Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 30 Auctions Archived, another 39 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday 22 May 2020 30 auctions were archived to Rare Book Hub’s Transaction Database; 10 denominated in euros, 2 in British pounds, 1 in South African rand, and 17 in US dollars.  Turnover was $6,907,793 as 7,249 lots were offered and 6,145 sold for a simmering 85% success rate.  The rooms are competitive. 

 

1 auction saw its total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Swann GalleriesOld Master Through Modern Prints on May 21st: $1,581,448

 

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

Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 5/1 on May 12th: 210.69% 
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/1 on May 10th: 170.15% 
Forum AuctionsOnline Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 21st: 122.86% 
Marc van de Wiele AuctionsArt, Autographs and Rare Books, Atlases and Manuscripts on May 16th: 121.67% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 15th: 106.93% 
Nosbüsch & StuckeCounterculture – From Anarchism to Donaldism – The H. D. Heilmann Collection on May 16th: 104.76% 


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

Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 5/3 on May 17th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/12 on May 19th: 100.00% 
Garth's Auctioneers and AppraisersCountry Americana and Decorative Arts on May 16th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on May 18th: 99.88% 
Heritage AuctionsU.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 5/12 on May 19th: 99.85% 
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly on May 17th: 97.64% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 5/1 on May 12th: 96.97% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 16th: 96.00% 
Forum AuctionsOnline Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 21st: 94.53% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on May 19th: 89.33% 
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/1 on May 10th: 88.89% 
PBA GalleriesAmericana from the George M. Steinmetz Collection - Literature - Miscellaneous Books - Timed Auction on May 21st: 88.70% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 15th: 88.00% 
Revere AuctionsFine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. on May 20th: 86.67% 
EldredsSummer Living - Prints on May 15th: 86.11% 
Rago Arts and AuctionsArt - Prints and Photographs on May 20th: 86.00% 
Leslie Hindman AuctioneersPrints and Photographs - Live and online on May 21st: 85.88% 
ArtcurialPrints and Multiples on May 20th: 84.62% 
Brunk AuctionsPremier Auction on May 16th: 84.38% 


30 total sales reported this week: 

Swann GalleriesOld Master Through Modern Prints on May 21st: 70.19% 
RR AuctionThe Lawrence Miller Collection - Bidstart 5/15 on May 21st: 69.23% 
PBA GalleriesAmericana from the George M. Steinmetz Collection - Literature - Miscellaneous Books - Timed Auction on May 21st: 88.70% 
Leslie Hindman AuctioneersPrints and Photographs - Live and online on May 21st: 85.88% 
Forum AuctionsOnline Sale: Books and Works on Paper on May 21st: 94.53% 
ArtcurialPrints and Multiples on May 20th: 84.62% 
Revere AuctionsFine and Decorative Arts - Prints, Books, etc. on May 20th: 86.67% 
Rago Arts and AuctionsArt - Prints and Photographs on May 20th: 86.00% 
SothebysChurchill in Charge \ 80th Anniversary - Online bidstart 5/10 on May 20th: 61.00% 
Heritage AuctionsU.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 5/12 on May 19th: 99.85% 
Stephan Welz & Co.Collector's Choice Online Auction - bidstart 5/8 on May 19th: 67.09% 
Forum AuctionsEditions and Works on Paper on May 19th: 56.06% 
Bruun RasmussenPrints on May 19th: 89.33% 
Heritage AuctionsWorld Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/12 on May 19th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsSports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 5/3 on May 17th: 100.00% 
Heritage AuctionsMovie Posters Weekly on May 17th: 97.64% 
Heritage AuctionsComics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on May 18th: 99.88% 
Clars Auction GalleryFine Art - Prints and Photographs on May 17th: 75.90% 
Nosbüsch & StuckeModern Art and Photography - Prints and Photos on May 16th: 68.99% 
Nosbüsch & StuckeCounterculture – From Anarchism to Donaldism – The H. D. Heilmann Collection on May 16th: 63.96% 
Garth's Auctioneers and AppraisersCountry Americana and Decorative Arts on May 16th: 100.00% 
Brunk AuctionsPremier Auction on May 16th: 84.38% 
Marc van de Wiele AuctionsArt, Autographs and Rare Books, Atlases and Manuscripts on May 16th: 77.89% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare BooksFine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 16th: 96.00% 
EldredsSummer Living - Prints on May 15th: 86.11% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 15th: 88.00% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/1 on May 13th: 79.86% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 5/1 on May 12th: 96.97% 
Catawiki B. V.Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 5/1 on May 11th: 75.00% 
Catawiki B. V.Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/1 on May 10th: 88.89%

  

