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Rare Book Hub: 30 Auctions Archived, another 33 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 24 April 2020, 30 auctions have been archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 9 denominated in euros, 2 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 18 in US dollars.  Turnover was $4,944,631 as 8,183 lots were offered and 7,409 sold for a blistering, world record 91% success rate.  Many partisans of collectible paper world-wide are being locked down but their passion for collectible material knows no limit. 

 

 

1 auction saw total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Heritage Auctions. Historical Manuscripts on April 23rd: $1,184,278 

 


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

Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 23rd: 153.12% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine Books and Manuscripts on April 18th: 120.02% 
Ader. Post-War prints (March 17) - Postponed on April 22nd: 116.74% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 21st: 114.07% 
Carlsen Gallery. March Madness 2020 - Fine Art - Prints on April 19th: 111.58% 
Chiswick Auctions. Modern and Post-War British Art - Prints on April 22nd: 106.19% 


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

Heritage Auctions. The David Hall T206 Collection Part IV Sports Collectibles on April 16th: 100.00% 
Carlsen Gallery. March Madness 2020 - Fine Art - Prints on April 19th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/5 on April 19th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on April 20th: 99.32% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/14 on April 21st: 99.25% 
Leland Little Auctions. Modern Art (Prints), Pub Signs on April 23rd: 99.13% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/14 on April 21st: 98.92% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 4/12 on April 19th: 97.81% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 18th: 97.50% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 23rd: 96.55% 
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine Books and Manuscripts on April 18th: 96.38% 
Holabird Kagin Americana. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 4 on April 19th: 95.59% 
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on April 19th: 95.08% 
Chiswick Auctions. Modern and Post-War British Art - Prints on April 22nd: 94.00% 
PBA Galleries. Americana from the George E. Steinmetz Collection (with additions) - Timed Auction - No Reserve - bi on April 23rd: 93.78% 
Doyle New York. Autograph Seeker: Estate of Gary Combs on April 23rd: 93.60% 
Heritage Auctions. Historical Manuscripts on April 23rd: 92.16% 
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction on April 22nd: 90.42% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 21st: 87.14% 
Ader. Post-War prints (March 17) - Postponed on April 22nd: 85.07% 
Holabird Kagin Americana. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 3 on April 18th: 83.92% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 17th: 83.33% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 4/3 on April 14th: 83.33% 

 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Old Mill Ty Cobb (Bat On Shoulder) PSA VG 3 - The Finest of Only Four Graded Examples! on April 16th Actual price: USD $78,000.
  2. Doyle New York "Suppose a tree fell down when we were underneath it." Original drawing for A.A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner, on April 22nd Actual price: USD $75,000.
  3. Doyle New York "So he sat down on the stone in the middle of the stream..." Original drawing for A.A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner, on April 22nd Actual price: USD $68,750.
  4. Doyle New York "Your friend," said Eeyore," appears to have bitten on a bee." Original drawing for A.A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner, on April 22nd Actual price: USD $46,875.
  5. Doyle New York Mrs. Rabbit buttoning Peter's Coat. Watercolor on silk after the illustration in Peter Rabbit, on April 22nd Actual price: USD $43,750.
  6. Doyle New York Large original double-sided watercolor of a Pussy-Cat House. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $40,625.
  7. Doyle New York Rabbit in red jacket shovelling snow. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $40,625.
  8. Doyle New York Peter Rabbit Sledging [Two rabbits in sledding mishap]. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $40,625.
  9. Doyle New York The Owl and the Pussy Cat. An autograph picture letter signed. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $40,625.
  10. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Uzit Rube Marquard (Follow Through) PSA NM 7 – The Finest of Only Two Confirmed Examples! on April 16th Actual price: USD $39,600.
  11. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Broad Leaf 460 Mordecai Brown (Chicago On Shirt) PSA VG-EX+ 4.5 - The Only PSA-Graded Example! on April 16th Actual price: USD $38,400.
  12. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Lenox-Brown Vic Willis (With Bat) PSA Poor 1 – Possibly Unique! on April 16th Actual price: USD $31,200.
  13. Ader Eau-forte XX on April 22nd Actual price: USD $30,472.
  14. Doyle New York Four miniature autograph letters and an autograph postcard to Master Jack Ripley, signed from Benjamin Bunny, Peter Rabbit, Josephine Rabbit, Mr. McGregor and Beatrix Potter, 1908-1909. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $28,125.
  15. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Broad Leaf 460 Addie Joss (Pitching) PSA Good+ 2.5 - Possibly Unique! on April 16th Actual price: USD $26,400.
  16. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Drum Miller Huggins (Hands At Mouth) PSA Good+ 2.5 – The Only PSA-Graded Example! on April 16th Actual price: USD $26,400.
  17. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Broad Leaf 460 Vic Willis (Throwing) PSA VG+ 3.5 – The Finest of Only Two Cards for this Brand! on April 16th Actual price: USD $25,200.
  18. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Uzit Joe Tinker (Bat Off Shoulder) PSA VG-EX 4 - The Only PSA-Graded Example! on April 16th Actual price: USD $25,064.
  19. Doyle New York Original drawing ["They got the boat out and Rat took the sculls"] for Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. on April 22nd Actual price: USD $25,000.
  20. Heritage Auctions John F. Kennedy Uncensored Campaign Notes Made While Suffering from Laryngitis. on April 23rd Actual price: USD $25,000.
  21. Potter and Potter Auctions Casino Royale. on April 18th Actual price: USD $23,750.
  22. Heritage Auctions George Washington Letter Signed on April 23rd Actual price: USD $23,750.
  23. Heritage Auctions 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 350/25 Ty Cobb (Portrait-Green) PSA EX-MT 6 - Only Eight Confirmed for Brand/Series/Factory Combination. on April 16th Actual price: USD $23,400.
  24. Heritage Auctions George Washington Autograph Letter Signed on April 23rd Actual price: USD $21,875.
  25. Doyle New York Mrs. Rabbit with Basket and Umbrella in the Forest. Watercolor on silk after the illustration in Peter Rabbit, on April 22nd Actual price: USD $20,000.



