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Rare Book Hub: 37 Auctions Archived, another 23 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 1 May 2020, 37 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 13 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, and 19 in US dollars.  Turnover was $14,586,542 as 10,213 lots were offered and 9,087 sold for a healthy 89% rate of sale.

 

 4 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 


Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 27th: $4,786,327 
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - Online bidstart 4/17 on April 28th: $3,320,500 
Heritage Auctions. Central States World Paper Money on April 27th: $1,688,651 
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art on April 24th: $1,539,736 
 

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

Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Children's, Private Press and Original Illustrations on April 30th: 188.39% 
Forum Auctions. Online only: Paolozzi Prints from a Private Collection on April 29th: 143.67% 
ALDE. Noel Herme Mountain Library - Part 1 on April 24th: 123.64% 
Finarte. Prints and Multiples on April 27th: 116.49% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 109.50% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 28th: 100.04% 


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

Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 100.00% 
Christies. Walker Evans: An American Master - bidstart 4/21 on April 29th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on April 27th: 99.28% 
Arader Galleries. New York Views, Maps, Scenes, and Naval Prints from the Downtown Association on April 25th: 99.15% 
Heritage Auctions. The Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer Sale of World Banknotes on April 24th: 98.98% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/26 on April 26th: 98.88% 
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Children's, Private Press and Original Illustrations on April 30th: 98.72% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on April 26th: 98.20% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 97.97% 
PBA Galleries. Miscellaneous Books - bistart 4/20 on April 30th: 97.65% 
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art on April 24th: 97.34% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 25th: 96.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 27th: 94.49% 
North American Auction Company. American Indian and Western Sale - Fine Art Prints, Advertising, Signs on April 25th: 93.55% 
Heritage Auctions. Central States World Paper Money on April 27th: 93.26% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 28th: 92.75% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 21st: 90.00% 
Forum Auctions. Online only: Paolozzi Prints from a Private Collection on April 29th: 90.00% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 22nd: 89.38% 
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - Online bidstart 4/17 on April 28th: 87.60% 
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on April 29th: 86.36% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 20th: 86.30% 
Alaska Auction. Online Auction - Books, Prints - bidstart now on April 29th: 85.00% 
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 29th: 84.18% 
Finarte. Prints and Multiples on April 27th: 80.39% 
 
 
Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys GRAPES (FELDMAN & SCHELLMANN II.190-195) on April 28th Actual price: USD $375,000.
  2. Sothebys MOONWALK (FELDMAN & SCHELLMANN II.405) on April 28th Actual price: USD $187,500.
  3. Sothebys TARGET (ULAE 147) on April 28th Actual price: USD $162,500.
  4. Sothebys UNTITLED (SCHELLMANN 261-270) on April 28th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  5. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2221-C $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 55. on April 27th Actual price: USD $138,000.
  6. Heritage Auctions Fr. 2231-A $10,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note. PMG About Uncirculated 55. on April 27th Actual price: USD $132,000.
  7. Sothebys SWEET DREAMS BABY! (CORLETT 39) on April 28th Actual price: USD $125,000.
  8. Sothebys SUNSET (SEE FELDMAN & SCHELLMANN II.85-88) on April 28th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  9. Heritage Auctions Untitled, 1982 on April 24th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  10. Heritage Auctions Fr. 165b $100 1862 Legal Tender PMG Very Fine 25. on April 27th Actual price: USD $84,000.
  11. Sothebys RED LENIN (FELDMAN & SCHELLMANN II.403) on April 28th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  12. Sothebys BLACK LENIN (FELDMAN & SCHELLMANN II.402) on April 28th Actual price: USD $75,000.
  13. Heritage Auctions Zanzibar Zanzibar Government 20 Rupees 1.1.1908 Pick 4cts1 Color Trial Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. on April 27th Actual price: USD $72,000.
  14. Sothebys RELATIVITY (BOOL/KIST/LOCHER/WEIRDA 389) on April 28th Actual price: USD $68,750.
  15. Doyle New York MARILYN (FELDMAN/SCHELLMAN II.26) on April 29th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  16. Sothebys HAGGADAH (P2) on April 28th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  17. Sothebys HOTEL ACATLÁN: TWO WEEKS LATER (MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, TOKYO 271) on April 28th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  18. Sothebys ABSTRAKTES BILD (P1) on April 28th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  19. Sothebys GAZING BALL (DA VINCI MONA LISA) on April 28th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  20. Sothebys POP SHOP I (LITTMANN PP. 82-83) on April 28th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  21. Heritage Auctions Lebanon Banque de Syrie et du Liban 250 Livres 1.4.1939 Pick 21 PMG Extremely Fine 40. on April 27th Actual price: USD $57,600.
  22. Sothebys BURNING ELEGY (WALKER ART CENTER 520) on April 28th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  23. Sothebys AN IMAGE OF GREGORY (MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, TOKYO 276) on April 28th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  24. Heritage Auctions Neat Trick, 1953 on April 24th Actual price: USD $52,500.
  25. Sothebys TALES OF GENJI II on April 28th Actual price: USD $50,000.



