerie Bassenge. Modern Literature and Art Documentation on April 9th: 60.40%
RR Auction. Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction - online bidstart 3/13 on April 8th: 67.92%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs Monthly Online Auction on April 8th: 74.19%
Galerie Bassenge. Autographs on April 8th: 59.29%
Galerie Bassenge. Literature and Book Illustrations, 17th-19th Centuries on April 8th: 47.91%
Galerie Bassenge. Valuable Books on April 7th: 58.22%
Galerie Bassenge. Valuable Books (Varia) on April 7th: 47.18%
Galerie Bassenge. Book Sale: History, Geography, Travel on April 7th: 52.20%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 7th: 83.51%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 3/31 on April 7th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 10/13/31 on April 7th: 99.69%
Tajan. Prints and Editions on April 3rd: 46.03%
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Part of the Library of Decorative Arts - online on April 6th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on April 6th: 98.86%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on April 5th: 96.32%
Dorotheum . Master Prints on April 4th: 62.00%
Bruneau & Co. . Comic Books on April 4th: 99.41%
Charlton Hall. Three Day Auction - Prints, Books, etc. on April 4th: 95.24%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/27 on April 3rd: 85.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on April 1st: 83.08%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on March 31st: 74.36%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/20 on March 30th: 80.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 3/20 on March 29th: 87.18%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 4th: 95.00%
Heritage Auctions. Photographs on April 4th: 69.06%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/22 on April 5th: 99.33%
Heritage Auctions. Entertainment & Music Memorabilia on April 5th: 88.13%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Objects on March 31st: 79.90%
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Letters on March 4th: 72.47%

 

For the week ahead 29 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 13th
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Treasure Chest: Online-Only Timed Auction - bidstart 3/20. 26 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 60 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 4/3. 80 lots

Tue. Apr. 14th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/7. 632 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/7. 130 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Spring Asian Art Auction - Prints, Books. 58 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 4/3. 42 lots

Wed. Apr. 15th
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Online Only - Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books. 22 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Americana - online bidstart 4/4. 84 lots
Tajan. Paris. Online - Comics. 162 lots
Doyle New York. New York. Fine Literature, Featuring a Collection of Rudyard Kipling. 106 lots

Thu. Apr. 16th
ALDE. Paris. Noel Herme Mountain Library - Part 1. 386 lots
RR Auction. Amherst. Space Exploration - Bidstart 4/9. 687 lots
ALDE. Paris. Noel Herme Mountain Library - Part 2. 330 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The David Hall T206 Collection Part IV Sports Collectibles. 209 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 1. 379 lots
Lyon and Turnbull. Edinburgh. Contemporary and Post-War Art - Prints - Online only. 90 lots

Fri. Apr. 17th
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 2. 653 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/10. 150 lots

Sat. Apr. 18th
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Fine Books and Manuscripts. 690 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Fine Art - Prints - Bidstart 4/10. 43 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 3. 765 lots

Sun. Apr. 19th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly.
Carlsen Gallery. Greenville, NY. March Madness 2020 - Fine Art - Prints. 15 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/5. 197 lots
Holabird Kagin Americana. Reno. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 4. 227 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 4/10. 37 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.
  • 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.