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Auction Update Review

Rare Book Hub: 31 Auctions Archived, another 35 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Friday, 29 May 2020, 31 auctions have been archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 11 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 18 in US dollars.  Turnover was $9,648,101 as 10,975 lots were offered and 8,445 sold for a 77% success rate.  The field continues to normalize in the Covid-19 era.

 

3 auctions saw their total proceeds reach a million dollars: 

Christies. Working from Home: Prints and Multiples - bidstart 4/30 on May 14th: $1,899,750 
Christies. Rare Books and Manuscripts on May 27th: $1,422,958 
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on May 13th: $1,082,977


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

Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, Prints, Autographs & Documents, Antiquarian, Travel, Military & Natural Histor on May 28th: 159.74% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 19th: 135.02% 
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Books and Graphics on May 28th: 103.78% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/19 on May 26th: 102.89% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 20th: 101.92% 


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

Dirk Soulis Auctions. The Ed McHugh Collection: Books, including Railroad and Military History on May 29th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 5/10 on May 24th: 100.00% 
Christies. From Pictorialism into Modernism: 80 Years of Photography - Bidstart 4/30 on May 13th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/19 on May 26th: 100.00% 
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on May 25th: 99.89% 
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 5/19 on May 26th: 99.45% 
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on May 24th: 98.38% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 19th: 97.67% 
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety - bidstart 3/15 on May 26th: 96.00% 
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 23rd: 95.00% 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, Prints, Autographs & Documents, Antiquarian, Travel, Military & Natural Histor on May 28th: 94.97% 
Freemans. Books and Manuscripts on May 28th: 91.74% 
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 26th: 91.00% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 18th: 89.23% 
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 20th: 88.46% 
Skinner. Fine Prints and Photographs on May 27th: 85.51% 
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 17th: 84.78% 
Morphy Auctions. Founders and Patriots: Documents, Maps, Rare Imprints and Books on May 27th: 82.76% 
Christies. Rare Books and Manuscripts on May 27th: 80.77% 
Christies. Working from Home: Prints and Multiples - bidstart 4/30 on May 14th: 80.26% 
Artcurial. ASTERIX SUPPORTS FONDATION HÔPITAUX DE PARIS - HÔPITAUX DE FRANCE on May 26th: 80.00% 

 

Top 25 Lots Reported This Past Week.
  1. Christies -9.0 on May 14th Actual price: USD $325,000.
  2. Christies Médaille de son prix Nobel de littérature on May 27th Actual price: USD $166,288.
  3. Artcurial Tanguy et Laverdure - Tome 4 on May 26th Actual price: USD $165,346.
  4. Sothebys Texas. on May 27th Actual price: USD $150,000.
  5. Christies Paravent on May 14th Actual price: USD $112,500.
  6. Christies Chris Evert on May 15th Actual price: USD $106,250.
  7. Artcurial Asterix - Volume 30 on May 26th Actual price: USD $104,719.
  8. Christies Hippocratis magni coacae Praenotiones. Opus admirabile, in tres libros tributum. Interprete et enarratore Ludovico Dureto, segusiano, ad Henricum III, Galli et Polonia regem Christianisimum, cum rerum commemorabilium Indice amplissimo.. on May 27th Actual price: USD $103,930.
  9. Christies Campbell's Onion Soup Box on May 15th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  10. Christies Amaryllis in Vase, from Moving Focus on May 14th Actual price: USD $100,000.
  11. Christies Four Tales from the Arabian Nights, on May 14th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  12. Christies Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn): one print on May 14th Actual price: USD $93,750.
  13. Artcurial Astérix - Tome 29 on May 26th Actual price: USD $88,185.
  14. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen (1884 Leipzig - New York 1950). "Gesichter". Portfolio mit 19 Radierungen auf Bütten, 1919. on May 13th Actual price: USD $83,969.
  15. Gonnelli Casa DAste Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn). on May 28th Actual price: USD $83,144.
  16. Sothebys Voyage Dans l'Intérieur De l'Amérique Du Nord Executé Pendant les Années 1832, 1833 et 1834. on May 27th Actual price: USD $81,250.
  17. Christies De ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy (la Boîte-en-valise) on May 27th Actual price: USD $76,215.
  18. Artcurial Oumpah - Pah - Tome 1 on May 26th Actual price: USD $71,650.
  19. Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen Hortus nitidissimis omnem per annum superviens floribus... Bd. 3 (v.3). on May 13th Actual price: USD $62,977.
  20. Sothebys [Map of the World as a Sphere]. on May 27th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  21. Christies André Breton, Constellations, Pierre Matisse, New York, 1959 on May 14th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  22. Christies Whirlpools on May 14th Actual price: USD $62,500.
  23. Christies Vampyr II (Vampire II) on May 14th Actual price: USD $60,000.
  24. Christies Les Jeux de la Poupée. Illustrés de textes par Paul Éluard on May 27th Actual price: USD $52,658.
  25. Christies Les Œuvres de maistre Francoys Villlon. Le monologue du franc archier de Baignollet. Le Dyalogue des seigneurs de Mallepaye & Baillevent. on May 27th Actual price: USD $52,658.

