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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 24 Auctions Archived, another 35 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday 17 April 2020 24 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 4 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, 2 in Mexican pesos, 16 in US dollars and I in South African rand.  Turnover was $2,640,810 as 5,381 lots were offered and 4,612 sold for a brisk 86% success rate.  The field of collectible books, manuscripts, maps and ephemera is getting its land legs!

 

1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

RR Auction. Space Exploration - Bidstart 4/9 on April 16th: $1,271,964 
 

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

Leland Little Auctions. April Estates Auction on April 11th: 545.24% 
Doyle New York. Fine Literature, Featuring a Collection of Rudyard Kipling on April 15th: 135.16% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 14th: 105.67% 


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

Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/29 on April 12th: 100.00% 
Leland Little Auctions. April Estates Auction on April 11th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/7 on April 14th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on April 13th: 99.23% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/7 on April 14th: 99.21% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on April 12th: 95.39% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 11th: 94.00% 
Lyon and Turnbull. Contemporary and Post-War Art - Prints - Online only on April 16th: 92.22% 
Doyle New York. Fine Literature, Featuring a Collection of Rudyard Kipling on April 15th: 91.51% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/27 on April 6th: 89.47% 
Skinner. Americana - online bidstart 4/4 on April 15th: 89.29% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 14th: 88.33% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/27 on April 7th: 86.67% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/3 on April 10th: 83.33% 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. RR Auction Apollo 16 Flown Lunar Module Grumman Identification Plate on April 16th Actual price: USD $32,464.
  2. Doyle New York The Jungle Book. on April 15th Actual price: USD $17,500.
  3. Heritage Auctions 2000 Playoff Contenders Football Unopened Hobby Box - Tom Brady Rookie Year! on April 12th Actual price: USD $16,200.
  4. Lyon and Turnbull COWBOY (FROM THE 'COWBOYS AND GIRLFRIENDS' PORTFOLIO), 1992 on April 16th Actual price: USD $15,670.
  5. RR Auction Dave Scott's Apollo 15 Flown COAS Electrical Plug on April 16th Actual price: USD $13,616.
  6. RR Auction Project Gemini on April 16th Actual price: USD $12,183.
  7. Doyle New York Just So Stories. on April 15th Actual price: USD $11,250.
  8. RR Auction Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on April 16th Actual price: USD $11,250.
  9. RR Auction Dave Scott's Apollo 15 Flown Lunar Contingency Chart on April 16th Actual price: USD $9,376.
  10. RR Auction Dave Scott's Apollo 15 Lunar Surface-Flown Sieger Crew-Owned Cover on April 16th Actual price: USD $9,375.
  11. Heritage Auctions 1967 Topps Baseball Second Series Rack Pack - Potential Mickey Mantle! on April 12th Actual price: USD $9,300.
  12. RR Auction James Lovell's Apollo 13 Flown Orbital Science Chart on April 16th Actual price: USD $8,981.
  13. Lyon and Turnbull MISTY AND JIMMY PAULETTE IN A TAXI, NYC - 1991 on April 16th Actual price: USD $8,618.
  14. Holabird Kagin Americana Kid Curry wanted Poster (117157) on April 16th Actual price: USD $8,438.
  15. Heritage Auctions 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan #57 PSA Mint 9. on April 12th Actual price: USD $8,400.
  16. Heritage Auctions 1967 Topps Baseball Second Series Rack Pack - Potential Mickey Mantle! on April 12th Actual price: USD $8,400.
  17. RR Auction Gene Kranz's Apollo 13 Certificate of Commendation on April 16th Actual price: USD $8,125.
  18. Doyle New York Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book." on April 15th Actual price: USD $7,500.
  19. Lyon and Turnbull MINOTAURE, UNE COUPE?À LA MAIN, ET JEUNE FEMME - 1933 on April 16th Actual price: USD $6,895.
  20. Lyon and Turnbull THE CONTRAPTION on April 16th Actual price: USD $6,895.
  21. Doyle New York The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. on April 15th Actual price: USD $6,875.
  22. RR Auction Neil Armstrong EVA Spacesuit Boots X-Ray on April 16th Actual price: USD $6,543.
  23. RR Auction Apollo Astronaut Signed Lunar Chart on April 16th Actual price: USD $6,250.
  24. RR Auction Wernher von Braun Handwritten Manuscript on April 16th Actual price: USD $6,196.
  25. Doyle New York Kim. on April 15th Actual price: USD $5,937.