37 total sales reported this week:

Tajan. Online - Comics on April 15th: 20.37%
Tajan. Books and Manuscripts on April 24th: 46.86%
Chiswick Auctions. Photographica on April 29th: 59.70%
PBA Galleries. Miscellaneous Books - bistart 4/20 on April 30th: 97.65%
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers. Picture Sale - Prints on April 30th: 75.00%
Forum Auctions. Online Sale: Modern Literature, Children's, Private Press and Original Illustrations on April 30th: 98.72%
Grays Auctioneers. Fine Art - Prints on April 29th: 86.36%
Forum Auctions. Forum Auctions @ Artsy: Colour Theory on April 29th: 51.24%
Forum Auctions. Online only: Paolozzi Prints from a Private Collection on April 29th: 90.00%
Doyle New York. Prints and Multiples on April 29th: 84.18%
Christies. Walker Evans: An American Master - bidstart 4/21 on April 29th: 100.00%
Alaska Auction. Online Auction - Books, Prints - bidstart now on April 29th: 85.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/21 on April 28th: 97.97%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on April 27th: 99.28%
Heritage Auctions. Central States Currency Auction on April 27th: 94.49%
Heritage Auctions. Central States World Paper Money on April 27th: 93.26%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on April 26th: 98.20%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/26 on April 26th: 98.88%
Sothebys. Prints and Multiples - Online bidstart 4/17 on April 28th: 87.60%
Ader. Photography Books on April 28th: 75.57%
Finarte. Prints and Multiples on April 27th: 80.39%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on April 28th: 92.75%
Potomack Company. Fine Art and Antiques on April 25th: 64.29%
North American Auction Company. American Indian and Western Sale - Fine Art Prints, Advertising, Signs on April 25th: 93.55%
Arader Galleries. New York Views, Maps, Scenes, and Naval Prints from the Downtown Association on April 25th: 99.15%
ALDE. Noel Herme Mountain Library - Part 2 on April 25th: 63.33%
ALDE. Noel Herme Mountain Library - Part 1 on April 24th: 77.20%
Heritage Auctions. The Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer Sale of World Banknotes on April 24th: 98.98%
Heritage Auctions. Illustration Art on April 24th: 97.34%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on April 25th: 96.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/17 on April 24th: 73.33%
Catawiki B. V.. Cartography - Online Bidstart 4/17 on April 24th: 41.54%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 22nd: 89.38%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 21st: 90.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 20th: 86.30%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 4/10 on April 19th: 78.38%


For the week ahead 25 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 4th
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 67 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 4/24. 55 lots

Tue. May. 5th
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. This is Now Contemporary Art - Prints. 45 lots
Kedem Auctions Ltd.. Jerusalem . The Collection of Rabbi Professor Daniel Sperber. 71 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 4/24. 38 lots
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers. Kilkenny. Timed Auction: Books. 374 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 4/28. 643 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 4/28. 138 lots

Wed. May. 6th
University Archives. Westport. Autographs, Books and Relics. 261 lots
Christies. New York. Andy Warhol: Better Days - bidstart 4/28. 60 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 4/24. 80 lots

Thu. May. 7th
Swann Galleries. New York. Printed and Manuscript African Americana SALE POSTPONED - DATE TBA. 402 lots
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography. 412 lots
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 300 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis. 191 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Spring Sports Collectibles. 3117 lots
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Backyard Timed Auction - Prints, Books. 94 lots

Fri. May. 8th
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. COLLECTION OF ART CRITIC FRANK ELGAR, FERNAND LEGER - Postponed - Date TBA. 53 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/1. 126 lots

Sat. May. 9th
Tessier & Sarrou and Associates. Paris. Comics - POSTPONED - Date TBA. 603 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.

Sun. May. 10th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 4/26. 267 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/1. 27 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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
    Starting 10AM CST
    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.
  • 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.
  • 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.