 


31 total sales reported this week:

Freemans. The Martin Magovsky Collection of Children's Books on May 28th: 76.28%
Dirk Soulis Auctions. The Ed McHugh Collection: Books, including Railroad and Military History on May 29th: 100.00%
Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, Prints, Autographs & Documents, Antiquarian, Travel, Military & Natural Histor on May 28th: 94.97%
PBA Galleries. Art & Archaeology of Asia - Travel & Exploration - Cartography on May 28th: 78.37%
Morton Subastas. Online Only, Morton Weekly - Books, Prints on May 28th: 67.21%
Freemans. Books and Manuscripts on May 28th: 91.74%
Morphy Auctions. Founders and Patriots: Documents, Maps, Rare Imprints and Books on May 27th: 82.76%
Gonnelli Casa DAste. Books and Graphics on May 28th: 73.97%
Bruun Rasmussen. Prints on May 26th: 91.00%
Vermot de Pas. History and Regions of France on May 25th: 30.97%
Nye & Company Auctioneers. Estate Treasures - Fine Art Prints, Books on May 28th: 45.71%
Christies. Rare Books and Manuscripts on May 27th: 80.77%
Skinner. Fine Prints and Photographs on May 27th: 85.51%
Sothebys. Books and Manuscripts: A Spring Miscellany - Online bidstart 5/14 on May 27th: 70.00%
Heritage Auctions. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 5/19 on May 26th: 99.45%
William H. Bunch Auctions and Appraisals. Online Only: Timed Eclectic Variety - bidstart 3/15 on May 26th: 96.00%
Artcurial. ASTERIX SUPPORTS FONDATION HÔPITAUX DE PARIS - HÔPITAUX DE FRANCE on May 26th: 80.00%
Heritage Auctions. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/19 on May 26th: 100.00%
Christies. First Open | Online - bistart 4/30 on May 15th: 58.33%
Christies. Working from Home: Prints and Multiples - bidstart 4/30 on May 14th: 80.26%
Christies. From Pictorialism into Modernism: 80 Years of Photography - Bidstart 4/30 on May 13th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 5/10 on May 24th: 100.00%
Heritage Auctions. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online on May 25th: 99.89%
Heritage Auctions. Movie Posters Weekly on May 24th: 98.38%
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper on May 23rd: 95.00%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/15 on May 22nd: 78.57%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 20th: 88.46%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 19th: 97.67%
Catawiki B. V.. Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 18th: 89.23%
Catawiki B. V.. Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/8 on May 17th: 84.78%
Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen. Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques on May 13th: 59.30% 

 

For the week ahead 35 sales are scheduled:

Mon. Jun. 1st
Rossini. Paris. Modern and Contemporary Art - Prints and Photographs. 9 lots
Bruun Rasmussen. Copenhagen. Prints. 70 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1700) - Internet bidstart 5/22. 66 lots

Tue. Jun. 2nd
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1600) - Internet bidstart 5/22. 40 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. U.S. Currency Weekly - Internet Bidstart 5/26. 703 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. World Currency Weekly - Internet bidstart 5/26. 127 lots
Chiswick Auctions. London. Urban and Contemporary Art - Prints. 353 lots

Wed. Jun. 3rd
Forum Auctions. London. Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper. 238 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . 15th-19th Century Prints. 695 lots
Christies. New York. Photographs - Online bidstart 5/19. 238 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/22. 75 lots

Thu. Jun. 4th
PBA Galleries. San Francisco. Comic Books: Pre-Code Horror, Silver Age Marvel and Undergrounds. 340 lots
Christies. New York. Ansel Adams and the American West Photographs from the Center for Creative Photography - bidstart 5/. 34 lots
AntiquarianAuctions.com. Lakeville. Rare Books - online bidstart 5/28.
Soler Y Llach. Barcelona. Antiquarian Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Collectibles. 804 lots
Christies. New York. Worlds Beyond: Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online bidstart5/14. 162 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Special Sale 'Fernweh'. 98 lots
Eldreds. East Dennis,. Spring Online Auction - bidstart 5/21. 25 lots

Fri. Jun. 5th
Binoche et Giquello. rue La Boetie, Paris. The Robert Beauvillain Library. 349 lots
Dorotheum . Vienna. Autographs, Manuscripts, Certificates. 362 lots
Bonhams. New York. Modern and Contemporary Prints and Multiples. 169 lots
Heritage Auctions. Beverly Hills. The Pinnacle US Rarities Collection Long Beach Expo Currency Signature Auction - Long Beach. 57 lots
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Space Exploration. 681 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art Part 2 - Prints. 245 lots
Ferraton. Bruxelles. Books.
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Old and Rare Books (Pre-1800) - Internet bidstart 5/29. 174 lots

Sat. Jun. 6th
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. June Eclectic Auction.
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Modern Art Part 1 - Prints. 145 lots
Galerie Bassenge. Berlin-Grunewald . Works on Paper - Prints. 120 lots
Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books. Franklin. Fine Art - Antique Engravings & Lithographs - Works on Paper.

Sun. Jun. 7th
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Comics, Animation, & Art Weekly Online.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Movie Posters Weekly.
Heritage Auctions. Dallas. Sports Collectibles Weekly - Bidstart 5/24. 357 lots
Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers. Columbus. The 50 Year Asian & Korean Collection of a United States Gentleman Diplomat, Serving Asia 1958-1988. 33 lots
Catawiki B. V.. LA Assen, . Autographs and Manuscripts - Internet bidstart 5/29. 58 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.
  • 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