24 total sales reported this week:

Holabird Kagin Americana. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 2 on April 17th: 75.04%
RR Auction. Space Exploration - Bidstart 4/9 on April 16th: 67.39%
Lyon and Turnbull. Contemporary and Post-War Art - Prints - Online only on April 16th: 92.22%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 11th: 94.00%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 1 on April 16th: 70.45%
Skinner. Americana - online bidstart 4/4 on April 15th: 89.29%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Online Only - Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books on April 15th: 59.09%
Doyle New York. Fine Literature, Featuring a Collection of Rudyard Kipling on April 15th: 91.51%
Eldreds. Treasure Chest: Online-Only Timed Auction - bidstart 3/20 on April 13th: 65.38%
Eldreds. Spring Asian Art Auction - Prints, Books on April 15th: 67.24%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/7 on April 14th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/7 on April 14th: 99.21%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 14th: 88.33%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on April 13th: 99.23%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 3/29 on April 12th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on April 12th: 95.39%
Morton Subastas. Special Bid-From-Home Auction on April 11th: 20.93%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity - Books, Prints on April 11th: 51.52%
Stephan Welz & Co.. Fine Art, Decorative Art, Books, etc. on April 12th: 63.25%
Michaans Auctions. Gallery Auction - Books, Prints, Photographs on April 11th: 62.96%
Leland Little Auctions. April Estates Auction on April 11th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/3 on April 10th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 3/27 on April 7th: 86.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 3/27 on April 6th: 89.47%

 


For the week ahead 35 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 20th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 70 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 4/10. 73 lots
Cowans Auctions. Cincinnati. American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Including Books: Timed Auction - bidstart 4/10. 297 lots

Tue. Apr. 21st
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/14. 834 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/14. 134 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 4/10. 40 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Printmaking and Multiples. 99 lots

Wed. Apr. 22nd
Doyle New York. New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps. 143 lots
Purcell Auctioneers. Birr. Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction. 595 lots
Ader. PARIS. Post-War prints (March 17) - Postponed. 335 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Modern and Post-War British Art - Prints. 50 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/10. 113 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Opportunity - Books, Prints.

Thu. Apr. 23rd
Doyle New York. New York. Autograph Seeker: Estate of Gary Combs. 172 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Historical Manuscripts. 663 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 290 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Central States World Paper Money. 979 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Central States Currency Auction. 2633 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. Modern Art (Prints), Pub Signs.
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana from the George E. Steinmetz Collection (with additions) - Timed Auction - No Reserve - bi.

Fri. Apr. 24th
ALDE. Paris. Noel Herme Mountain Library - Part 1. 386 lots
Tajan. Paris. Books and Manuscripts. 207 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer Sale of World Banknotes. 197 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Illustration Art. 414 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Online Bidstart 4/17. 65 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/17. 150 lots

Sat. Apr. 25th
Potomack Company. Alexandria. Fine Art and Antiques. 28 lots
ALDE. Paris. Noel Herme Mountain Library - Part 2. 330 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.
North American Auction Company. Bozeman. American Indian and Western Sale - Fine Art Prints, Advertising, Signs. 93 lots
Arader Galleries. New York City. New York Views, Maps, Scenes, and Naval Prints from the Downtown Association. 236 lots

Sun. Apr. 26th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/26. 179 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 4/17. 31 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
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.