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Sothebys Vintage silver gelatin print, signed by Karsh, 1941 [printed ca. 1951] on May 20th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  2. Swann Galleries Männerbildnis. on May 21st Actual price: USD $62,500.
  3. Swann Galleries Faune dévoilant une femme. on May 21st Actual price: USD $57,500.
  4. Forum Auctions Flying Copper on May 19th Actual price: USD $55,864.
  5. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Men in the Cities: Raphael and Barbara, 1998 on May 21st Actual price: USD $48,640.
  6. Swann Galleries Buste Modern Style. on May 21st Actual price: USD $37,500.
  7. Swann Galleries Self Portrait Frowning: Bust. on May 21st Actual price: USD $37,500.
  8. Marc van de Wiele Auctions Livre d'heures à l'usage de Rome on May 16th Actual price: USD $36,719.
  9. Marc van de Wiele Auctions Les musiciens ambulants on May 16th Actual price: USD $36,719.
  10. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Blonde (from the Brushstroke Figure Series), 1989 on May 21st Actual price: USD $35,840.
  11. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Panni (from the Drape Suite), 1981 on May 21st Actual price: USD $35,840.
  12. Artcurial Eau-Forte XIII - 1957 on May 20th Actual price: USD $35,749.
  13. Forum Auctions Toxic Mary on May 19th Actual price: USD $35,114.
  14. Swann Galleries Night Shadows. on May 21st Actual price: USD $35,000.
  15. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Crying Girl , 1963 on May 21st Actual price: USD $33,280.
  16. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers East Side Interior, 1922 on May 21st Actual price: USD $33,280.
  17. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Sueño y Mentira de Franco (The Dream and Lie of Franco the complete set of two), 1937 on May 21st Actual price: USD $33,280.
  18. Artcurial Eau-forte XXIII - 1973 on May 20th Actual price: USD $32,889.
  19. Swann Galleries Self Portrait with a Raised Sabre. on May 21st Actual price: USD $32,500.
  20. Forum Auctions Rude Copper on May 19th Actual price: USD $31,922.
  21. Forum Auctions Soup Can, (Yellow/Emerald/Sky Blue) on May 19th Actual price: USD $31,922.
  22. Forum Auctions Map of Nowhere on May 19th Actual price: USD $31,922.
  23. Swann Galleries Monsieur D. Lisant. on May 21st Actual price: USD $30,000.
  24. Forum Auctions Love Rat on May 19th Actual price: USD $28,730.
  25. Artcurial Eau-forte XXXIX - 1994 on May 20th Actual price: USD $27,169.

 

For the week ahead 39 sales are scheduled:

Mon. May. 25th
Vermot de Pas. Paris. History and Regions of France. 578 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 100 lots
Australian Book Auctions. Armadale, . Books and ephemera: Australiana, Voyages and Travels. 221 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 5/15. 69 lots

Tue. May. 26th
Bubb Kuyper. 2011 KM Haarlem. Books, Prints. 5490 lots
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Firenze. Books and Graphics. 1145 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 5/19. 727 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/19. 130 lots
Aguttes. Neuilly-sur-Seine . Autographs and Manuscripts. 278 lots
Artcurial. Paris. ASTERIX SUPPORTS FONDATION HÔPITAUX DE PARIS - HÔPITAUX DE FRANCE. 5 lots
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Chadds Ford, PA . Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety - bidstart 3/15. 25 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 5/15. 42 lots

Wed. May. 27th
Forum Auctions. London. Online only: Select Modern & Contemporary Editions and Works on Paper.
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Bloomfield. Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books. 35 lots
Skinner. Marlborough. Fine Prints and Photographs. 138 lots
Christies. Paris. Rare Books and Manuscripts. 182 lots
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Gloucestershire. Printed Books, Maps, Prints, Autographs & Documents, Antiquarian, Travel, Military & Natural Histor. 874 lots
Alaska Auction. Anchorage. Art Prints, Books. 46 lots
Morphy Auctions. Denver. Founders and Patriots: Documents, Maps, Rare Imprints and Books. 58 lots
Sothebys. New York. Books and Manuscripts: A Spring Miscellany - Online bidstart 5/14. 190 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/15. 90 lots

Thu. May. 28th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Art & Archaeology of Asia - Travel & Exploration - POSTPONED - Date TBA. 319 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. Books and Manuscripts. 218 lots
Freemans. Philadelphia. The Martin Magovsky Collection of Children's Books.
Morton Subastas. México DF CP 11000. Online Only, Morton Weekly - Books, Prints. 61 lots

Fri. May. 29th
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . The Ed McHugh Collection: Books, including Railroad and Military History. 102 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Cartography - Online Bidstart 5/22. 35 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/22. 140 lots

Sat. May. 30th
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . McHugh Railroadiana Collection, Session II. 425 lots
Nadeau's Auction Gallery. Windsor. Mic-Century and Contemporary Sale. 39 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper. 200 lots
Rachel Davis Fine Arts. Cleveland. Works on Paper - Prints. 184 lots
Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers. Gahanna. Important Numismatic Book Sale - bidstart 5/4. 419 lots

Sun. May. 31st
Dirk Soulis Auctions. Lee's Summit . The Ed McHugh Collection: Sportsman and Advertising. 186 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 5/17. 293 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. The Armando Valdes Collection of South American Banknote Proofs Online Auction. 208 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/22. 49 lots

Bruce McKinney

RBH and AE

  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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