30 total sales reported this week:

PBA Galleries. Americana from the George E. Steinmetz Collection (with additions) - Timed Auction - No Reserve - bi on April 23rd: 93.78%
Leland Little Auctions. Modern Art (Prints), Pub Signs on April 23rd: 99.13%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper on April 23rd: 96.55%
Doyle New York. Autograph Seeker: Estate of Gary Combs on April 23rd: 93.60%
Ader. Post-War prints (March 17) - Postponed on April 22nd: 85.07%
Tajan. Online - Comics on April 15th: 20.37%
Cowans Auctions. American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Including Books: Timed Auction - bidstart 4/10 on April 20th: 75.42%
Purcell Auctioneers. Irish Interest Book & Ephemera Auction on April 22nd: 90.42%
Morton Subastas. Opportunity - Books, Prints on April 22nd: 42.27%
Doyle New York. Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on April 22nd: 79.72%
Chiswick Auctions. Modern and Post-War British Art - Prints on April 22nd: 94.00%
Dorotheum . Printmaking and Multiples on April 21st: 76.77%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/14 on April 21st: 98.92%
Heritage Auctions. Historical Manuscripts on April 23rd: 92.16%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 21st: 87.14%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/14 on April 21st: 99.25%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly - Bidstart 4/12 on April 19th: 97.81%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/5 on April 19th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on April 20th: 99.32%
Clars Auction Gallery. Prints on April 19th: 95.08%
Carlsen Gallery. March Madness 2020 - Fine Art - Prints on April 19th: 100.00%
Potter and Potter Auctions. Fine Books and Manuscripts on April 18th: 96.38%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 4 on April 19th: 95.59%
Holabird Kagin Americana. Spring Auction - Books and Prints - Day 3 on April 18th: 83.92%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 18th: 97.50%
Heritage Auctions. The David Hall T206 Collection Part IV Sports Collectibles on April 16th: 100.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 17th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 4/3 on April 14th: 83.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 4/3 on April 13th: 77.50%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 4/3 on April 12th: 72.58%

 


For the week ahead 33 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Apr. 27th
Finarte. Rome. Prints and Multiples. 204 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 69 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 4/17. 60 lots

Tue. Apr. 28th
Sothebys. New York. Prints and Multiples - Online bidstart 4/17. 121 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/21. 591 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/21. 140 lots
Ader. PARIS. Photography Books. 221 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 4/17. 33 lots

Wed. Apr. 29th
Doyle New York. New York. Prints and Multiples. 177 lots
Old World Auctions. Richmond. Maps and Atlases - Internet bidstart 4/15. 821 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online only: Paolozzi Prints from a Private Collection. 50 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online only: Select Modern & Contemporary Editions and Works on Paper.
Grays Auctioneers. Cleveland, . Fine Art - Prints. 44 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Online Auction - Books, Prints - bidstart now. 60 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Photographica. 134 lots
Christies. New York. Walker Evans: An American Master - bidstart 4/21. 39 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/17. 75 lots

Thu. Apr. 30th
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics and Comic Art. 1290 lots
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Norwich. Picture Sale - Prints. 20 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Miscellaneous Books - bistart 4/20. 213 lots

Fri. May. 1st
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. Antiquarian and Modern Books. 348 lots
Over & Above Online Auction and Estate Sales, LLC. Timonium. The World War II Library of John R. Elliot - POSTPONED, Date TBA. 471 lots
Rossini. Paris. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs. 9 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/24. 154 lots

Sat. May. 2nd
Potter and Potter Auctions. Chicago. Spring Magic Auction. 472 lots
Aspire Auctions. Cleveland. Fine Art - Prints - Bidstart 4/10. 43 lots
Leland Little Auctions. Hillsborough, NC. May Estates Auction - Prints, Books, Globes. 17 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Opportunity - Books, Prints. 76 lots

Sun. May. 3rd
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 4/24. 57 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • 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.
  • 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